James Bond
[re. the porcelain bulldog on M's desk.]
The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives?
Played by Daniel Craig 
Skyfall (2012) · 34 quotes
Skyfall (2012) · 34 quotes
The latest thing from Q Branch. It's called a radio.
More lines from James Bond
3 quotes James Bond
James Bond
Some men are coming to kill us. We're going to kill them first.
James Bond
[as he prepares to leave Skyfall, his boyhood home, before it explodes.]
I always hated this place.
Scenes with James Bond
16 scenes
M
[M comes into her apartment. As she opens a bottle of alcohol, she notices that Bond is also in the room. She turns around to see him in the dark.]
Where the hell have you been?
James Bond
Enjoying death. 007 reporting for duty.
M
[M turns on the light to reveal Bond. He is drinking some alcohol.]
Why didn't you call?
James Bond
You didn't get the postcard? You should try it sometime. Get away from it all. It really lends perspective.
M
Ran out of drink where you were, did they?
James Bond
What was it you said? Take the bloody shot.
M
I made a judgment call.
James Bond
You should have trusted me to finish the job.
M
It was a possibility of losing you or the certainty of losing all those other agents. I made the only decision I could and you know it.
James Bond
I think you lost your nerve.
M
What are you expecting? A bloody apology? You know the rules of the game. You've been playing it long enough. We both have.
James Bond
Maybe too long.
M
Speak for yourself.
James Bond
Ronson didn't make it, did he?
M
No.
James Bond
So this is it. We're both played out.
M
If you believed that, why did you come back?
James Bond
[sarcastically]
Good question.
M
Because we're under attack. And you know we need you.
Doctor Hall
[Bond enters the interrogation room to take his psychological test]
I'd like to start with some simple word associations. Just tell me the first word that pops into your head. For example, I say, "Day" and you might say…
James Bond
Wasted.
Doctor Hall
All right. Gun?
James Bond
Shot.
Doctor Hall
Agent.
James Bond
Provocateur.
Doctor Hall
Woman?
James Bond
Provocatrix.
Doctor Hall
Heart?
James Bond
Target.
Doctor Hall
Bird?
James Bond
Sky.
Doctor Hall
M.
James Bond
Bitch.
Doctor Hall
[quick cut to M in the observation room, not amused]
Sunlight?
James Bond
Swim.
Doctor Hall
Moonlight?
James Bond
Dance.
Doctor Hall
Murder.
James Bond
Employment.
Doctor Hall
Country.
James Bond
England.
Doctor Hall
Skyfall. [Bond says nothing] Skyfall.
James Bond
Done. [walks out]
Gareth Mallory
[M is not impressed.] [to M; sarcastically]
This is going well.
James Bond
[Bond and Eve meet for the first time since she accidentally shot him]
I am sorry, but we have met before?
Eve
I am the one who should say sorry.
James Bond
It was only four ribs; some of the less vital organs. Nothing major. [he and Eve walk into a big room of the building.] Not enough excitement in Istanbul?
Eve
I've been reassigned. Temporary suspension from field work.
James Bond
Really?
Eve
Mm. Something to do with killing 007.
James Bond
Well, you gave it your best shot.
Eve
It was hardly my best shot.
James Bond
I'm not sure I can survive your best.
Eve
Doubt you'll get the chance.
Bond
Well, do me a favor, will you. If they do ever let you back out there, warn me first.
Eve
I'm assisting Gareth Mallory in the transition and then I'll be back in the field.
James Bond
It's what you want?
Eve
Yes, of course.
James Bond
It's not for everyone.
Bill Tanner
[Bill Tanner comes into the big room.] [directing Bond into M's office]
Ah, 007. It's this way.
James Bond
[to Eve.]
In your defense, a moving target is much harder to hit.
Eve
Then you'd better keep moving.
Q
[At the National Gallery, Bond is sitting on an empty bench, looking at The Fighting Temeraire. A scruffy-haired young man wearing glasses approaches and sits right next to him. Bond looks at him in annoyance, not yet knowing that this is Q.]
It always makes me feel a little melancholy - a grand old war ship, being ignominiously hauled away to scrap. The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?
James Bond
A bloody big ship. Excuse me. [rising to leave.]
