Closed Circuit (2013)

Rebecca Hall: Claudia Simmons-Howe

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• Claudia Simmons-Howe : [referring to Martin Rose's son]  How old is he now?

  Martin Rose : Old enough to know how much I fucked up his life. In so many ways, you were the worst thing that ever happened to me.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : [smiling]  Oh? You are undoubtedly the worst thing that ever happened to me.

• Claudia Simmons-Howe : What if they get us before he gets to court?

  Martin Rose : Well at least we bloody well tried.

• Claudia Simmons-Howe : You broke into my chambers.

  Nazrul Sharma : It was open.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : After you unlocked it, I'm sure it was.

• Nazrul Sharma : There are people who really want a conviction here. So if you're ever feeling, uh, bullied or intimidated...

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : [interrupting]  Oh, I can cope with that, thank you.

  Nazrul Sharma : Or threatened.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : Threatened? And what do you mean by that exactly?

  Nazrul Sharma : You can give me a call.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : And what will you do?

  Nazrul Sharma : Whatever needs to be done, Claudia.

• Claudia Simmons-Howe : I used to do that.

  Emir Erdogan : What? Play Medal of Honor?

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : No, I used to get angry. Rather than help people who were trying to help me, I'd just say nothing as a way of getting my own back, even though the only person I was really hurting was myself.

• Claudia Simmons-Howe : [dejectedly]  We're not strong enough to fight them, are we?

  Martin Rose : No.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : There's no good way out of this, is there? There's no... There is no right way out of this.

  Martin Rose : No. Sorry, Claudia.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : So how do we do it?

  Martin Rose : I'll call them, and tell them that we'll do as we're told.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : [chuckles incredulously]  It's that simple?

  Martin Rose : Yes, that simple.

• Claudia Simmons-Howe : You blame yourself.

  Martin Rose : Mostly.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : Well, that's good. The old Martin Rose would never have accepted the blame for anything.

  Martin Rose : I only said "Mostly."

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : Well, that's even better 'cause that means the old Martin Rose has not entirely gone.

• Martin Rose : And for the next bit, you tell me that uhm... the law needs men of integrity.

  Claudia Simmons-Howe : Yeah, it does. But that doesn't mean that there's also a place for someone like you.