Under Fire (1983)

Joanna Cassidy: Claire

Photos 

Quotes 

• Woman in refugee camp : [looking at picture of dead Alex Grazier on TV]  Did you know the man who was killed?

  Claire : [she nods 'yes'] 

  Woman in refugee camp : Fifty thousand Nicaraguans have died and now a Yankee. Perhaps now America will be outraged at what has happened here.

  Claire : Perhaps they will.

  Woman in refugee camp : Maybe we should have killed an American journalist fifty years ago.

• Claire : You chose the wrong side.

  Marcel Jazy : In twenty years we shall know who's right.

• Alex Grazier : [looking at his face in a mirror]  You were right. Everybody was right.

  Claire : About what?

  Alex Grazier : These cheekbones. What do you think of them?

  Claire : I like your cheekbones, Alex. Is there anything the matter?

  Alex Grazier : It's a face made for television.

  Claire : [slightly taken aback]  You mean you decided to go with the Network?

  Alex Grazier : Yeah... They're gonna' give me 10 grand a week to read the news. I'll be in 60 million homes every night. When I take a breath, all of America will take a breath. When my voice trembles, all of America will tremble. I'm gonna' be a star. My vocal inflection will be more important than who controls Congress.

  Claire : [grinning]  And your name will become a household word.

  Alex Grazier : [grinning]  Yeah, I'll become a household word.

• Claire : [He and Claire are at a camp where Rafael is supposedly holed up]  What is it?

  Russell Price : Rafael is dead. I can smell it.

• Alex Grazier : [indicating Russell]  I left this country because of this man. I came back because of this man. Now the cutest couple in town has got me lookin' up a horse's ass, on a midnight tour of Managua. What's goin' on?

  Claire : [long pause]  Rafael is dead.

• [last lines] 

  Claire : Do you think we fell in love with too much?

  Russell Price : I'd do it again.

• Claire : You're going to love this war...

  Russell Price : Hmmm.

  Claire : Good guys, bad guys and cheap shrimp.

• Claire : Did you dream about Miss Panama last night?

  Russell Price : No, I dreamed about you.

  Claire : Have a good time?

  Russell Price : Yeah, and you did too!

• Hub Kittle : [glibly offering condolences to Claire over Alex's death]  Jesus Christ, Claire, a human tragedy. What can I say?

  Claire : [angrily brushes past him]  Fuck off, Hub.