Barry Shabaka Henley credited as playing...
Thurman
- Thurman: What exactly are you doing in the United States, Mr. Navorski?
- Viktor Navorski: [reading from a notecard] Yellow taxicab, please. Take me to Ramada Inn, 161 Lexington.
- Thurman: You're staying at the Ramada Inn?
- Viktor Navorski: Keep the change.
- Thurman: Do you know anyone in New York?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes.
- Thurman: Who?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes.
- Thurman: Who?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes.
- Thurman: No. Do you know anyone in New York.
- Viktor Navorski: Yes, yes.
- Thurman: Who?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes. 161 Lexington.
- Frank Dixon: Do you know, one of my own men came up to me the other day, asked me if I wanted to join the big pool. Look at 'em, look at 'em, look at 'em. Place a bet on when Navorski was gonna leave this airport. Have you heard about this?
- Thurman: [nodding] I have January 3rd.
- Thurman: Beyond those doors is American soil. Mr. Dixon wants me to make it very clear to you, that you are not to enter through those doors. You are not to leave this building. America is closed.
- Viktor Navorski: America closed.
- Frank Dixon: Mr. Thurman, there's a man walking around the terminal in a bathrobe.
- Thurman: I know, sir. You put him there.
- Viktor Navorski: Now I go New York City. Thank you.
- Frank Dixon: No, Mr. Navorski, look. I cannot allow you to enter the United States at this time.
- Viktor Navorski: Krakozhia.
- Thurman: We can't allow you to go home either.
- Frank Dixon: Right. And the thing is, you don't really have a home. You don't. Technically it doesn't exist. I mean, it's... it's like a... it's like a Twilight Zone. Did you ever see that show?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes.
- Frank Dixon: Do you ever get that show over there?
- Viktor Navorski: Yes, yes.
- Frank Dixon: Uh... Talking Tina, Nightmare at 30,000 Feet, Zanti Misfits.
- Thurman: Zanti Misfits, that's Outer Limits, sir.
- Frank Dixon: Oh, really? It's not important. Anyway...
- Frank Dixon: How much does Navorski make?
- Thurman: Sir?
- Frank Dixon: How much does he make? How much are they paying him?
- Thurman: I believe they're paying him cash under the table, sir.
- Frank Dixon: I know that. How much?
- Thurman: 19 dollars an hour.
- Frank Dixon: Unbelievable. Do you know that's more than I make?
- Thurman: That's New York City construction.