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12 Angry Men Audition Monologues

Juror #10 :

 I don‟t understand you people. How can you believe this kid is innocent? Look, you know those people lie. I don‟t have to tell you. They don‟t know what the truth is. And let me tell you, they don‟t need any real big reason to kill someone, either. You know, they get drunk, and bang, someone‟s lying in the gutter. Nobody‟s blaming them. That‟s how they are. You know what I mean? Violent! Human life don‟t mean as much to them as it does to us. Hey, where are you all going? Look, these people are drinking and fighting all the time, and if somebody gets killed, so somebody gets killed. They don‟t care. Oh, sure, there are some good things about them, too. Look, I‟m the first to say that. I‟ve known a few who were pretty decent, but that‟s the exception. Most of them, it’s like they have no feelings. They can do anything. What‟s going on here? I‟m speaking my piece, and you – listen to me! They‟re no good. There‟s not a one of em who’s any good. We better watch out. Take it from me. This kid on trial…Well, don’t you know about them? Listen to me! What are you doing? I‟m trying to tell you something…

Juror #9:

 It's just that I looked at that witness for a very long time. The seam of his jacket was split under his arm. Did you notice it? I mean, to come to court like that. He was a very old man with a torn jacket and he walked very slowly to the stand. He was dragging his left leg and trying to hide it because he was ashamed. I think I know him better than anyone here. This is a quiet, frightened, insignificant old man who has been nothing all his life, who has never had recognition, his name in the newspapers. Nobody knows him, nobody quotes him, nobody seeks his advice after seventy-five years. That's a very sad thing, to be nothing. A man like this needs to be recognized, to be listened to, to be quoted just once. This is very important. It would be so hard for him to recede into the background...

Juror #3:

Yeah, well I've got a kid. He's twenty. We did everything for that boy, and what happened? When he was nine he ran away from a fight. I saw him. I was so ashamed I almost threw up. So I told him right out. "I'm gonna make a man outa your or I'm gonna bust you in half trying." Well, I made a man outa him all right. When he was sixteen we had a battle. He hit me in the face. He's big, y'know. I haven't seen him in two years. Rotten kid. You work your heart out..