Q
007. [Bond reacts and sits back down.] I'm your new Quartermaster.
James Bond
You must be joking.
Q
Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
James Bond
Because you still have spots.
Q
My complexion is hardly relevant.
James Bond
Your competence is.
Q
Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
James Bond
And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Q
I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pyjamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond
Oh, so why do you need me?
Q
Every now and then, a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond
Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pyjamas. [Beat] Q. [offers his hand.]
Q
[shakes his hand.]
007.
James Bond
[on receiving his equipment from Q.]
A gun and a radio. It's not exactly Christmas, is it?
Q
Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that anymore.
Eve
[watches Bond shave]
Cut-throat razor. How very traditional.
James Bond
[suggestively]
Well, I like to do some things the old-fashioned way.
Eve
[smiles]
Sometimes the old ways are the best.
Sévérine
It's not too late. We could turn back now.
James Bond
[eyes armed guards standing behind them menacingly]
I wouldn't be so sure.
Raoul Silva
Just look at you, barely held together by your pills and your drink.
James Bond
Don't forget my pathetic love of country.
Raoul Silva
You're still clinging to your faith in that old woman, when all she does is lie to you.
James Bond
She never lied to me.
Raoul Silva
No?
James Bond
No.
Raoul Silva
What did you score on your marksmanship evaluation?
James Bond
Seventy.
Raoul Silva
[laughs mockingly]
Forty. Did she tell you the psychologist cleared you for duty?
James Bond
Yes.
Raoul Silva
No. No. [sighs, reads test results from a laptop] "Medical evaluation: Failed. Physical evaluation: Failed. Psychological evaluation: Alcohol and substance addiction indicated." Ooh! "Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma. Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension from service advised." What is this if not betrayal? She sent you after me, knowing you were not ready, knowing you would likely die. Mommy was very bad. Hmm? [he unbuttons Bond's shirt, inspecting the scar on his shoulder. Winces.] Ooh. See what she's done to you?
James Bond
Well, she never tied me to a chair.
Raoul Silva
[deadpan]
Her loss. [he continues to probe at Bond's chest, suggestively.]
James Bond
[dubious]
Are you sure this is about M?
Raoul Silva
It's about her. And you, and me. You see, we are the last two rats. We can either eat each other… [suggestive look] Or eat everyone else. Ah, you're trying to remember your training now - what's the regulation to cover this? [rests his hands on Bond's legs.] Well, first time for everything, yes?
James Bond
[unmoved]
What makes you think this is my first time?
Raoul Silva
[playful]
Oh, Mr. Bond!
Q
[Bond is pursuing an escaped Silva through London's underground train tunnels. Q is tracking him from MI6's reserve headquarters and communicating by radio.]
If you're through that door, you should be in the Tube.
James Bond
[deadpan]
I'm in the Tube.
Q
Bond, this isn't an escape, this was years in the planning. He wanted us to capture him, he wanted us to access his computer. It was all planned - blowing up HQ, knowing all the emergency protocols, knowing we'd retreat down here.
James Bond
I got all that. It's what he's got planned next that worries me.
Q
District line is the closest. There should be a service door on your left.
James Bond
Got it. [he tries the door handle] It won't open.
Q
Of course it will, put your back into it.
James Bond
Why don't you come down here and put your back into it?! [he tries again.] No, it's stuck. [a rumble is heard, and Bond looks along the tracks] Oh good. There's a train coming.
Q
Hmm. That's vexing.
James Bond
[Bond tries to barge the door multiple times but will not open. He uses a pistol to shoot the door handle. The door opens and Bond slips into it.]
I'm through.
Q
Told you. We've alerted security. Police are on their way.
[Bond continues to find Silva.]
James Bond
[Bond is on a crowded platform at Temple Tube station, looking for Silva.]
There's too many people, I can't see him.
Q
Welcome to rush hour on the Tube. Not something you'd know much about.
James Bond
[Q spots something on one of the CCTV footage monitors - a policeman getting onto the Tube train.]
The train's leaving. Do I get on the train?
Q
[hesitant.]
Don't get on the train, I'm not sure he's on it. Give us a minute.
James Bond
[Q enhances the footage he was just watching. The train starts to pull away, Bond still on the platform.] [impatient.]
