Foxcatcher Quotes

John du Pont: [coaching Mark to deliver a speech filled with difficult terms] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
John du Pont: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

John du Pont: [intensively] Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.
Mark Schultz: Ornithologist, Philatelist, Philanthropist.

[John du Pont and Mark sit out on the backyard porch of the du Pont residents, a little drunk and drugged]
Mark Schultz: You all right? Huh?
John du Pont: You are a good friend, Mark.
Mark Schultz: Thank you, John.
John du Pont: I only had one real friend growing up. Hugh Cherry. Hughby. He was the son

of my mother's chauffeur.
Mark Schultz: Uh-huh.
John du Pont: When I was 16, I found out that my mother had been paying him to be my friend.
Mark Schultz: Dave was my only friend growing up. Yeah.
[John du Pont chuckles at Mark]

[Dave feels uneasy and struggles on filming his scene on who John du Pont is]
Documentary Director: Let's get pointed here.
David Schultz: What are you looking for?
Documentary Director: I think you know what we're trying to accomplish here. We're making a documentary that shows John is gonna be able to lead this team and lead

you to levels of greatness in the world of wrestling that we haven't seen before. And, talk about that, but use some of those terms that he likes like excellent and intensity and validation.
David Schultz: [laughs to himself] All right. Well, John du Pont... Say that again? I'm sorry. Can you ask me that question again?
Documentary Director: John

see's you as important to this. You're the closing chapter to this thing. You're the end of it, and you're the assistant coach. He see's himself as your mentor. I would like you to just look at the camera and just speak about John... as a mentor.
David Schultz: And say what exactly?
Documentary Director: That he's your mentor. Can you do that?

David Schultz: John du Pont... is kind of a mentor to me.
Documentary Director: Just look over here at the camera and say it again.
David Schultz: [Dave clears his throat, smiles, and answers without emotion] John du Pont is a mentor to me.

[last lines]
MMA Backstage Official: Mark. You're up.
[starts walking to the ring]
MMA Announcer: He is a jujitsu fighter, standing 6 feet, 2 inches tall, weighing 225 pounds. From Moscow, Russia, Vladimir "The Prototype" Milstead.
MMA Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, fight number three, on our six-bout card features a

match-up with this freestyle wrestler out of Lindon, Utah. Standing 5 feet, 20 inches tall, weighing in at 203 pounds. He is a three-time NCAA and three-time world champion, 1984 Olympic gold medalist. Please welcome Mark Schultz!
[the audience roars out in welcoming Mark Schultz, USA! USA! USA! USA!]

[John du Pont walks into the Foxcatcher gym with a pistol, where all of the wrestlers are stretching for practice]
John du Pont: Mark.
[John signals for Mark]
John du Pont: After practice, I want you to shower, and come talk to me. All right?
Mark Schultz: Yeah. All right.
[John du Pont then fires a round from

his pistol into the ceiling of the gym]
John du Pont: Three hundred eighty-seven days to Seoul, gentlemen. Let's have a good practice, shall we?