Runaway Highway (2017)

Josh Rice: Aidan Montgomery

Quotes 

• Aidan Montgomery : Name's Aidan. Aidan George Montgomery.

  Belle Dawson : Aidan George Montgomery? Are you a Bible salesman? Or are you going down to the track later to bet some money on the horses?

  Aidan Montgomery : Great. Hundreds of cars pass by her daily and I get the one person that doesn't respect what I do.

  Belle Dawson : Okay... Belle. Belle Dawson.

  Aidan Montgomery : Belle Dawson. What are you, like a hipster musician or a nineties soap opera star?

  Belle Dawson : Both.

• Aidan Montgomery : Take my dad for example. Well, he and I are close. And he's cool with me doing my whole self exploration thing, but at the same time he's kind of an asshole.

• Aidan Montgomery : Funeral procession calling?

  Belle Dawson : Worse. My mother.

• Aidan Montgomery : You ever heard of a 'panic run'?

  Belle Dawson : Panic run?

  Aidan Montgomery : Yeah. You know, where you pretend a monster is chasing you and you run like hell?

  Belle Dawson : What?

  Aidan Montgomery : Come on. You've never been camping before and it's so dark and creepy outside that you hide in your tent and then pretend that you're not there do that whatever's out there doesn't come and get you?

  Belle Dawson : I mean, I guess.

  Aidan Montgomery : Well a panic run is the exact opposite. It's where you fully accept your death, and then you run for your life.

  Belle Dawson : That might be the most childish thing I've ever heard.

  Aidan Montgomery : Yeah? Well you've been dealing with a lot of adult shit right now. So it might help you relax.

• Belle Dawson : Can I ask you something?

  Aidan Montgomery : Only if it's extremely personal.

  Belle Dawson : This might be. How exactly did you come about this little pilgrimage of yours?

  Aidan Montgomery : It was a girl.

  Belle Dawson : Of course. Every man who's lead astray it's always by a woman who stole his heart like a thief in the night.

• Aidan Montgomery : Coming from a family of bigwigs they don't really understand the concept of heartbreak. So I just had to get out of the house. And, thankfully, long drives are really good for the soul. So that's how I found myself out here just driving this stretch of road. I started calling it 'Runaway Highway'.

  Belle Dawson : Nice. I like that.

  Aidan Montgomery : Yeah, me too. It seems to have stuck. Because all the people that I meet out here they seem to be either lost or running away from something. It just kinda seemed to fit. And helping them get to where they need to go has really helped me integrate back into the real world. I really feel like I've found my lifeline out here.

• Belle Dawson : Ah, very clever. Slipping me your number under the guise of helping me.

  Aidan Montgomery : I don't know what you're talking about. I am merely a good samaritan of the road.

  Belle Dawson : Right. So I guess you're gonna want my number in case you just innocently wanna check up on me.

  Aidan Montgomery : No, I'm good. I'll just let you call me.