Do I get on the train?
Q
[Q freezes the footage of the policeman turning to face the camera. It is Silva in disguise.]
Bond?
James Bond
What?
Q
Get on the train.
Man at Tube Station
[Bond chases after and jumps onto the end of the tube train, clinging onto the outer door. He runs past an old-looking man who is standing with his wife.]
He's keen to get home.
James Bond
[to train conductor.]
Open the door, please!
James Bond
[The conductor just stares at him, baffled.]
Open. The door!
James Bond
[The conductor finally opens the door. Bond steps on board.]
Health and Safety. Carry on.
Q
Where are you?
James Bond
[moving through the carriages.]
Take a wild guess, Q.
Q
He's in disguise now. He's dressed as a policeman.
James Bond
[sarcastic.]
Of course he is.
Q
[tracking the train's path, muttering.]
Where's he going? Where's he going?
James Bond
[Bond spots the route map on the inside wall of one of the carriages. The route leads to Westminster.] [realising.]
He's going for M. Tell Tanner - get her out of there.
M
[Having absconded with M, Bond has pulled over at a back-alley garage.]
Well I'm not hiding in there, if that's your brilliant plan.
James Bond
We're changing vehicles. The problem with company cars is they have trackers.
M
[He opens the garage door and turns on the lights, revealing his classic Aston Martin DB5.] [sarcastic.]
Well, I suppose that's completely inconspicuous.
James Bond
Get in.
M
[Bond and M drive off in the Aston Martin.]
It's not very comfortable, is it?
James Bond
[flips up the cap on the gearstick to reveal the ejector seat button underneath.]
You gonna complain all the way?
M
Oh, go on then, eject me. See if I care.
M
[Bond closes the cap.]
Where are we going?
James Bond
Back in time. Somewhere we'll have the advantage.
Kincade
[Bond is practising hitting targets with his father's rifle with Kincade, the gamekeeper of Skyfall, the Bond family estate. Kincade does not know of Bond's employment or firearms training.]
So who are we supposed to be fighting?
James Bond
No "we" in it, Kincade. This is not your fight.
Kincade
Try and stop me, you jumped-up little shit. Now remember what I taught you. Don't let it pull to the left.
James Bond
[deadpan]
I'll do my best.
Kincade
[Bond takes aim and fires twice. The targets, a pair of china teacups on a tree branch, are blown to smithereens. Bond pops the spent cartridges from the rifle.]
What did you say you did for a living?
M
[Bond, M and Kincade are waiting for Silva and his men to arrive.]
I **** this up, didn't I?
James Bond
No. You did your job. [beat] I read your obituary of me.
M
And?
James Bond
Appalling.
M
Yeah, I knew you'd hate it. I did call you an exemplar of British fortitude.
James Bond
Oh, that bit was alright.
James Bond
[The dogs start barking. Bond rises, alert]
Are you ready?
Kincade
I was ready before you were born, son.
Raoul Silva
[on seeing that M is wounded, panicked]
You're hurt. You're hurt! What have they done to you? What have they done to you? [puts his gun in her hand, and presses it to her head, and rests his head against hers, directly in the path of the gun] Free us both. With the same bullet. Do it. Do it. Only you can do it. Now do it. [he screams as Bond lobs a knife into his back. He turns and glares at Bond, groaning with impotent rage. He kneels onto the floor.]
James Bond
Last rat standing.
M
[Silva keels over dead]
007, what took you so long?
James Bond
Well, I got into some deep water.
M
[M, succumbing to her wound, topples over. Bond cradles her in his arms]
I suppose it's too late to make a run for it?
James Bond
Well, I'm game if you are.
M
I did get one thing right.
[M dies. Bond embraces her corpse and Kincade, with despair, takes off his hat.]
James Bond
You know, we've never been formally introduced.
Eve
Oh. Well, my name's Eve... Eve Moneypenny.
James Bond
I look forward to our time together, Miss Moneypenny.
Eve
Me, too. I'm sure we'll have one or two close shaves.
Gareth Mallory
[now promoted to become the new head of MI6 as the new M]
So, 007… [gives Bond his next assignment] Lots to be done. Are you ready to get back to work?
James Bond
With pleasure, M. With pleasure.
