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Traffic (2000 film) Quotes

Traffic (2000 film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . Traffic ended its run in 1970.

It features Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and Laura Bickford as producer, Cliff Martinez in charge of musical score, and Peter Andrews (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Traffic (2000 film) is recorded in English, and Spanish and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Traffic (2000 film) is 147 minutes long. Traffic (2000 film) is distributed by Focus Features.

The cast includes: Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield, Topher Grace as Seth Abrahams, Amy Irving as Barbara Wakefield, James Brolin as General Ralph Landry, Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon, Luis Guzmán as Ray Castro, Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield, Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala, Benjamin Bratt as Juan Obregón, Clifton Collins, Jr. as Francisco Flores, Miguel Ferrer as Eduardo Ruiz, Dennis Quaid as Arnie Metzger, Steven Bauer as Carlos Ayala, Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez, and D. W. Moffett as Jeff Sheridan.

Traffic (2000 film) Quotes

Dennis Quaid as Arnie Metzger

  • (Dennis Quaid) "Stay out of things."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "That is going to be rather difficult when all the evidence is against us."

Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez

  • (Benicio del Toro) "Yes, but I have a contact at Mextel who can get me his new E.S.N. in twelve hours."
  • (Unnamed) "Javier, you should feel good about this."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "I feel like a traitor."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Last night I had an ugly nightmare."
  • (Jacob Vargas) "Oh yeah? What happened, man?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "You like baseball? We need lights for the parks, so kids can play at night. So they can play baseball. So they don't become burros para los malones. Everybody likes baseball. Everybody likes parks."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "It's all about the money."
  • (Unnamed) "How did you know?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "A little bird told me."
  • (Unnamed) "What is the name of your little bird?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "It doesn't have a name."
  • (Unnamed) "Doesn't have a name? I hate the f***ing anonymous ones."

Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield

  • (Michael Douglas) "Where are they? Where the hell are the drugs? Where are they?"
  • (Erika Christensen) "f*** you."
  • (Teacher) "Can I help you?"
  • (Michael Douglas) "Seth has to be excused. He's going on a field trip."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Look, we need to take down either of these cartels: either Juarez or Tijuana. Not because they're a symbol but -- hell, they are a symbol. But because we need to send a message. When Carlos Ayala hires Michael Addler as his legal defense, I send Ben Williams down to San Diego as a prosecutor, why? Because it's a symbol. It's a symbol that we are sending the best. It's a message that we're going after their top guys."
  • (Michael Douglas) "I can't believe you brought my daughter to this place."
  • (Topher Grace) "Woah. Why don't you just back the f*** up, man. "To this place"? What is that s***? Ok, right now, all over this great nation of ours, 'hundred thousand white people from the suburbs are cruisin' around downtown asking every black person they see "You got any drugs? You know where I can score some drugs?" Think about the effect that that has on the psyche of a black person, on their possibilities. I -- God I guarantee you bring a hundred thousand black people into your neighborhood, into f***in' Indian Hills, and they're asking every white person they see "You got any drugs? You know where I can score some drugs?", within a day everyone would be selling. Your friends. Their kids. Here's why: it's an unbeatable market force man. It's a three-hundred percent markup value. You can go out on the street and make five-hundred dollars in two hours, come back and do whatever you want to do with the rest of your day and, I'm sorry, you're telling me that -- you're telling me that white people would still be going to law school?"
  • (Drug Dealer) "Who in the f*** do you think you are? Where the f*** do you think you are, and why the f*** don't I just put your ass in a dumpster?"
  • (Michael Douglas) "-- I -- I got money --"
  • (Drug Dealer) "I got money."
  • (Michael Douglas) "I've got a thousand dollars in my pocket; it's for you."
  • (Drug Dealer) "If I want your money man, I will TAKE your money."
  • (Michael Douglas) "If there is a war on drugs, then many of our family members are the enemy. And I don't know how you wage war on your own family."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Well you've done a fine job, General. The Office of National Drug Control Policy is in better shape than when you found it."
  • (James Brolin) "I'm not sure I made the slightest difference. I tried. I really did."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Open the god damn door."
  • (Erika Christensen) "One minute."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Just tell me where my daughter is."
  • (Drug Dealer) "Don't do this s*** again."
  • (Topher Grace) "Don't do this vigilante thing."
  • (Chief of Staff) "Anything else?"
  • (Michael Douglas) "No, Sir."
  • (Michael Douglas) "My name is Robert. And my wife, Barbara and I are here to support our daughter Caroline. And we're here to listen."

Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield

  • (Erika Christensen) "Is this like freebasing?"
  • (Topher Grace) "Not like. It is."
  • (Erika Christensen) "None of my friends can f***ing believe my Dad's actually the drug's --"
  • (Amy Irving) "Caroline."
  • (Erika Christensen) "f*** you. I wasn't doing anything. You're like the Gestapo."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Well, f*** you."

Topher Grace as Seth Abrahams

  • (Topher Grace) "We act like we have all the answers and we're totally invincible, like our parents seem and their parents before them, and I'm sorry, that I have to be the one to say this, but it's f***ing bulls***. For instance I know that you jack-off to Caroline every night instead of Vanessa, who you're supposed to be in love with. Whatever that -- don't even get me started on that convention, I mean, think about it. What is that convention? We're this random collection of self-interest all of a sudden, and we just decide that we're just gonna, we're just gonna walk two by two down the f***ing aisle to you know, Noah's ark?"
  • (Topher Grace) "Now you see."
  • (Erika Christensen) "Let's do some more."

Luis Guzmán as Ray Castro

  • (Luis Guzmán) "They talk like they're conspiring to conspire."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Hey sugarfoot. How do you like your new place?"
  • (Miguel Ferrer) "You got to be kidding me. This is not what my lawyers negotiated."
  • (Don Cheadle) "f*** your lawyers. You aren't getting any cappuccino or Biscotti either. You don't like it, call 1-800-CRIMINAL."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Why are hurricanes named after women?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "I don't know."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Because when they arrive, they're wet and wild, and when they leave they take your house and your car."

Miguel Ferrer as Eduardo Ruiz

  • (Miguel Ferrer) "You guys remind me of Japanese soldiers on deserted islands who still think world war two is still going on. The fact is that your government surrendered this war a long f***ing time ago."
  • (Don Cheadle) "You know, I don't think this attitude is gonna help him in front of the judge. Eduardo, there is just one thing wrong with this math. You're in here."

Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon

  • (Don Cheadle) "You should really try a patch."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Oh man, that s*** doesn't work."
  • (Don Cheadle) "It worked for my cousin."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Yeah?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "Well he had to wear about 6 at a time, but it worked."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "So how is he now?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "Oh he's dead."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "He's dead?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "It wasn't because of the patch, man."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "So how did he die?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "His wife shot him."
  • (Don Cheadle) "We got him making the deal on tape, we got him bragging about the quality and his business. We got this motherf***er."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "You're f***ed."
  • (Don Cheadle) "So you pay off customs officials?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "Well, you know, in Mexico, law enforcement is an entrepreneurial activity. Not so much in the states, anyway, we, uh -- We hire drivers with nothing and throw a lot of product at the problem. Some gets stopped, enough gets through. It's not difficult. Look, boys, this has worked for years, okay. It's going to continue to work for years."
  • (Don Cheadle) "I don't think she's in on it, man."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "I have actually dreamed about this, about busting the top people, the rich people, WHITE people."
  • (Don Cheadle) "I know, I know, but I don't think she's in on it, man."
  • (Don Cheadle) "You make us believe you got a boss, Eddie. Look, no boss; it's all on you."
  • (Miguel Ferrer) "No. No, it's a death sentence. I'd never make it to the death sentence."
  • (Don Cheadle) "I lost my virginity with a sophomore in high school."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "That's cool?"
  • (Don Cheadle) "Yeah, sweet."
  • (Luis Guzmán) "Did he treat you good?"

Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala

  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Who was on the phone?"
  • (Steven Bauer) "Oh that was Arnie. He can't make it to the barbeque."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "What's going on? They came into the house. They just took him away. They searched my home."
  • (Dennis Quaid) "Let me tell you what's happening, alright? Now, first of all, Carl is not here. The D.E.A. has got him and they're gonna hang on to him until his arraignment, which will probably be tomorrow, alright? So here, you're wasting your time, alright? Are you with me?"
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Yeah."
  • (Dennis Quaid) "Okay. Now, do not discuss anything over the telephone. Don't talk to your neighbors, stay out of your yard."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "My husband was working on something he called "the project for the children". Were you aware of this?"
  • (Benjamin Bratt) "I don't know. Perhaps I remember something --"
  • (Benjamin Bratt) "If you want to smuggle narcotics in Senore Espastico Jacobo, that is nothing new, Senora."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "No, not in. The doll is cocaine. High-impact, pressure-molded cocaine. It's oderless. Undetectable by the dogs. Undetectable by anyone --"
  • (Benjamin Bratt) "I don't believe you, Senora."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Nobody will help us. Nobody will take us in. Nobody wants anything to do with us, Carl. So you just tell me how you're going to make it up to me."
  • (Steven Bauer) "Helena."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Just tell me what to do."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Now get out of the car and shoot him in the head."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "I'm on the board of my son's school, I have fundraisers for adult literacy at my own home. I think I have a right to know if my husband is a legitimate business man."
  • (Dennis Quaid) "Of course he is."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Who does Carl sell to?"
  • (Dennis Quaid) "You should not have any contact with those people."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "My husband was the victim of an informer in your organization, not in ours."
  • (Benjamin Bratt) "That is not true, Mrs. Ayala. Your route has been compromised. Perhaps it's time for me to deal with other distributers in California."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "I don't think you're gonna do that."
  • (Benjamin Bratt) "You don't?"
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "How am I going to survive this?"

