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Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)

Neal Huff: Phil Saviano

Spotlight

Neal Huff credited as playing...

Phil Saviano

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  • Phil Saviano: I was eleven. And I was preyed upon by father David Holly in Wester. And I don't mean prayed for, I mean preyed upon.
  • Phil Saviano: You guys gotta understand. This is big. This is not just Boston. It's the whole country. It's the whole world. And it goes right up to the Vatican.
  • Phil Saviano: How do you say "no" to God, right?
  • Walter 'Robby' Robinson: You know thirteen priests in Boston who have molested children?
  • Phil Saviano: Yeah! Why do you keep repeating everything I say?
  • Walter 'Robby' Robinson: [quieter than before] I just like to clarify things.
  • Phil Saviano: Maybe you should have clarified it five years ago when I sent you all of this stuff! It's all... right here!
  • [silence, Phil composes himself]
  • Phil Saviano: May I use your bathroom?
  • [pause]
  • Matt Carroll: Yeah, sure, Phil.
  • Phil Saviano: Look, I get it. No one wants to read about kids getting raped by priests, especially now. But you asked a lot of people to re-live some very painful experiences...
  • Sacha Pfeiffer: Phil, you know why we were taken off of this story.
  • Phil Saviano: ...and-and... and you just disappear. It's been six weeks since 9/11.
  • Sacha Pfeiffer: I realize that, and we're gonna get back to it.
  • Phil Saviano: When? You're doing the same thing you guys did last time.
  • Sacha Pfeiffer: No.
  • Phil Saviano: You're dropping us.
  • Sacha Pfeiffer: No.
  • Phil Saviano: Maybe I should tell the Herald that story.
  • Sacha Pfeiffer: Okay, Phil, you go ahead and do that. It'll undo all the work we've done, but I can't stop you. Listen to me. I am here because I care. We're not going away. We're gonna tell this story. We're gonna tell it right. We just need a little more time. That's all we're asking for.
  • Phil Saviano: Why bother asking? You're gonna do what you want anyway. You always do.
  • Phil Saviano: When you are poor kid from a poor family, religion counts for a lot. And when a priest pays attention to you, it's a big deal.

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