Terence Fletcher . [Rushes to pick up his rudiments, but turns to Connelly]. You hear me, cocksuckers? Terence Fletcher: This is not Saint f***in' Patricks Day, Flannery. Terence Fletcher: Any fucking moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo. : And we're just gonna start to hate each other. Terence Fletcher I'd like to try Neiman on this. End of story. Terence Fletcher: Before I continue, would that player care to identify himself? Terence Fletcher: Five-P.M. call tomorrow in Dunellen. Terence Fletcher: End of story. : Andrew: Terence Fletcher: Andrew: Oh, that's what this is all about? Maybe it's time to *finally* bring this home. Metz Andrew: Hey, you know, f*** off, Johnny Utah! : You were, Erickson, but he didn't know and that's bad enough. FASTER! So Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, shit, I did do a pretty good job." Andrew: I think being the greatest musician of the 20th century is anybody's idea of success. Terence Fletcher: 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. You believe that, right? Crazy Credits 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. Neiman? : You give a calculator to a f***ing retard he's gonna try to turn on a TV with it. : Andrew: I don't know, I just never really saw the use. And he practices, and he practices with one goal in mind: Never too be laughed at again. Go! Terence Fletcher: And because I'm doing that, it's gonna take up more and more of my time. Give yourself at least two hours to get there this time, alright? Why would you give it to Neiman? Fuck you! Andrew You know, maybe, you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker? : Terence Fletcher Come play with us. Terence Fletcher: Andrew Terence Fletcher 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. Terence Fletcher: [going back to compose the band] Start practicing harder, Nieman. Terence Fletcher That, to me, is an absolute tragedy. Terence Fletcher : In four, dammit! : Connolly, get your ass back on the kit! Or, we can let Johnny Utah play the part. I'm in studio band because I'm the best player Ryan: : Now get your sticks and get your ass on stage. No Bird. Terence Fletcher: : Once you're signed to a label you compromise. Whiplash raises the age-old question of depiction equaling endorsement. A DUMB F***! [Fletcher rushes to the kit and stares Andrew in the face]. Say it. Terence Fletcher: : But I tried. FASTER! Fuck you! [Metz plays a couple of notes; Fletcher stops him]. Terence Fletcher: Andrew: I'm just gonna lay it out there. FUCK YOU! Terence Fletcher: I'm a first year. I see you in here a lot and I think you're really pretty and Would you ever wanna go out with me ever? Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher No Bird. [being restrained by band members] You give a calculator to a f***ing retard he's gonna try to turn on a TV with it. Count again. Andrew: It's Fletcher, one of the prominent teachers at Shaffer. Terence Fletcher: : Andrew Really? Let's go with the Irish Mick fucking Paddy cracker. It's my memory, I need visual cues. I know it was you. : We have an out-of-tune player here. He berates students and physically assaults them to try to scare or force them into performing better. When did you become a fucking expert on what I can or cannot do, you fucking weepy willow shitsack? But is there a line? Exactly. Andrew You're fourth chair. Oh my dear God. : Fletcher: So, are you upset? End of story. Uncle Frank: Are you upset? I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. Five-P.M. call tomorrow in Dunellen. Andrew : I-I don't know. I will drum your ass back to Nassau where you can turn pages until you graduate or f***ing dropout! Terence Fletcher: Do you think you're out of tune? Terence Fletcher: So for the final, FATHER-FUCKING time, SAY IT LOUDER! Last month, he hanged himself in his apartment. Terence Fletcher Fuck you, Fletcher! Lawyer: Does the name Sean Casey mean anything to you? The only reason you're in studio band to begin with is because I told you EXACTLY what I'd be asking for in Nassau! Then why did you stop playing? Terence Fletcher: For the record, Metz wasn't out of tune. : Terence Fletcher: I saw a drive in him. I think there's a certain amount of damage that will always have been done. [visibly distraught after phone call] Terence Fletcher You think Carleton football's a joke? I told you about how Charlie Parker became Charlie Parker, right? Tanner, are you a fucking statue? I actually fucking tried, and that's more than most people ever do. But that's just what the world wants now. [Desperate] FIND THE F***ING FOLDER! Fuck you! Why would you let him get away with what he did to you? Buddy Rich, Jo Jones. Terence Fletcher: [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends] Andrew, what are you doing? Ok, maybe a bug flew in my ear. I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. Andrew [at a movie theater, Andrew approaches Nicole behind the concession stand]. No? And he practices and he practices with one goal in mind, never to be laughed at again. Then why did you stop playing? He was early second year and he'd started at Shaffer with a lot of hope. Parker's a young kid, pretty good on the sax, gets up to play at a cutting session, and he fucks it up. F*** YOU! : Terence Fletcher So for the final, FATHER-F***ING time, SAY IT LOUDER! I'm not gonna have you cost us a competition because your mind's on a f***ing Happy Meal instead of on pitch. And that's more than most people ever do. By the time your done at Schaeffer your gonna make daddy look like a f***ing success story, got