Steven Bauer as Carlos Ayala

  • (Steven Bauer) "Listen to me, I built our house, and I'm not going to lose it. My business, that would take a lot of private study. I suggest you look into the Coronel."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "The painting?"
  • (Steven Bauer) "Into selling it. If you can stomach it. You should look into it."

Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez

  • (Jacob Vargas) "So, the Scorpion and Salazar are working together, and they're making a move on Juan Obregón? Do you know how much he would pay for information like that? A lot."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Take of your sunglasses."
  • (Jacob Vargas) "What?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "I said, take of your sunglasses."
  • (Jacob Vargas) "Why?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "I'm not kidding, Manolito. Take of your sunglasses."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "We will keep our mouths shut."
  • (Tourist Woman) "Don't you wanna know what kind of car it is?"
  • (Tourist Man) "Yeah, it's a brown Ford Explorer --"
  • (Tourist Woman) "Look, it was right here, it's been stolen, I wanna file a report."
  • (Jacob Vargas) "A report, will not help you find your car."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Eh; the police won't find your car."
  • (Tourist Woman) "You ARE the police."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "You gonna call this man -- and he'll find your car for you."
  • (Tourist Man) "I don't-I don't get it."
  • (Tourist Woman) "How is this guy gonna know who has our car?"
  • (Benicio del Toro) "-- the police will tell him."
  • (Tourist Man) "Why-why will they tell him and they won't tell us?"
  • (Tourist Woman) "Because we pay him, stupid. Right? Then he pays the police and suddenly our car appears."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Es, es, es correct, es correct."
  • (Tourist Woman) "Just give it to him, alright?"
  • (Tourist Man) "I know."
  • (Tourist Woman) "Give him the money."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Let's start moving to the sidewalk."
  • (Tourist Man) "Take it."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Nononono."
  • (Tourist Woman) "No, please, take it."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Nononono, nono, let's start moving to the sidewalk, to the sidewalk, let's go to the sidewalk."
  • (Benicio del Toro) "Call the man. Have a nice day."

James Brolin as General Ralph Landry

  • (James Brolin) "You know, when they forced Khruschev out, he sat down and wrote two letters to his successor. He said; "When you get yourself into a situation you can't get out of, open the first letter, and you'll be safe. When you get yourself into another situation you can't get out of, open the second letter". Well, soon enough, this guy found himself into a tight place, so he opened the first letter. Which said; "Blame everything on me". So he blames the old man, it worked like a charm. He got himself into a second situation he couldn't get out of, he opened the second letter. It said; "Sit down, and write two letters"."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Yep."

Amy Irving as Barbara Wakefield

  • (Amy Irving) "What's Washington like?"
  • (Michael Douglas) "What's Washington like? Well its like Calcutta, surrounded by beggars. The only difference is the beggars in Washington wear fifteen hundred dollar suits and they don't say please or thank you."
  • (Amy Irving) "You might want to pencil a little face time with your daughter."
  • (Michael Douglas) "Barbara."
  • (Amy Irving) "Because I'm at the edge of my capabilities, Robert."

Benjamin Bratt as Juan Obregón

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D. W. Moffett as Jeff Sheridan

  • (D. W. Moffett) "I know everyone that you're going to meet. I know what they want and why."

Clifton Collins, Jr. as Francisco Flores

  • (Clifton Collins, Jr.) "I want to use a bomb."
  • (Catherine Zeta-Jones) "Are you kidding? Can't you just shoot him or something?"
  • (Clifton Collins, Jr.) "I don't really like guns. You shoot someone in the head three times and some pinche doctor will keep them alive."

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