Vesper quotes from Casino Royale (2006)

Vesper

I'm sorry, James. [The lift she is in falls into water and she drowns]

Vesper Lynd

I'm the money.

James Bond

Every penny of it.

Vesper

The Treasury has agreed to stake you in the game.

Bond

Vesper? I do hope you gave your parents hell for that.

Vesper

So, you're telling me it's a matter of probability and odds? I was worried there wasn't chance involved.

Bond

Well, only if you assume the player with the best hand wins.

Vesper

So there will be what you call bluffing?
'Bond: [smiles] You've heard the term? [Vesper smiles back] Then you'll know that in poker you never play your hand...you play the man across from you.

Vesper

And you're good at reading people?

Bond

Yes I am. Which is why I've been able to detect an undercurrent of sarcasm in your voice.

Vesper

I'm now assured our money is in good hands.

Bond

You don't think this is a very good plan, do you?

Vesper

So there is a plan? I got the impression we were risking millions of dollars and hundreds of lives on a game of luck. What else can you surmise, Mr. Bond?

Bond

About you, Miss Lynd? Well, your beauty's a problem. You worry you won't be taken seriously.

Vesper

Which one can say of any attractive woman with half a brain.

Bond

True, but this one overcompensates by wearing slightly masculine clothing. Being more aggressive than her female colleagues. Which gives her a somewhat prickly demeanor, and ironically enough, makes it less likely for her to be accepted and promoted by her male superiors, who mistake her insecurities for arrogance. Now, I'd have normally gone with "only child," but, umm, you see, by the way you ignored the quip about your parents…I'm going to have to go with "orphan."

Vesper

All right…by the cut of your suit, you went to Oxford or wherever. Naturally you think human beings dress like that. But you wear it with such disdain, my guess is you didn't come from money, and your school friends never let you forget it. Which means that you were at that school by the grace of someone else's charity; hence that chip on your shoulder. And since your first thought about me ran to "orphan," that's what I'd say you are.

Vesper

Oh, you are? I like this poker thing. And that makes perfect sense! Since MI6 looks for maladjusted young men, who give little thought to sacrificing others in order to protect queen and country. You know… former SAS types with easy smiles and expensive watches. [she glances at his wrist] Rolex?

Bond

Omega.

Vesper

Beautiful. Now, having just met you, I wouldn't go as far as calling you a cold-hearted bastard…

Bond

No, of course not.

Vesper

But it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine. You think of women as disposable pleasures rather than meaningful pursuits. So, as charming as you are, Mr. Bond, I will be keeping my eye on our government's money and off your perfectly formed arse.

Bond

You noticed.

Vesper

Even accountants have imagination. How was your lamb?

Bond

Skewered. One sympathises.

Vesper

Good evening, Mr. Bond.

Bond

Good evening, Miss Lynd.

Bond

We've been involved for quite a long while, hence the shared suite.

Vesper

But my family is strict Roman Catholic, so for appearance's sake, it'll be a two-bedroom suite.

Bond

I do hate it when religion comes between us.

Vesper

Religion and a locked door. Am I going to have a problem with you, Bond?

Bond

Don't worry. You're not my type.

Vesper

Smart?

Bond

Single.

Vesper

Something you expect me to wear?

Bond

When you walk in and kiss me wearing that, the other players will be thinking of your neckline rather than their cards. Do you think you could do that for me?

Vesper

I'll do my best.

Bond

Thank you.

Bond

I have a dinner jacket.

Vesper

There are dinner jackets and dinner jackets; this is the latter. And I need you looking like a man who belongs at that table.

Bond

How?… It's tailored.

Vesper

I sized you up the moment we met.

Bond

You know, I think I'll call that a "Vesper."

Vesper Lynd

Because of the bitter aftertaste?

Bond

No. Because once you've tasted it, it's all you want to drink. [Vesper laughs] I thought it was a quite a good line.

Vesper

It was a very good line.

Bond

But you're laughing at it.

Vesper

Not so much it, as you.

Bond

Oh, well, that's fine, then. [pauses and looks at Vesper's necklace] I've figured out what that is. It's an Algerian Love Knot.

Vesper

Really? I just thought it was something pretty.

Bond

No you didn't. Someone gave that to you. [pause] He's a very lucky man.

Vesper Lynd

It doesn't bother you, killing those people?

Bond

I wouldn't be very good at my job if it did.

