Person of Interest (TV Series)

Witness (2011)

Enrico Colantoni: Charlie Burton

Photos 

Quotes 

• Scarface : [after the Russian mob boss is killed]  It's done.

  Charlie Burton : No. It's just beginning. Veni. Vidi. Vici.

• Charlie Burton : I thought about killing you, John. But I realized that that would seem ungrateful. Besides, how do you take the life of someone so talented? I could really use a guy like you in my organization. I wish you luck, John. If you stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours.

  John Reese : What if I don't?

  Charlie Burton : Then we'll meet again under less pleasant circumstances.

• Charlie Burton : What is that?

  John Reese : [Tending his bullet wound]  Cocaine.

  Charlie Burton : I guess there's a first time for everything. Is that glue?

  John Reese : Yeah. Nothing like over-the-counter polymer to close a wound in a pinch.

  Charlie Burton : You learn all this in hero training?

  John Reese : Something like that.

• Charlie Burton : I'm sorry I got you into this mess.

  John Reese : It's okay. It's my job.

  Charlie Burton : It's a dangerous career choice.

  John Reese : That's the second time today I've heard that. It's funny. You remind me of him.

• Charlie Burton : If I testify I never get to come back here. And I've worked too hard. This is my home. My students, for starters - I-I can't leave them. They need me.

  John Reese : Well, you won't do those kids any good if you're dead, Mr. Burton.

  Charlie Burton : Charlie, please - "Mr. Burton" Is for my students.

  John Reese : Do you want to die, Charlie? Because this isn't a history lesson. Those bullets are real.

  [pause] 

  John Reese : My name is John.

  Charlie Burton : Thank you for saving my ass, John.

• John Reese : You were meeting Benny at the bodega that day, weren't you? The shooters were looking for you.

  Charlie Burton : Yeah, the benefits of no one knowing who you are Or what you look like. That's gone now, I suppose. It's time to evolve. I'm ready for the next step.

  [Turns the gun] 

  Lazlo Yogorov : Go ahead. I'd rather die than see you running my city.

  Charlie Burton : You know what Benny said before he died? He said, "Veni, vidi, vici" - I came, I saw, I won. He said your almighty Bratva was already crumbling. He said we'd already won.

• John Reese : Sir, you have a Russian hit team closing in, which leaves us with approximately five seconds before you need to make a decision.

  Charlie Burton : How do I know you're not one of them?

  John Reese : Because I'm standing in front of you and you're still alive.

• Charlie Burton : [Reese breaks into a car]  Hey, this isn't mine!

  John Reese : Not mine either. Get in.

  Charlie Burton : May I at least have your name Before we commit grand theft auto together?

• Charlie Burton : So how did you wind up doing whatever it is you do, john?

  John Reese : It's Complicated. What about you? Did you always want to be a teacher?

  Charlie Burton : No, it was sort of a career shift. I came to like the kids a lot. A lot of their parents are affiliated with the russian mob, So I try to give them other options.

  John Reese : They're lucky to have you.

  Charlie Burton : Only the ones that I get out of the life and into college.

  John Reese : What about the kids who don't make it?

  Charlie Burton : Probably the ones shooting at us.

• Charlie Burton : Don't make me shoot you, John. Drop your weapon and kick it to me, please.

  John Reese : I thought you didn't like guns.

  Charlie Burton : You know, sometimes you have to do things you don't like.

  John Reese : Like teaching history to the children of your enemies?

  Charlie Burton : Three years, I watched them; cleaning up after the children of those pigs. It's a good amount of time to learn What makes your enemies tick, what makes them weak.

  [Turns to Lazlo] 

  Charlie Burton : You know all the secrets you and your family tried to hide, Lazlo, I learned all about from your own flesh and blood? Your children hate you almost as much as I do

• Charlie Burton : It's a beautiful morning. I have to thank you, John. To tell you the truth, I didn't think I'd see another one.