Skyfall (2012)

Ben Whishaw: Q

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Quotes 

• Q : It always makes me feel a bit melancholy. Grand old war ship. being ignominiously haunted away to scrap... The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?

  James Bond : A bloody big ship. Excuse me.

  Q : 007. 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 : Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas 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 pajamas. Q.

  Q : 007.

• [Bond is chasing Silva who escaped, trying to open a door] 

  James Bond : 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?

• [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.

• Q : I'm guessing this is not official.

  James Bond : Not even remotely.

  Q : So much for my promising career in espionage.

• Q : There are only about six people in the world who could set up fail-safes like this.

  James Bond : Can you get past them?

  Q : I invented them.

• James Bond : 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.

• Q : Oh, no. Can someone tell me how he got into our system?

  Raoul Silva : [program from his computer]  Not such a clever boy.

  Q : Oh, shit. Oh, shit, shit, shit. He hacked us.

• Q : Good luck out there in the field... And please return the equipment in one piece.

  James Bond : A brave new world.

• [from trailer] 

  Q : The Walther PPK/S nine-millimeter short. It's been coded to your palmprint so only you can fire it. Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.

• Q : [Via Bond's earpiece]  Where are you?

  James Bond : [He's on the train]  Take a wild guess, Q.

• Q : Why are the doors opening?

  [Bond runs]