Vesper

I don't believe you. You've got a choice, you know. Just because you've done something doesn't mean you have to keep doing it.

Bond

Why is it that people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?

Vesper

You think I can't take my own advice?

Bond

I think something is driving you. And I don't think I'll ever find out what that is.

Bond

Hm. Hello.

Vesper

Hello.

Bond

You alright?

Vesper

I can't resist waking you. Every time I do, you look at me as if…you haven't seen me in years. Makes me feel reborn.

Bond

If you'd have just been born, wouldn't you be naked?

Vesper

You have me there. [whispers in his ear] You can have me anywhere.

Bond

I can?

Vesper

Yeah. Here, there. Anywhere you like.

Bond

Does this mean that you're…warming to me?

Vesper

Yeah. That's how I would describe it.

Bond

It's just that not so long ago, I would have described your feelings towards me as, um…well, I'm trying to think of a better word than "loathing".

Vesper

I'm afraid I'm a complicated woman.

Bond

That is something to be afraid of.

Hello!

Bond

Urgh, perfect timing.

Vesper

Oh - Monsieur Mendel. How are things in Switzerland?

My apologies. I do not need to rush, but 120 million is a large sum of money.

Bond

It certainly is. You didn't bring any chocolates with you?

I'm afraid not. [laughs] If you would type in the account number? [Vesper does so] And now the password.

Bond

You can do that.

Vesper

I would if I knew what it was.

Bond

V-E-S-P-E-R. [As he says more letters, Vesper realises, turns and smiles. She types the password]

The funds have now been transferred. Sorry for disturbing you. Thank you. Auf Wiedersehen.

Bond

Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Mendel.

Vesper

You know, James…I want you to know that if all that was left of you was your smile, and your little finger, you'd still be more of a man than anyone I've ever met.

Bond

That's because you know what I can do with my little finger.

Vesper

I have no idea.

Bond

But you're aching to find out.

Vesper

You're not going to let me in there, are you? You've got your armour back on. That's that.

Bond

I have no armour left. You've stripped it from me. Whatever is left of me… [Vesper puts her hand on his cheek] whatever is left of me, whatever I am…I'm yours.
[They kiss]

Vesper

Does everyone have a tell?

Bond

Yes. Everyone. Everyone except you. I wonder if that's why I love you.

Vesper

You love me?

Bond

Enough to float around the world with you until one of us has to find an honest job. Which I think is going to have to be you, because I have no idea what an honest job is.

Vesper

You're serious?

Bond

It's like you said. You do what I do long enough, there won't be any soul left to salvage. I'm leaving with what little I have left. Is that enough for you?
[Vesper kisses him]

Vesper Lynd

Very funny.

James Bond

Look, if Le Chiffre is that well-connected... he knows who I am and where the money's from. Which means he's decided to play me anyway. So he's either desperate or he's overly confident... but either way, that tells me something about him. And all he gets in return is a name he already has.

Vesper Lynd

And now he knows something about you. He knows you're reckless. [Steps into lift elevator with James] Take the next one. There isn't enough room for me and your ego.

M

Who is it?

It's 007. Bond's been poisoned. He's going into cardiac arrest. [To James] Stay calm and don't interrupt. Because you'll be dead... within two minutes unless you do exactly what I tell you.

James Bond

I'm all ears.

Remove the defibrillator from the pouch.

We're still scanning. Attach the leads to your chest. Ventricular tachycardia. Digitalis.

What do we give him?

The kit has amphetamines, antihistamines... hydrocortisone. Adrenaline? As soon as it reads charged--

Lidocaine. That'll work.

Bond, don't push the red button yet. Do you hear me? Don't push it.

His heart's gonna stop.

There's only time for one charge before he passes out. Take the blue combipen, Bond. Mid-neck into the vein. That'll counteract the digitalis. You're going to pass out in a few seconds. You need to keep your heart going. Push the red button now, Bond! Bond, push the damn button! Do it now! [James realizes a wire is unplugged and passes out with Vesper appearing, inserting the red wire into the shock pad and presses the red button, reviving James]

James Bond

You okay?

Vesper Lynd

Me?

James Bond

Thank you.

Vesper Lynd

You're welcome. Now get yourself off to a hospital.

James Bond

I will do. As soon as I've won this game.

Vesper Lynd

You're not seriously going back there?

James Bond

I wouldn't dream of it.