Gordon Deitrich Quotes in V for Vendetta (2005)

Gordon Deitrich: You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.

Evey Hammond: What is that you're making?

Gordon Deitrich: We call it "eggie in the basket". My mum used to make them.

Evey Hammond: This is weird.

Gordon Deitrich: What?

Evey Hammond: The first morning I was with him, he made me eggs just like this.

Gordon Deitrich: Really?

Evey Hammond: I swear.

Gordon Deitrich: That is a strange coincidence. Although, there's an obvious explanation.

Evey Hammond: There is?

Gordon Deitrich: Yes, Evey. I am V. At last you know the truth. You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. ¡Viva la revolución!

Evey Hammond: That is *not* funny, Gordon.

Gordon Deitrich: [sighs] Yeah, I know. I'm useless without a studio audience.

Evey Hammond: Is everything a joke to you, Gordon?

Gordon Deitrich: Only the things that matter.

Sutler: [actor on Deitrich's show] Ah! Warm milk, there's nothing better.

Gordon Deitrich: I understand you enjoy a glass every night, chancellor.

Sutler: [the real chancellor watches, holding a glass of milk] Since I was a boy.

Evey Hammond: But why would you keep it?

Gordon Deitrich: I didn't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, or its poetry moving.

Evey Hammond: Are you a Muslim?

Gordon Deitrich: No. I'm in television.

Evey Hammond: What is that?

Gordon Deitrich: It's a copy of the Quran, 14th century.

Evey Hammond: Are you a Muslim?

Gordon Deitrich: No, I'm in television.

Gordon Deitrich: I am V. At last you know the truth. You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe, isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. ¡Viva la revolución!

Evey Hammond: That is not funny, Gordon.

Gordon Deitrich: [about his TV show] We threw out the censor-approved script and shot a new one that I wrote this morning.

Evey Hammond: [dumbfounded] Oh, my God...

[Evey gulps her champagne as the TV camera pans over the clapping audience, revealing soldiers aiming shotguns; Evey chokes]

Evey Hammond: But is it worth it? I mean if they found that here...

Gordon Deitrich: I told you, you'll be the least of my worries.