The Hummingbird Project (2018)

Jesse Eisenberg: Vincent Zaleski

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• Vincent Zaleski : [quoting his father's words]  Whatever you do, always make sure you own your freedom.

• Vincent Zaleski : It's have to be a straight line.

  Mark Vega : Mountains?

  Anton Zaleski : Straight!

  Anton Zaleski : Rivers?

  Vincent Zaleski : Straight!

  Mark Vega : Swamps?

  Vincent Zaleski : Straight, Straight, Straight, Straight!

• Vincent Zaleski : Sometimes I wonder, if all the time that was given to me was, like, like, 16 milliseconds, and I had no past memory - I had nothing carved into my mind before those 16 milliseconds. And the only thing that was left imprinted in my brain were the images and the smells and feelings of those 16 milliseconds. How do you think I would process that?

  Anton Zaleski : I don't know. Hmm. I think your life would feel exactly as long as someone who lived for 100 years.

• [first lines] 

  Bryan Taylor : How long does it take to drive from Kansas to New York?

  Vincent Zaleski : Uh, two days.

  Bryan Taylor : You wanna do this in 16 milliseconds?

  Vincent Zaleski : Yeah, but round trip.

  Bryan Taylor : We're talking about a lot of money here, Vincent.

• Mark Vega : It sure is a strange project you got there...

  Vincent Zaleski : Just think of it as David walking on the stock exchange floor and pulling out the biggest slingshot ever, so he can bring Goliath down to the ground.

  Mark Vega : David and Goliath... I like that. We're David, right?