Tom Bishop
Happy?
Nathan Muir
Seventy-five casualties, an apartment block leveled, one dead terrorist? Yeah, happy.
Tom Bishop
We have some **** up barometer for success, don't we?
Played by Brad Pitt 
Spy Game (2001) · 30 quotes
Spy Game (2001) · 30 quotes
I'm done with the reasons, Nathan. I'm done with you. I'm not ending up like you.
Scenes with Tom Bishop
14 scenes Tom Bishop
Nathan Muir
Tom Bishop
Tom Bishop
[walking in on Nathan Muir shaving]
My God, you're hideous. Why do you even bother?
Nathan Muir
I missed you, too.
Tom Bishop
You want flowers at 6am?
Nathan Muir
Flowers would be nice, but I'll settle for breakfast.
Tom Bishop
I got a good spot--I taught a guy to make migas.
Nathan Muir
A Mexican restaurant in Beirut? I'm impressed.
Tom Bishop
All right, so what else? What else do I need to know?
Nathan Muir
Put away some money so you can die someplace warm and don't ever touch it. Not for anyone, ever.
Tom Bishop
Okay, is that it?
Nathan Muir
Don't ever risk your life or career for an asset. If it comes down to you or them... send flowers.
Nathan Muir
See that building across the way?
Tom Bishop
Yeah.
Nathan Muir
Do you know anyone there?
Tom Bishop
No.
Nathan Muir
In five minutes I want to see you on the balcony.
Tom Bishop
What do...
Nathan Muir
Five minutes.
Tom Bishop
Can't we discuss it over coffee?
Nathan Muir
You just lost ten seconds.
Nathan Muir
I take it you didn't get to be a marksman putting food on your mama's table.
Tom Bishop
No, sir. We have a Safeway back home.
Nathan Muir
Where'd you learn to shoot?
Tom Bishop
Boy scouts, sir.
Nathan Muir
What, are you kidding me?
Tom Bishop
No, sir.
Nathan Muir
Hell of an ad for the Boy Scouts.
Tom Bishop
She's just someone I used to get to the camp.
Nathan Muir
She gonna be of any more use to us?
Tom Bishop
Not to us.
Dr. Ahmed
Is it hard? To take life?
Tom Bishop
[long pause]
Yes.
Nathan Muir
[Muir indicates a fat man sitting at a table reading a menu]
The man reading the menu. Threat?
Tom Bishop
Only to the hostess.
Tom Bishop
So, when do I get my first assignment?
Nathan Muir
When I decide you're ready.
Nathan Muir
You just gave her four pieces of personal information for one dubious impersonal fact. 1) You're straight, 2)You're engaged, 3)Tomorrow's your girls birthday, and 4)You have terrible taste in women's clothing.
Tom Bishop
Just trying to find out where she got that dress.
Nathan Muir
What if she were an asset? You told her four lies that now have to be true.
Tom Bishop
I thought spies drank martinis.
Nathan Muir
Scotch, never less than twelve years old.
Tom Bishop
Is that right? Agency rules?
Nathan Muir
My rules.
Tom Bishop
Don't tell me that. Don't **** tell me that. You didn't look in his eyes. Don't tell me that!
Nathan Muir
He was your asset, somebody you use for information.
Tom Bishop
Ah, Jesus Christ, you just... You don't just trade these people like they're baseball cards! It's not a **** game!
Nathan Muir
Oh, yes it is. It's exactly what it is. And it's no kid's game either. This is a whole other game. And it's serious and it's dangerous. And it's not one you want to lose.
Tom Bishop
Nathan, we killed this man. We used him and we killed him. Okay then, you got to help me understand this one. You got... Nathan, what are we doing here? And don't give me some bullshit about the greater good.
Nathan Muir
That's exactly what it's about. Because what we do is unfortunately very, very necessary. And if you're not willing to sacrifice scum like Schmidt for those that want nothing more than their freedom, then you better take a long hard look at your chosen profession, my friend. Because it doesn't get any easier. You wanna walk? You wanna walk, walk.
Tom Bishop
**** your rules, Nathan.
Nathan Muir
Okay, but tonight they saved your life.
Tom Bishop
Happy Birthday, Nathan. Did you know Langley has seven different birth dates for you?
Nathan Muir
And they're all wrong.
Tom Bishop
I know, believe me, it wasn't easy. KGB, Mossad, also wrong. Fortunately I was well trained.
