William Cooper quotes from Red (2010)
Played by Karl Urban
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How's retirement, Frank?
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Bad move, Grandpa!
Scenes with William Cooper
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Cooper: [about the records room] I didn't even know this place existed.
Henry, The Records Keeper: [indignant] It doesn't!
Henry, The Records Keeper: [indignant] It doesn't!
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[Cooper visits a secret CIA archive to learn about Frank]
Henry, The Records Keeper: Frank Moses was one of the most effective black-ops agents we've ever had. He retired drug lords, terrorists…hell, he toppled governments. Yeah. He was truly gifted.
Cooper: Why was he retired?
Henry: He got old. Then some government thumb-sucker came along and tagged him RED.
Cooper: "Red"?
Henry: Yeah. RED, R-E-D. "Retired, Extremely Dangerous."
Henry, The Records Keeper: Frank Moses was one of the most effective black-ops agents we've ever had. He retired drug lords, terrorists…hell, he toppled governments. Yeah. He was truly gifted.
Cooper: Why was he retired?
Henry: He got old. Then some government thumb-sucker came along and tagged him RED.
Cooper: "Red"?
Henry: Yeah. RED, R-E-D. "Retired, Extremely Dangerous."
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Frank: [holding Cooper to the desk] Kordeski trained you?
Cooper: Yeah?
Frank: I trained Kordeski! [dislocates his shoulder]
Cooper: Yeah?
Frank: I trained Kordeski! [dislocates his shoulder]
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[Cooper is called by Frank. during their conversation, Frank's call is traced]
Frank: Here's the thing, Cooper: With age...comes a certain perspective. I'd be a liar if I said there wasn't a time when I was exactly like you. Blind ambition, misplaced trust.
Cooper: Why are you telling me this?
Frank: It may help me to decide what to do next.
Cooper: [Sees the technician tracing the call gesturing for Cooper to keep Frank talking] Why? What are you thinking about?
Frank: Our business is a very hard one. But it was never the...the killing or the stress, the bad pay, that bothered me.
Cooper: Well, what was it, Frank?
Frank: It's how anything that you love...can be taken away from you. It taught me never to care, never to invest. Then I met this woman, Sarah. And now, you have her. Now, I can't think of anything more horrible than to know that your enemies can hurt someone you love. The feeling is almost indescribable.
[The trace is completed. Cooper gets the paper with the call's location. His look turns to horror.]
Frank: You still there, Cooper?
Cooper: ...You're at my house!
[Frank's in Cooper's house, watching Cooper's wife and two children play outside, unaware of Frank watching them]
Frank: Almost indescribable, isn't it?
Frank: Here's the thing, Cooper: With age...comes a certain perspective. I'd be a liar if I said there wasn't a time when I was exactly like you. Blind ambition, misplaced trust.
Cooper: Why are you telling me this?
Frank: It may help me to decide what to do next.
Cooper: [Sees the technician tracing the call gesturing for Cooper to keep Frank talking] Why? What are you thinking about?
Frank: Our business is a very hard one. But it was never the...the killing or the stress, the bad pay, that bothered me.
Cooper: Well, what was it, Frank?
Frank: It's how anything that you love...can be taken away from you. It taught me never to care, never to invest. Then I met this woman, Sarah. And now, you have her. Now, I can't think of anything more horrible than to know that your enemies can hurt someone you love. The feeling is almost indescribable.
[The trace is completed. Cooper gets the paper with the call's location. His look turns to horror.]
Frank: You still there, Cooper?
Cooper: ...You're at my house!
[Frank's in Cooper's house, watching Cooper's wife and two children play outside, unaware of Frank watching them]
Frank: Almost indescribable, isn't it?
Other characters in Red (2010): Frank Moses · Sarah Ross · Marvin Boggs · Victoria · Ivan Simonov · Joe Matheson