Yellowstone (TV Series)

The Dream Is Not Me (2022)

Wes Bentley: Jamie Dutton

Quotes 

• Jamie Dutton : My father hates me. Hates me. He hates me for becoming the very thing he asked me to become. No, forced me to be.

  Sarah Atwood : Do you care that he hates you? Is his love something you feel you really need?

  Jamie Dutton : Evidently not. I've lived without it my whole life.

  Sarah Atwood : Mm-hmm.

  Jamie Dutton : But I would like his approval. I want his appreciation for that fucking sacrifice.

  Sarah Atwood : He can't give you that. He resents the tool that he relies on the most, because he can't be that tool. He's jealous of you, Jamie. And he's scared of you. He's scared because the future of that ranch depends on its evolution. If it doesn't evolve with society it will be devoured by society

  Jamie Dutton : I know, I know. I've said that for years. Decades. And he's still running cow-calf pairs like it's the 1950s, when cow-calf pairs in the 1950s didn't even make any money.

  Sarah Atwood : Cattle. Let me tell you the future of the cattle industry. Right now, the biggest meat processor in the United States is a Brazilian Corporation. 10,000 acres of rainforest cleared every day. For what? To raise cattle. Is that a coincidence? The future of the beef industry in the United States is no future.

  Jamie Dutton : Mm-mm

  Sarah Atwood : In twenty years Brazil will be to American beef what China is to American manufacturing. There will be no more cattle in America.

  Jamie Dutton : That's why the airport development was vital to the ranch's future.

  Sarah Atwood : You don't have to tell me that. Mm-mm. But you do have to tell the rest of Montana. Tourism is Montana's only resource. What else do you have, timber? Cutting down something it takes 200 years to replace? That is not a business. That is self mutilation. No. Tourism. That is all you have. And you can seize it or you can witness it. Those are your options.You love that ranch.

  Jamie Dutton : I know.

  Sarah Atwood : You love that ranch.

  Jamie Dutton : It's the only thing I've ever loved.

  Sarah Atwood : Let me help you save it. I can help you save it if you want me to.

  Jamie Dutton : I do.

  Sarah Atwood : Ask me, then. Ask me to help you save it.

  Jamie Dutton : Will you help me? Help me.

  Sarah Atwood : Yes. I will help you, baby. I will help you, baby.

• Ellis Steele : What's on your mind, Mr. Steele?

  Ellis Steele : This. Your father put his ranch in the Land Trust. He put the land in a conservation easement, Jamie.

  Sarah Atwood : How could you let him do that?

  Jamie Dutton : Well, I... I didn't know.

  Jamie Dutton : Do you have the authority to override that?

  Jamie Dutton : Theoretically, yes, But... You're not battling a man, anymore, you're battling the legal defense funds of environmental groups, which had no basis to sue you, but now they are the stewards of the fuck! God damn it! Thank you for coming. I'm going to need some time to process this information.

  Sarah Atwood : Market Equity will sue the state for a bad faith negotiation. They will file it in federal court in New York, where they incurred the damages, and those attorneys will wipe the floor with you. Your state will be on the hook for around 4 billion dollars in compensatory damages. That's ten percent of Montana's GDP. The state's gonna go bankrupt.Sounds like an impeachable offense to me.

  Jamie Dutton : Yes, it does.

  Sarah Atwood : What's the procedure in Montana when a Governor resigns or steps down?

  Jamie Dutton : You have a special election.

  Sarah Atwood : We're fully committed to your election. Our PAC will fund it. Go before the Assembly. This is your chance to become governor and get our fucking land back.

• Jamie Dutton : This was not what I was supposed to be. I was, I was, I was raised to be a cowboy. To to run a ranch. To To know the nuances of being a cattle producer. To You know, from, from from understanding the grass cycles, to to timing the calving season to maximize the grass cycles. Understanding bull genetics and diseases. It was I never wanted to be a fucking lawyer. This is what he wanted me to be. What he thought he needed. "The future of warfare is fought with a pen. Learn to fight with a pen". All right. So, I did. And I did. And then I get this acceptance letter from Harvard. Hell, I never even applied. He applied for me. There's no telling who wrote the fucking essay.

  Sarah Atwood : Your sister, I would think.

  Jamie Dutton : Never thought of that. God, why didn't I think of that?

  Sarah Atwood : Because you're too close to it.

  Jamie Dutton : My father hates me. Hates me. He hates me for becoming the very thing he asked me to become. No, forced me to be.

• Jamie Dutton : The actions of Governor Dutton have not only robbed Montanans of six thousand jobs and annual revenue in the billions, his actions have exposed Montana to litigation that will cost the state billions more, likely bankrupting the state. Which robs your children of school funding, robs our towns of emergency services, places our roads and infrastructure in disrepair. It threatens the quality of life for all Montanans. After weighing his actions and the cost of those actions for every Montanan, I call on this assembly for a vote to impeach. Mister Speaker, what say ye?What do you think?

  Sarah Atwood : I think it's perfect.