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Daniel Culp: You have no right to fuck with my head!
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Dr. Philip Zimbardo: This experiment... is over.
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Peter Mitchell: Blow it out your ass, Mr. Correctional Officer!
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Daniel Culp: Don't eat that shit.
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Daniel Culp: I know you're a nice guy.
Christopher Archer: So why do you hate me?
Daniel Culp: Because I know what you can become.
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Jesse Fletcher: You brought me here to legitimize this experiment and there's nothing legitimate about this place, Phil.
Dr. Philip Zimbardo: You're right. You're right. I didn't explain it well. Prisons, they represent a loss of freedom, literally and symbolically.
Jesse Fletcher: Yeah, but that does not explain why they're wearing dresses. They're wearing dresses, Phil.
Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes, I understand. Uh, we're trying to strip away their individuality. Make them uniform. Feminize them.
Jesse Fletcher: Feminize them?
Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes. Feminize them. Take away all the things that make them them. You see, we're trying to understand how an institution affects an individual's behavior. We're trying to do something... We're trying to do something good.
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Karl Vandy: It's easy for you to say, 'Oh, I wouldn't have acted that way', but you don't know. That's - that's the truth. You don't know. And now I know what I'm capable of, and it hurts.
The Stanford Prison Experiment Quotes
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Language: English Release date: July 17, 2015