Ford v Ferrari (2019) quotes

Director
James Mangold.

Cast
Matt Damon.
Christian Bale.
Jon Bernthal.

American car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference and the laws of physics to build a revolutionary race car for Ford in order to defeat Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.

[narration] There’s a point at 7,000 RPM… where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that’s left is a body moving through space and time. 7,000 RPM. That’s where you meet it. You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?
– Carroll Shelby

James Bond does not drive a Ford, sir.
– Lee Iacocca
That’s because he’s a degenerate.
– Henry Ford II

Nice stopwatch.
– Phil Remington
Want one? They’re Italian.
– Carroll Shelby

We’re lighter, we’re faster, and if that don’t work, we’re nastier.
– Carroll Shelby

You’re gonna build a car to beat Ferrari with… a Ford.
– Ken Miles
Correct.
– Carroll Shelby
And how long did they tell you that they need it? Two, three hundred years?
– Ken Miles
Ninety days.
– Carroll Shelby

I don’t speak Italian, but he ain’t happy.
– Carroll Shelby

When I was 10 years old, my Pops said, son it’s a truly lucky man who knows what he wants to do in this world. ‘Cause that man will never work a day in his life.
– Carroll Shelby

If this were a beauty pageant, we just lost.
– Ken Miles
Looks aren’t everything.
– Carroll Shelby

Well, you promised me the drive. Not the win.
– Ken Miles

It was a hell of a drive.
– Carroll Shelby
She’s a hell of a machine.
– Ken Miles
Oh, she’s fast.
– Carroll Shelby
Could be faster.
– Ken Miles

It’s about right now the uninitiated have a tendency to soil themselves.
– Phil Remington