Ghosted (2023) · 37 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Ghosted (2023): in 4 of its 37 quotes
Most scenes with: Winger (3)
Leveque Great khans, they used to cross these lands. Brutal Killers. It was said if you wanted to find one, you had to step over the dead.
The Taxman has a face. No matches in the intelligence databases. They must be running him off the books.
Leveque Mmm. Clever.
Leveque I'll speak with Utami. Buy us some time. [Chuckles at a centipede capturing a beetle] And the passcode?
Looks like Borislov was too slow.
Leveque As usual.
But I finally know what the Taxman looks like, so I'll find him.
Leveque What is this?
He doesn't know anything.
Leveque We cannot afford this kind of failure. [Picks up container of bullet ants] The game we play, it's like no other. If we succeed, we have wealth, power. And if we fail, we die. And that is only if we're lucky. [Chuckles]
No, please. Please... Please help me. [Crying]
Leveque No more mistakes.
No. [Leveque pours bullet ants all over henchman who screams in anguish]
Leveque Get that photo to every bounty hunter on the continent. One million dollars. Alive. He is our only access to that code. Anyone kills the Taxman, that bounty moves onto their head. [Makes cut throat gesture]
You're a f... I cannot believe...
'Cause I'm the taxman. [To Sadie] Yeah, I'm the taxman. Get it?
The song? Very funny.
You left an impressive trail of blood bringing us our friend. Well done.
Thanks. But I don't get paid in compliments.
Hmm. You'll get your money, bounty hunter. [Leveque arrives]
Leveque So you're the Taxman. CIA's golden boy. Your pseudonym has generated as much fun as you have. But I know you. I know you because I was you. Disposable. Except one day, I found myself bleeding out in a ditch on the edge of Kabul. Mmm. There was trash everywhere. And then suddenly, I got clarity. I had given them everything and sacrificed everything. It is a waste of life. And what are we? Hmm? Instruments. Expendable. We deserve better. [A thug manhandles Cole out of the trunk and holds him up to Leveque] Tell me the passcode and walk away. If you don't... well, we both know how that will go. I will get what I want... and you will die anyway.
For nothing. I swear to God, I don't know what the passcode is. I'm not even the Taxman. [Sadie gut punches Cole]
Shut up. [Sighs] Can we get back to business? Is that my money?
Credit.
Leveque No, no. Cash.
And until I get it, he doesn't leave my sight.
Or we just kill you. [Cole is manhandled away]
And make your boss the guy who offers big paydays and kills anyone who delivers? [To Leveque] Let me guess. This is the idiot who lost him to begin with.
Leveque You'll get your cash when you land. [Sadie walks to plane] She called you an idiot.
Yeah
Leveque To your face. kill her when you touch down. Get that passcode. I expect that to be open next time I see you. [Walks to vehicle]
You're not coming?
Leveque If anything should go wrong when you open that case... [Mimics explosion] everyone on board dies. No pressure.
Yes, sir.
Leveque Pardon me. Excuse me. Excuse me.
Leveque, things didn't go as planned. The girl sprung the Taxman.
Leveque How many times can you lose one man? Hmm? Listen carefully. If we do not deliver an operational weapon in 48 hours, our buyers will kill us all. Now, you find the Taxman, or they will not have the chance because I will kill you myself.
Winger's henchman: Boss. We have a sighting of the parachute.
Good.
