Rise of the Planet of the Apes Quotes

  • Linda: Mr. Jacobs, it's Linda from Will's team. Something horrible has happened. Franklin is dead - from a viral infection.

    Steven Jacobs: What the hell are you talking about?

    Linda: He was exposed to the 113. It does something to people that it doesn't do to apes.

  • Steven Jacobs: You used an untested drug on your father. I could end your career with one phone call.

    Will Rodman: Let me save you the trouble. I quit.

  • Maurice: [to Caesar in sign language] Why coockie Rocket?

    Caesar: [to Maurice in sign language and breaking and bundling sticks] Ape alone... weak. Apes together... strong.

    Maurice: [to Caesar in sign language as they observe chimps beating each other and stop] Apes stupid.

  • Will Rodman: Caesar. I'm sorry. This my fault. This has to stop. This isn't the way, you know what they're capable of. Please come home. If you come home, I'll protect you.

    Caesar: [looks at the apes and to Will] Caesar is home.

  • Dodge Landon: Take your stinking paw off me, you damn dirty ape!

    Caesar: NO!

  • Dodge Landon: It's a madhouse! A madhouse!

  • Koba: [Writing on computer board] Jacobs

    Steven Jacobs: [Jacobs laughs] Ha ha ha!

  • Maurice: [in sign language; subtitled] Hurt bad?

    Caesar: [in sign language] You know sign?

    Maurice: [nods; in sign language] Circus orangutan.

    [Caesar and the orangutan Maurice observe John tranquilizes a chimp. Caesar grabs the bars of his cage and shrieks and growls]

    Maurice: [to Caesar in sign language] Careful. Humans don't like smart ape.

  • Will Rodman: I'm taking him out of here right now.

    John Landon: Not without a court-order you're not! Besides he's not yours anymore.

  • Party Boy: [at Caesar's cage] Hey, check out this guy.

    Dodge Landon: Hey that one's a pain in the ass, man! He thinks he's special or something.

    Party Boy: Freaky. Come here. Come on. It's like he's thinking or something.

    Caesar: [grabs the man's throat and staresand growls]

    Party Girl #2: Oh, my God! He has his throat!

    Party Girl #1: Let him go!

    Dodge Landon: [Dodge runs towards Caesar] Let go!

    Caesar: [grunts and releases the and leans towards Rocket's cage]

    Rocket: [he jumps up, he growls and jumps down]

    Dodge Landon: I told you not to get too close man.

  • Dodge Landon: The new kid on the block kind of gets picked on.

    Will Rodman: [sees Dodge's prode] That's bullshit! What did you to him?

    Dodge Landon: [Will pushes Dodge to the wall and John comes in] Let go man!

  • Will Rodman: You want me to take him? I can't take care of a monkey.

    Robert Franklin: He's not a monkey! He's an ape.

  • Will Rodman: [from trailer] Caesar shows cognitive skills that far exceed that of a human counterpart. The drug in his system has radicly boosted healthy brain functions.

  • [from trailer]

    Will Rodman: Look, you have no idea of what you're dealing with!

  • [from trailer]

    John Landon: They're not people you know.

  • Steven Jacobs: [to Will] I swear, you know everything about the human brain except the way it works.

  • Robert Franklin: Mr. Jacobs, please! I am begging you, don't do this!

    Steven Jacobs: It would cost a small fortune to run lab test on all those chimps that would tell me what I already know! That they are contaminated!

    Robert Franklin: Please, Mr. Jacobs! Lives are at stake! These are animals with personalities, with attachments!

    Steven Jacobs: Attachments?

    Robert Franklin: Yes.

    Steven Jacobs: I run a business, not a petting zoo. Find the most cost-effective way to put those apes down!

  • Caroline Aranha: [to Will after he posts a picture of him and infant Caesar] Hey. Some things aren't meant to be changed. You need to accept that.

  • [first lines]

    Robert Franklin: [administering chimp intelligence test] Okay, okay. Here you go. And let's go again.

    [gives Bright Eyes treat and clocks timer]

    Will Rodman: Which one's this? Number nine?

    Robert Franklin: Yeah, this is number nine. Bright Eyes, we call her. Are you watching this? This is unbelievable.

    [Bright Eyes does the tower fast]

    Robert Franklin: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

    Bright Eyes: [grabs treat and eats it]

    Will Rodman: How many moves was that?

    Robert Franklin: 20.

    [Will looks at them and starts to head out]

    Robert Franklin: Yeah, a perfect score is 15. Doc, what are you giving her?

    Will Rodman: [heads out] Hey, give that video!

    [runs out the hallway and opens the door to Steven Jacobs' office]

    Will Rodman: Chimp number nine, just one dose.

    Steven Jacobs: [looks at Will and holds a phone down] Aren't I seeing you later?

    Will Rodman: [puts file on desk] We're good to go.

    Steven Jacobs: I'm going to call you back. Yeah, all right. Thanks. Bye.

    Will Rodman: The 112. It works.

    [walks to a large screen]

    Steven Jacobs: On just the one primate.

    Will Rodman: One is all we need. Full cognitive recorvery. We're ready.

    Steven Jacobs: Look are you sure you're not rushing this?

    Will Rodman: I've been working on this for five and a half years. The data is clear. We're ready, Steven. All I need is your approval for human trials.

    Steven Jacobs: For this, you're going to need the board's approval. There's alot of money riding on this, Will. You only get one shot.

    Will Rodman: One shot is all I need.

    Steven Jacobs: [sighing] All right. But I'll need to see all the research.

    Will Rodman: [bangs on the desk] You got it.

    Steven Jacobs: And, Will...

    Will Rodman: Yeah?

    Steven Jacobs: Keep your personal emotions out of it. These people invest in results, not dreams.

    Will Rodman: Okay.

    [leaves office]

  • Caroline Aranha: I love chimpanzees. I'm also afraid of them. And it's appropriate to be afraid of them.

  • Will Rodman: [from internatiol trailer] Why don't we begin? Meet Chimp Nine. We gave him a gene therapy that allows the brain to create it own cells in order to repair itself. We call it the Cure to Alzheimer's.

  • Caesar: [grunt-like and at Koba with hands signals] Go Up!

    Koba: [grunts]

    [leads some orangutans and chimps up on the beams]

    Caesar: [to Maurice and with signals] Go Under!

    Maurice: [roars and screeches]

    [leads most of the orangutans and some chimps under the bridge]

  • John Landon: [aggravated] I get more peace in a goddamned ape house.

  • Charles Rodman: Oh, he's a smart one, isn't he?

  • Hunsiker: [about not seeing Caesar] Damn right it won't.

    Charles Rodman: He just wanted to play.

  • Charles Rodman: As for Caesar, kneel down, kneel down and wonder!

  • Will Rodman: [about exceptional chimp] We gave her what we call ALZ-112, a gene therapy that allows the brain to create its own cells in order to repair itself. In biology, this is called neurogenesis. Here at GenSys, we call it a cure to Alzheimer's.