The Last Exorcism Quotes
A troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.
Cotton Marcus: The Sweetzer farm, please.
Caleb Sweetzer: Right. Well, you're going the wrong direction. You want to make a U-turn, actually.
Cotton Marcus: Okay.
Caleb Sweetzer: You want to take this road and go straight. You'll see things you've already seen before. Keep on going. You're gonna hit the highway. Okay? And then I want you to go back where you came from.
Caleb Sweetzer: Right. Well, you're going the wrong direction. You want to make a U-turn, actually.
Cotton Marcus: Okay.
Caleb Sweetzer: You want to take this road and go straight. You'll see things you've already seen before. Keep on going. You're gonna hit the highway. Okay? And then I want you to go back where you came from.
Cotton Marcus: Do you believe that if you go ahead and allow the Holy Ghost into your heart, you can be cleansed of all your sins and sit in the Kingdom of God?
Congregation: Amen.
Cotton Marcus: That is what I'm talking about. Can I get an amen?
Congregation: Amen.
Cotton Marcus: Can I get a hallelujah?
Congregation: Hallelujah!
Cotton Marcus: Can I get a hallelujah and an amen?
Congregation: Hallelujah, amen!
Cotton Marcus: Do you know if you take two ripe bananas, you put them in a bowl, and you put some sugar and you go ahead then bake it for 400, you can go and pull it out and have yourself banana bread? Hallelujah!
Congregation: Hallelujah!
Congregation: Amen.
Cotton Marcus: That is what I'm talking about. Can I get an amen?
Congregation: Amen.
Cotton Marcus: Can I get a hallelujah?
Congregation: Hallelujah!
Cotton Marcus: Can I get a hallelujah and an amen?
Congregation: Hallelujah, amen!
Cotton Marcus: Do you know if you take two ripe bananas, you put them in a bowl, and you put some sugar and you go ahead then bake it for 400, you can go and pull it out and have yourself banana bread? Hallelujah!
Congregation: Hallelujah!
John Marcus: This is the Hortus deliciarum. There are about twenty in the whole world.
Cotton Marcus: You can show it to them. Show it to them.
John Marcus: This book describes the various kinds of demons. Helps you identify them, and then recommend the process for getting rid of that demon. We have had exorcists in our family for generations. Generations. And...
Cotton Marcus: How many exorcisms you think you've done with this book?
John Marcus: One hundred and fifty.
Cotton Marcus: You can show it to them. Show it to them.
John Marcus: This book describes the various kinds of demons. Helps you identify them, and then recommend the process for getting rid of that demon. We have had exorcists in our family for generations. Generations. And...
Cotton Marcus: How many exorcisms you think you've done with this book?
John Marcus: One hundred and fifty.
Iris Reisen: Tell me what your dad does.
Justin Marcus: He fights with the demons and the vampires and all the ghosts and all the monsters.
Iris Reisen: And fights all the ghosts and the demons and the vampires?
Justin Marcus: And the monsters.
Iris Reisen: Do you believe in ghosts?
[Justin shakes his head no]
Iris Reisen: Does your dad believe in ghosts?
[Justin smiles, puts his finger to his lips, and shakes his head no]
Justin Marcus: He fights with the demons and the vampires and all the ghosts and all the monsters.
Iris Reisen: And fights all the ghosts and the demons and the vampires?
Justin Marcus: And the monsters.
Iris Reisen: Do you believe in ghosts?
[Justin shakes his head no]
Iris Reisen: Does your dad believe in ghosts?
[Justin smiles, puts his finger to his lips, and shakes his head no]
Shanna Marcus: Cotton is quite a character. He's what you would call a performer, a showman... He's a natural creative. For example, we have a local theater here, and Cotton writes plays, and he's making these little mini movies now. He's built props for them, special effects. Oh my goodness. I mean, he entertains like nobody's business. And, you know, it starts here with us, but of course it carries on into his professional life.
Cotton Marcus: I do not believe in actual demons, no. No. But when I was doing exorcisms, you know, I acted like I did. It's not like I saw any demons come out of anybody.
Iris Reisen: So for the last something-odd years, you've just been a fraud?
Cotton Marcus: That's your word, not mine. I wouldn't say that. I would say that for the last couple of years, what I've been doing is doing what I've always been doing, which is delivering a service for a person who needs it in a way that they need it. I'm not saying I'm a doctor, but I am saying that I helped people from what ailed them. And what ailed them sometimes was the thought in their brain that they were possessed by a devil, and if I helped make that thought go away and they felt better, so be it.
Iris Reisen: So for the last something-odd years, you've just been a fraud?
Cotton Marcus: That's your word, not mine. I wouldn't say that. I would say that for the last couple of years, what I've been doing is doing what I've always been doing, which is delivering a service for a person who needs it in a way that they need it. I'm not saying I'm a doctor, but I am saying that I helped people from what ailed them. And what ailed them sometimes was the thought in their brain that they were possessed by a devil, and if I helped make that thought go away and they felt better, so be it.
