Soldier (I) (1998)

Connie Nielsen: Sandra

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• Sandra : How do you know they'll be back?

  Todd : Because they're soldiers, Sir. Like me.

  Sandra : Why are they doing this?

  Todd : They're obeying orders, Sir. It's their duty.

  Sandra : Do you know how many there will be?

  Todd : Seventeen more, Sir.

  Sandra : Oh my God, you can't fight seventeen more on your own, you have to organize us. We're not cowards, we'll do as you tell us, we'll fight.

  Todd : No.

  Sandra : Why not?

  Todd : Soldiers deserve soldiers, Sir.

  Sandra : But one soldier, against seventeen. What are you going to do?

  Todd : I'm going to kill them all, Sir.

• Sandra : Sgt. Todd... what's it like? What's it like being a soldier? What do you think about?

  [silence] 

  Sandra : You must think about something?

  [silence] 

  Sandra : What about feelings then?

  [silence] 

  Sandra : You must *feel* something?

  [pause] 

  Todd : Fear.

  Sandra : Fear?

  Todd : Fear and discipline.

  Sandra : Now?

  Todd : Always.

• Sandra : Brave. It means that even when you're scared you control your emotions. You make the fear be really small and tiny.