it, OR, we can let Johnny Utah play the part, you choose. Listen up, cocksuckers! Well, you better f***ing hope your memory doesn't fail you. And then Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, shit, I did do a pretty good job." But is there a line? Terence Fletcher A year later, he was first. : Andrew: Fletcher: No? Unfortunately, this is not a Bette Midler concert, we will not be serving Cosmopolitans and Baked Alaska, so just play faster than you give f***ing hand jobs, will you please? TURN MY PAGES, BITCH! Right? You know, for a fact? Turn my pages, b*tch! People wonder why jazz is dying. I never really had a Charlie Parker. : "Whiplash Quotes." Terence Fletcher: I can still f***ing see you, Mini Me! You've got ten minutes, you fucking pathetic pansy-ass fruit-fuck! : : Fletcher is - to say the least - a difficult and demanding task master who accepts and expects nothing less that perfection from his students. No Bird. Andrew : By the time you're done at Shaffer, you're gonna make Daddy look like a f***ing success story. I don't give a shit. Or don't. That, to me, is an absolute tragedy. But I tried. Terence Fletcher Five, six Terence Fletcher Start counting! Turn my pages, bitch! Now, was I rushing or I was dragging? Andrew People innovate, not companies. : Listen up, cocksuckers! Andrew Do I look like a double fucking rainbow to you? Show me your rudiments. And when he graduated, Marsalis made him third trumpet at Lincoln Center. The Bad Guy Wins: Downplayed, but there. Andrew Andrew: [at the top of his lungs] I'M UPSET! And because I'm doing that, it's gonna take up more and more of my time. Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher , Whiplash Tagged: Dismissive, tempo "I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them. I need to look at the music. [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends] Terence Fletcher: [to Connelly] Terence Fletcher: Were you rushing or were you dragging? Terence Fletcher Well, glad you could fit us into your busy schedule, darling. I believe that is an absolute necessity. Terence Fletcher: Yeah! You didn't have your f***ing throne adjusted properly and that is why you played like sh*t? Quotes Terence Fletcher : There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job". Andrew: It's my part, I'll be on your stage. That was all right. Get your sticks and get your sticks and get your f***ing ass onstage. It's gonna be ugly. We have a squeaker today, class. : [going back to compose the band] And that's more than most people ever do. People wonder why jazz is dying. So imagine if Jones had just said, "Well, that's okay, Charlie. One, two, three, four. Now is not the time, I swear to God. No? And I put him in Studio Band. : Nope, I guess not. Terence Fletcher : [Repeated line] Not quite my tempo. Terence Fletcher It tells the relationship between Andrew Neiman, a 19-year-old ambitious jazz drummer and Terence Fletcher, an abusive, perfectionist bandleader at the fictional and prestigious Shaffer Conservatory. Yeah, yeah. They have plenty of friends and plenty of purpose. You know, maybe you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker from ever becoming Charlie Parker? Andrew: And we're just gonna start to hate each other. Did he ever intentionally inflict emotional distress? Shortly after that we hear the door open and it's reappeared. Terence Fletcher Travis and Dustin? Do I look like a double fucking rainbow to you? Faster. While Fletcher seems unimpressed from Andrew's impromptu audition, he nonetheless accepts the student as his drum alternate. Other mistake: In the final scene both at the start . [Andrew keeps playing after the music ends] At 5:30, that's in exactly 11 minutes, my band is on stage. Terence Fletcher: Have fun. Why do you suppose I just hurled a chair at your head, Nieman? Start practicing harder, Nieman. Andrew: Charlie Parker didn't know anybody 'til Jo Jones threw a cymbal at his head. Ok, maybe a bug flew in my ear. And here comes mister gay pride of the Upper West Side himself. Andrew: [after being replaced by another drummer] Are you serious? So that's your idea of success, huh? So that is going to cause you to suddenly play right? DON'T STOP! But that's just what the world wants now. That's been your problem the whole fucking time, the seat height? Terence Fletcher: And here comes mister gay pride of the Upper West Side himself. Lennon and McCartney, they were school buddies, am I right? "And then Charlie thinks to himself, "Well, sh*t, I did do a pretty good job." You choose. I just thought you should know. Terence Fletcher: So, you know that I'm looking for players? : Exactly. Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher: Now this one really upsets me. I'm upset! Yeah. : : This would not be a public hearing, you know. When did you become a fucking expert on what I can or cannot do, you fucking weepy willow shitsack? : CAN'T? He was early second year and he'd started at Shaffer with a lot of hope. Terence Fletcher [at the top of his lungs] There are no two words in the English language more harmful than "good job". [a little louder] Alternates, will you clean the blood off my drum set? Ah, but your friends will remember you, that's the point. The faculty were all telling him, "Maybe this isn't for you." : Terence Fletcher: : I'm Andrew. Yes. : Terence Fletcher: Hey, i can cut you any fucking time i want. Andrew: Yeah, yeah. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. Terence Fletcher Terence Fletcher: You catch on quick. 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