Death Smiles at All of Us

[Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus] "Maximus. Maximus. Maximus. They call for you. The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an emperor. A striking story. Now the people want to know how the story ends. Only a famous death will do. What could be more glorious than to challenge the emperor himself in the great arena." [Russell Crowe as Maximus] "You would fight me?" [Commodus] "Why not? Do you think I am afraid?" [Maximus] "I think you have been afraid all your life." [Commodus] "Unlike Maximus the invincible, who knows no fear?" [Maximus] "I knew a man once who said, 'Death smiles at us all. All that man can do is smile back.'" [Commodus] "I wonder. Did your friend smile at his own death?" [Maximus] "You must know. He was your father."