Skyfall (2012)

Ralph Fiennes: Gareth Mallory

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• Doctor Hall : [Bond enters the interrogation room to take his psychological test, looking toward the one way mirror. M and Mallory stand on the other side with Tanner]  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 : [sighs]  All right.

  [pause] 

  Doctor Hall : 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.

  [M sighs from the other side of the interrogation room] 

  Doctor Hall : Sunlight

  James Bond : Swim

  Doctor Hall : Moon

  James Bond : Dance

  Doctor Hall : Murder.

  James Bond : Employment.

  Doctor Hall : Country.

  James Bond : England.

  Doctor Hall : Skyfall.

  [Bond suddenly pauses] 

  Doctor Hall : Skyfall.

  [Continued pause] 

  Doctor Hall : Done.

  [Bond walks out - looking coldly through the one-way mirror] 

  Gareth Mallory : Hmm, this is going well

  [he leaves, M sighs again] 

• [At Q's lab, Q and Tanner try to create a false trail for Silva to follow] 

  Q : It's a fine line. If the breadcrumb's too small, then he might miss it. Too big, and Silva will smell a rat.

  Tanner : Yes, but you'd think even Silva will be able to spot that.

  Q : He's the only one who could.

  [Tanner turns and sees Mallory standing behind them] 

  Tanner : Sir.

  Q : Oh.

  Gareth Mallory : What are you doing?

  Q : We're just... monitoring.

  Gareth Mallory : Creating a false tracking signal for Silva to follow.

  Tanner : Well, sir, um...

  Q : Well, no...

  Gareth Mallory : Excellent thinking, get him isolated. Send him on the A9. It's a direct route. You can monitor his progress more accurately and confirm it with the traffic cameras.

  Q : But, uh... what if PM finds out?

  Gareth Mallory : Then we're all buggered. Carry on.

• [last lines] 

  Gareth Mallory : So, 007... Lots to be done. Are you ready to get back to work?

  James Bond : With pleasure, M. With pleasure.

• M : I know I can't have this job forever, but I'll be damned if I'm going to leave the department in worse shape than I found it.

  Gareth Mallory : M, you've had a great run. You should leave with dignity.

  M : Oh, to hell with dignity. I'll leave when the job's done.

• Gareth Mallory : The opposition has taken the position that we're a bunch of antiquated bloody idiots fighting a war we don't understand and can't possibly win.

  M : Look, three of my agents are dead already, don't you involve me in politics now...

  Gareth Mallory : The Prime Minister has ordered an inquiry. You're expected to attend.

  M : Attend in stocks at midday? Who's old-fashioned now?

  Gareth Mallory : For Christ's sake, listen to yourself! We're a democracy, and we're responsible to the people we're supposed to defend! We can't keep fighting in the shadows, there are no more shadows!

  M : You don't get this, do you? Whoever's behind this, whoever's doing this, he knows us! He's one of us! He comes from the same place as Bond, a place you say doesn't exist: the shadows!

• Gareth Mallory : I only have one question. Why not - stay dead? You have the perfect way out. Go and live, quietly somewhere. Not many field agents get to leave this cleanly.

  James Bond : Do you get out in the field much?

  Gareth Mallory : You don't need to be an operative to see the obvious. It's a young man's game.

• Gareth Mallory : Excuse me, Prime Minister. I don't mean to interrupt, but just for the sake of variety, might we actually hear from the witness?

• Gareth Mallory : Three months ago, you lost the drive containing the identity of every agent embedded in terrorist organizations across the globe.

• M : 007, Gareth Mallory.

  Gareth Mallory : I hope I haven't missed anything. The PM does prattle on in a crisis. Bond.

  James Bond : Mallory.

• Gareth Mallory : Good luck, 007. Don't cock it up.