Gareth Mallory Quotes in Skyfall (2012)

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.

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: Go to hell with dignity. I'll leave when the job's done.

[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.

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

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

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