Terence Fletcher Andrew You're right, we should not be dating. Play the goddamn music. Like all you guys. Andrew: You know of his death? [melancholic] Terence Fletcher Andrew : [after being replaced by another drummer] Andrew : I-I don't know. : FASTER! Fletcher is a cruel, ferocious and ruthless man who will verbally and physically abuse his students to no end in order to get the results he wants. : Travis and Dustin? Got it? Right? Andrew: Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax. Terence Fletcher I believe that is an absolute necessity. That was all right. [plays a slow trumpet song through speakers]. If you deliberately sabotage my band, I will f*** you like a pig. : I told you that story about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right? Nope, I guess not. There's no pot of gold down there. [Fletcher slaps him again] One, two, three Terence Fletcher: Now, was I rushing or I was dragging? Any f***ing moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. TURN MY PAGES, B*TCH! Terence Fletcher And he practices and he practices with one goal in mind, never to be laughed at again. And Jones nearly decapitates him for it. : [turning away] You were, Erickson, but he didn't know and that's bad enough. Fletcher: Were you rushing or were you dragging? : (01:27:55 - 01:32:45) Yeah! Terence Fletcher I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. Why would you give it to Neiman? Terence Fletcher Andrew, what are you doing, man? I actually fucking tried, and that's more than most people ever do. Terence Fletcher: [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends] Terence Fletcher Andrew: Terence Fletcher And I'm not gonna be able to do that. It's my part, I'll be on your stage. I wanted you guys to know he was a beautiful player. Terence Fletcher: Everybody remember, Lincoln Center and its ilk use these competitions to decide who they are interested in and who they are not. : And here comes mister gay pride of the Upper West Side himself. [Andrew shakes his head] Well, you've just got to listen to the greats then. : Terence Fletcher: We have a squeaker today, class. I wasn't there to conduct. Motherfucker! [Metz plays a couple of notes; Fletcher stops him]. Upsy-daisy. Like all you guys. We see him from a distance down a hallway at a conservatory. If you want the fucking part, earn it! So for the final, FATHER-F***ING TIME, SAY IT LOUDER!!! Look at me! So for the final, FATHER-FUCKING time, SAY IT LOUDER! I'm in studio band because I'm the best player Ryan: Best Whiplash Quotes 1. Uncle Frank: Andrew: I believe that's an absolute necessity." Fletcher Fletcher says this to Andrew at the jazz club about his tactics as a teacher. Terence Fletcher More Whiplash quotes Collection Edit Buy Terence Fletcher: You are upset. You know, maybe you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker? Terence Fletcher : He reveals to him before the performance that he is aware Neiman testified against him. Fletcher: Listen, the key is to just relax. Andrew Now get your sticks and get your ass on stage. One, and two, and-. No Bird. You've got ten minutes, you fucking pathetic pansy-ass fruit-fuck! You think Carleton football's a joke? No, I didn't! Andrew: Give yourself at least two hours to get there this time, alright? No. I need to look at the music. : Terence Fletcher: Don't slow down. I-I-I swear, I just had it here two seconds ago. : Yeah, I know this great pizza place. Nicole: Terence Fletcher: Louder! Connelly, get your ass back on the kit. Like all you guys. Andrew: LOUDER! [Andrew plays while Fletcher removes his jacket and puts it on a rack]. Andrew [Runs to get his sticks]. Andrew: Andrew: No, I didn't! I'm not. While Fletcher seems unimpressed from Andrew's impromptu audition, he nonetheless accepts the student as his drum alternate. And I put him in Studio Band. Cool. Nicole: : Fuck you. FASTER! Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher: : Terence Fletcher: "You're here for a reason. Don't worry about what the other guys are thinking. Oh! Terence Fletcher: : Terence Fletcher : Don't worry about what the other guys are thinking. Andrew: Show me your rudiments. He doesn't care whether or not the performance will make him look bad, he is out for revenge. And I put him in Studio Band. Terence Fletcher Look at me! That's been your problem the whole fucking time, the seat height? Uncle Frank: Ah, but your friends will remember you, that's the point. : You think you're better than us? You know, maybe you go too far, and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker? It's over, okay? Connelly's playing the part. Listen, the key is to just relax. Fletcher: Tell me it's not you, Elmer Fudd. : Are you one of those single tear people? Maybe now's the time for Neiman to earn the part. Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher [loud] Andrew Andrew Neiman sir. Andrew: I don't know, I just never really saw the use. I don't give a shit. [after Andrew stops drumming] He practices. I'd like to try Neiman on this. Andrew Otherwise, we are depriving the world of the next Louis Armstrong, the next Charlie Parker. : Terence Fletcher: Were you rushing or were you dragging? Tanner? Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head. [at the top of his lungs] You can't fucking do this to me! Then why did you stop playing? You know, you actually do look quite a bit like a leprechaun. Whiplash (2014) Quotes Showing all 62 items Terence Fletcher : There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job". You give a calculator to a f***ing retard he's gonna try to turn on a TV with it. Whiplash is a 2014 film about an occupied drum student and an abusive teaching conductor at a cutthroat music conservatory. No? : Terence Fletcher The truth is, Andrew, I never really had a Charlie Parker. Nieman, you lost the fucking part. God, you are a self-righteous prick. Either you're deliberately out of tune and sabotaging my band, or you don't know you're out of tune, and that's even worse. But is there a line? I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. No Bird. Let patients help define what value in medicine is. : You know, maybe you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker? You are upset. Now, was I rushing or I was dragging? Andrew: As you pointed out, Fletcher was strangely not angry at Andrew in the slightest. Now, the Casey's aren't wealthy, they don't want to file suit. Technical Specs, [Andrew stop playing because Fletcher enters the room], [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends], [kicks drumset out of the way and tackles Fletcher]. I don't know. And a year later he goes back to the Reno and he steps up on that stage and he plays the best motherfucking solo the world has ever heard. Exactly. It's my part and I decide who to lend it to. So imagine if Jones just said "Well, that's okay Charlie. Double it! Andrew: Terence Fletcher: He is fired from Shaffer after Andrew testifies that he played a part in a former student's committing suicide. Get off the stool. In four, dammit! Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher: Terence Fletcher: Terence Fletcher: : One, two, three, four Terence Fletcher : : Goofs Fletcher: [sees Andrew shed a tear] Oh, my dear God. [to Connelly] F*** you. Terence Fletcher: I wasn't there to conduct. I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success. Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher And he's laughed off-stage. Andrew: I'm upset. No, double time. Terence Fletcher: more More Whiplash quotes Collection Edit Buy Terence Fletcher: There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job". Andrew But I tried. Five-P.M. call tomorrow in Dunellen. Terence Fletcher: Terence Fletcher Unfortunately, this is not a Bette Midler concert, we will not be serving Cosmopolitans and Baked Alaska, so just play faster than you give fucking hand jobs, will you please? Fuck you. No, man, no. One, and two, and-, [Band plays for a moment only to be cut by Fletcher again]. Look up here, look at me. Faster. Andrew [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends] I SAID NOT NOW! : : [at the top of his lungs] No Bird. [entering the room] Terence Fletcher: You think I'm f***ing stupid? And that's more than most people ever do. No, literally no. Terence Fletcher: We have an out-of-tone player here. So you wanna take me out. Seriously, take ten, twenty, a fuckin' hour. HEY, FUCK OFF, JOHNNY UTAH! It's good to work, huh? And you're gonna tell me to ease up on the drumming, spend more time with you because you're not feeling important. Hey, look, I can play these charts. : But that's just what the world wants now. Terence Fletcher I'm a first year. [Andrew nods yes] Yes, you are upset. You would've cut me by now. Andrew: You catch on quick. Carried your fat ass for too long Metz, I'm not gonna have you cost us a competition because your minds on a f***ing happy meal instead of on pitch. Nicole: Truth is, I don't think people understood what it was I was doing at Shaffer. Terence Fletcher: You are a worthless, friendless, faggot-lipped little piece of shit whose mommy left daddy . What year are you? Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher: Oh, my dear God. The folder is your fucking responsibility, Tanner. The Bad Guy Wins: Downplayed, but there. Now are you a rusher, or are you a dragger or are you gonna be ON MY FUCKING TIME? I'm sure they'll make great school board presidents someday. So now you have it, right? Web. I wasn't there to conduct. The truth is, Andrew, I never really had a Charlie Parker. Uncle Frank: Well, who are you going to play with otherwise? Get off the stool. Rushing or dragging? Subscribe A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a st Come play with us. Terence Fletcher, an instructor known equally for his. THEN WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU SAY SO? Listen, the key is to just relax. : And we're just gonna start to hate each other. Do I look like a double fucking rainbow to you? Everybody remember, Lincoln Center and its ilk use these competitions to decide who they are interested in and who they are not. : TURN MY PAGES, BITCH! Am I to understand that you cannot read tempo? 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