James Bond quotes from Spectre (2015)

So what's going on, James? There's not one person at MI6 who isn't talking about it.

James Bond

Talking about... what, exactly?

That what you did in Mexico was a step too far. That you're finished.

James Bond

And what do you think?

I think you're just getting started.

James Bond

I don't know what you mean.

Fine. I think you've got a secret. And it's something you won't tell anyone because you don't trust anyone. [Bond switches on the TV, revealing a video message from the now-deceased previous M]

M

007, if anything happens to me for some reason, I need you to do something. Find a man called Marco Sciarra. Kill him... and don't miss the funeral.

Jesus! Where did you get it?

James Bond

From my mailbox, just after she died.

She was never short of surprises.

James Bond

She wasn't gonna let death get in the way of her job.

Can I get you something, sir?

James Bond

Vodka martini. Shaken, not stirred.

I'm sorry, we don't serve alcohol.

James Bond

I'm already starting to love this place...

He'll have the prolytic digestive enzyme shake.

Did you kill my husband?

James Bond

He was an assassin. He wouldn't have taken it personally.

Mr. White

I always knew death would wear a familiar face, but not yours. To what do I owe this pleasure, Mr. Bond?

James Bond

I was at a meeting recently and your name came up.

Mr. White

I'm flattered London is still talking about me.

James Bond

It wasn't MI6, it was Rome. Your team, not mine.

Mr. White

Ah. Last month, I found thallium in my cell phone. It's done its job. I have a few weeks, maybe less. So, here we are, Mr. Bond. two dead men enjoying the evening.

James Bond

What did you do?

Mr. White

I disobeyed him. I followed him as far as I could. He changed.

James Bond

Oh, I see, you grew a conscience.

Mr. White

Our game is our game. But this? Women? Children?

James Bond

Well, the thallium would suggest that he doesn't like you very much anymore. And clearly the feeling is mutual. So why don't you tell me how to find him again?

Mr. White

Oh, come on.

James Bond

Tell me where he is.

Mr. White

He's everywhere! Everywhere! He's sitting at your desk, he's kissing your lover, he's eating supper with your family!

James Bond

You're protecting someone. Your wife.

Mr. White

She left long ago.

James Bond

Your son? Your daughter.

Mr. White

You won't find her. She's clever. She's smarter than me. She knows how to hide.

James Bond

I can protect her if you tell me where he is. [Mr. White chuckles again] I can keep her alive.

Mr. White

Yeah.

James Bond

You have my word.

Mr. White

Your word? The word of an assassin!

James Bond

That's my word.

Mr. White

L'Américain. You save her, she can lead you to L'Américain. She knows L'Américain. Try the Hoffler Klinik. You're a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond. [points to his neck] So long. [shoots and dies]

Madeleine Swann

Argh, don't touch me!

James Bond

Hey! You need to take a breath and calm down. You're in shock.

Madeleine Swann

Get away from me! Just get away! Did it cross your mind that you led them to me?

James Bond

I haven't got time for this. You need to tell me everything you know about L'Américain.

Madeleine Swann

Go to hell!

James Bond

I gave your father my word!

Madeleine Swann

And why should I trust you? Because my father did?

James Bond

Because right now, Dr. Swann, I'm your best chance of staying alive.

Madeleine Swann

Why, given every other possible option, does a man choose the life of a paid assassin?

James Bond

Well, it was that or the priesthood.

So, James, why did you come?

James Bond

I came here to kill you.

And I thought you came here to die.

James Bond

Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

Speaking of perspective.

You came across me so many times and yet you never saw me. Le Chiffre, Greene, Silva.

James Bond

All dead.

Yeah, that's right. A nice pattern developed - you interfered in my world, so I destroyed yours. Or did you think it was coincidence that all of the women in your life ended up dead? Vesper Lynd, for example. She was the big one. [to Madeleine] Has he told you about her? [to Bond] And then, of course, your beloved M. Gone forever. Me. It was all me, James. It's always been me. The author of all your pain.

You're a brave woman, my dear. [turns off all the computers and his guards stand staring at the three of them]

Madeleine Swann

Now I understand why my father lost his mind.

He didn't lose his mind, he was just weak. But at least he understood what he was up against. You see, they failed to comprehend the crucial fact, that a terrible event can lead to something wonderful. Since you mention your father, I'll show you. [begins playing surveillance tape of James Bond meeting with Mr. White]

Video Mr. White

She's clever. She's smarter than me. She knows how to hide.

Video James Bond

I can protect her if you tell me where he is. I can keep her alive.

Video Mr. White

Yeah.

Video James Bond

You have my word.

James Bond

No, no, no, no, no, no. Turn this off.

Video James Bond

Your word? The word of an assassin!

James Bond

Turn this off.

This is important.

James Bond

I said turn it off! [Oberhauser's guard hits him with an expandable baton making him fall to the floor]

I want you to understand something.

Video James Bond

That's my word.

James Bond

Madeleine? Look at me. Don't look at him, Madeleine. Look at me.

Video Mr. White

L'Américain. You save her, she can lead you to L'Américain. She knows L'Américain. Try the Hoffler Klinik. You're a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond. So long. [gunshot sounds in the background]

The things that bring people together. Out of horror, beauty. [Oberhauser's guard hits Bond's head with a gun]

Torture is easy, on a superficial level. A man can watch himself being disemboweled and derive great horror from the experience, but it's still going on at a distance. It isn't taking place where he is. As you know all too well, dear Madeleine, a man lives inside his head. That's where the seat of his soul is. Now, James and I were both present recently when a man was deprived of his eyes. And the most astonishing thing happened. Didn't you notice? He wasn't there anymore. He'd gone even though he was still alive. So in this brief moment between life and death, there was nobody inside his skull. Most odd. So, James. I'm going to penetrate to where you are. To the inside of your head. Now, the first probe will play with your sight, your hearing and your balance, just with the subtlest of manipulations.

James Bond

Well, get on with it then. Nothing can be as painful as listening to you talk.

All right. Let's begin.

Madeleine Swann

Why are you doing this?

You probably know that James here lost his parents when he was young. But did you know that it was my father who helped him through this difficult time? Over the course of two winters he taught him to ski, and climb, and hunt. He soothed the wounds of the poor little blue-eyed orphan. Asked me to treat him as a brother. My little brother. They formed quite an attachment.

James Bond

So, you killed him.

Yes, I did. You know what happens when a cuckoo hatches inside another bird's nest?

Madeleine Swann

Yes. It forces the other eggs out.

Yes. Well, this cuckoo made me realize my father's life had to end. In a way, he's responsible for the path I took. So, thank you. Cuckoo.

James Bond

Do you know any other birdcalls, Franz? [chuckles] [A cat climbs onto Bond's lap] Hello, pussy.

Franz Oberhauser died 20 years ago, James. In an avalanche, alongside his father. The man you are talking to now, the man inside your head, is Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

James Bond

Catchy name.

My mother's bloodline. If the needle finds the correct spot in the fusiform gyrus, you'll recognize no one. Of course the faces of your women are interchangeable, aren't they, James? You won't know who she is. Just another passing face on your way to the grave. [kisses the cat] [to Madeleine] He dies not knowing who you are. The daughter of an assassin The only one who could have understood him. Shame.

James Bond

One minute. One minute.

Did he say something?

James Bond

Tempus fugit.

What?

James Bond

Tempus... fugit.

I can't hear you, James.

James Bond

I said, doesn't time fly?

Finish it. Finish it.

James Bond

Out of bullets. [looks at Swann] And besides, I've got something better to do.