Lionel Shahbandar Quotes in Gambit (2012)

Lionel Shahbandar: So, how do you find London?

PJ Puznowski: Well, everybody knows the answer to that one. You turn right at Greenland.

Lionel Shahbandar: And where are you staying?

PJ Puznowski: Er, well of them big hotels downtown. I can't remember the name of it. You remember, Harry?

Harry Deane: Connaught.

PJ Puznowski: Me neither.

Lionel Shahbandar: [Preparing to have dinner with Japanese businessmen] As I said, these dinners can be difficult.

PJ Puznowski: Oh, don't worry about it, these guys seem pretty harmless.

Lionel Shahbandar: They're evil little shits. Watch me crush them.

Harry Deane: I see the painting. A reproduction though, Sir, in my opinion.

Lionel Shahbandar: Bloody hell, based on what?

Harry Deane: Based on the fact that it's hanging on a wall of a caravan, Sir. In Texas.

Lionel Shahbandar: You may not realize it, Miss Puznowski, but Harry Deane knows Monet like I know... actually, I don't know anything quite like that.

Lionel Shahbandar: [Lionel greets Puznowski] So... how do you find London?

PJ Puznowski: Well, everybody knows the answer to that one! You turn right at Greenland!

Lionel Shahbandar: [Trying to digest it] Ha Ha Ha! Indeed!

[first lines]

The Major: [narrating] This is the story of my brave, foolish friend Harry Deane. Mr. Deane's work as a curator in London had gone, he felt, largely unappreciated. He told me of countless insults suffered at the hands of his employer, Lionel Shahbandar, media tycoon, art collector, and an absolute brute of a fellow.

Lionel Shahbandar: [covered in mud] Do not touch my person! You, idiot...

Man: Yes, my lord.

Lionel Shahbandar: ...give me your boot.

Lionel Shahbandar: [upon meeting] So, how do you find London?

PJ Puznowski: Well, everybody knows the answer to that one. Turn right at Greenland.