Ethan Hawke credited as playing...
Vincent • Jerome
- Vincent: You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.
- Vincent: What's this?
- Dr. Lamar: New policy, what's the matter? Flight got you nervous?
- Vincent: Nope, there's a problem, Lamar...
- Dr. Lamar: ... I still haven't told you about my son, have I? He's a big fan of yours...
- Vincent: Just remember. I was as good as any, and better than most...
- Dr. Lamar: ... He wants to apply here...
- Vincent: ... I could've gone up and back and nobody would've been the wiser...
- Dr. Lamar: ... unfortunately my son's not all that they promised. But then again, who knows what he could do?
- [test reveals Vincent as invalid]
- Dr. Lamar: For future reference, right-handed men don't hold it with their left. Just one of those things.
- [Lamar hits button revealing Jerome's valid ID, and then Vincent stares into Lamar's eyes, hesitating]
- Dr. Lamar: You're gonna miss your flight, Vincent.
- [last lines]
- Vincent: [voiceover] For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.
- Anton Freeman: Vincent! How are you doing this Vincent? How have you done any of this? We have to go back.
- Vincent: It's too late for that. We're closer to the other side.
- Anton Freeman: What other side? You wanna drown us both?
- Vincent: You wanna know how I did it? This is how I did it Anton. I never saved anything for the swim back.
- [Irene has discovered Vincent's secret]
- Irene: I don't even know who you are.
- Vincent: I'm the same person I was yesterday.
- Irene: I can't hear any more of your lies Jerome...
- Vincent: My name is Vincent, all right? Vincent Anton Freeman, and I'm a "faith birth" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it; but I am NOT a murderer!
- Irene: You're a "God-child"?
- Vincent: [takes Irene's hand and places over his heart] But we do have one thing in common, only I don't have twenty or thirty years left in mine. Mine is already ten thousand beats overdue.
- Irene: It's not possible.
- Vincent: You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.
- Vincent: They used to say that a child conceived in love has a greater chance of happiness. They don't say that anymore.
- Vincent: I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it.
- Vincent: It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.