David Percival quotes from Atomic Blonde (2017)

Played by James McAvoy

View Quote You can't un-**** what's been ****. You know, a beautiful Italian girl once said to me, "David, you can't un**** what's been ****." Women are always getting in the way of progress, aren't they?

View Quote So, what have I learned after all this time? After all the sleepless nights, lying to friends, lovers, myself? Playing this crooked game in this crooked town filled with backstabbers and four-faced liars? I'll tell you what I've learned. One thing and one thing only. I **** love Berlin!

View Quote Ironic. The news will tell them there will be no more secrets. But you and I, we both know that's not true. This world is run on secrets.

Scenes with David Percival

View Quote David Percival: Let me help you with your bags.
[opens the trunk of the upside down car with luggage falling out]
Lorraine Broughton: ****s sake!
David Percival: [dragging a henchman] Russians are **** heavy...
Lorraine Broughton: Five minutes on the ground, and I'm already made.
David Percival: You're not made.
[throws Russian into his car]
Lorraine Broughton: They knew my name.
David Percival: That's troubling.
Lorraine Broughton: ...and yours.
David Percival: Probably surprising.
Lorraine Broughton: [punches waking Russian in the face] Great **** start, Percival...

View Quote Lorraine Broughton: I've read your file. I've also read your dog file. So let's cut the crap, shall we? This whole hungover, show-up-late, don't-know-which-way-is-up act, I'm not buying it. I trust you about as far as I can throw you.
David Percival: "It's a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."
Lorraine Broughton: Niccolo Machiavelli. It was on your shelf.
David Percival: Oh my God, I think I **** love you!
Lorraine Broughton: That's too bad.

View Quote Lorraine Broughton: You've got some balls breaking in here.
David Percival: You should see my balls. Then you'd be really impressed!

View Quote Lorraine Broughton: Where the **** are you?
David Percival: Don't shoot, I've got your shoe!

View Quote Lorraine Broughton: You went to the KGB to take me out. You were too **** scared to do it yourself.
David Percival: Too smart, more like.

View Quote Lorraine Broughton: Are you going to lie till the very end?
David Percival: [laughing, gulps, gasps] Truth and lies. People like us don't know the difference.
Lorraine Broughton: No, we know the difference, David. We choose to ignore it.

Other characters in Atomic Blonde (2017): Lorraine Broughton