Wai-Lin Quotes in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

James Bond: You were pretty good with that hook.

Wai-Lin: Thanks. It comes from growing up in a rough neighborhood. You were pretty good on the bike.

James Bond: Thank you. It comes from not growing up at all.

[last lines]

Wai-Lin: They're looking for us, James.

James Bond: Let's stay under cover.

[Bond has taken Gupta hostage and is negotiating with Carver to exchange him for Wai Lin, who herself is being held captive by Carver]

Elliot Carver: [to Stamper and his security forces regarding Bond] Don't shoot him, yet.

Mr. Stamper: [to his men over a two-way radio] Hold your fire.

Elliot Carver: Welcome to my world crisis, Mr. Bond!

James Bond: Even trade, Elliot; Gupta for Wai Lin. You can't fire the missile without him.

Elliot Carver: [Holding Wai Lin at gunpoint] And it seems you can't resist any woman in my possession.

Wai-Lin: What are you waiting for, shoot him!

James Bond: [to Wai Lin] I told you, we're gonna finish this together!

Elliot Carver: How romantic! Do you realize how absurd your position is?

James Bond: No more absurd than starting a war for ratings.

Elliot Carver: Great men have always manipulated the media to save the world. Look at William Randolph Hearst, who told his photographers, "You provide the pictures, I'll provide the war." I've just taken it one step further.

[Bond open fires on one of Stamper's men, killing him]

James Bond: Sorry about that, I've tuned out there for a moment, Elliot.

Elliot Carver: [to Bond] Touché.

[to Gupta]

Elliot Carver: Mr. Gupta, is the missile ready to fire?

Gupta: Press the magic button, Beijing disappears.

Elliot Carver: Well, it seems you've outlived your contract!

[Carver shoots Gupta]

Elliot Carver: You see, Mr. Bond, I have a backup plan

James Bond: Uh-huh. So do I.

[Bond remotely releases a grenade from a case and detonates it, breaching the hull of the stealth boat]

Wai Lin: [straddling Bond on a motorcycle] Don't get any ideas, Mr Bond.

James Bond: I wouldn't dream of it.

Wai-Lin: [Bond and Wai-Lin are handcuffed together] If I didn't know better, I'd say you were following me around, Mr. Bond.

James Bond: You have to admit, though: we seem to have developed a certain attachment to each other.

Wai-Lin: Hopefully not for long.

Wai Lin: [bobbing in the South China Sea in scuba gear] Still interested in hostile takeovers?

James Bond: It's the opportunities for travel, that I like best about banking.

Wai-Lin: It's mostly dull routine, of course, but every now and then you get to sail on a beautiful evening like this. And sometimes work with a decadent agent of a corrupt Western power.

James Bond: And they say communists don't know how to have fun.

Wai-Lin: Oh, I hate to disappoint you; but, I don't even have a little red book.

James Bond: [on the motorcycle] Get on the back!

Wai Lin: Why? Are you trying to protect me?

James Bond: No, I need to balance the bike. Now get on the back!

[Carver is revealing his plan to Wai Lin]

Elliot Carver: What you are about to witness, Ms. Lin, is not so much a missile attack, but the launch of a new world order. In precisely five minutes after your countrymen have attacked the British fleet, I shall retaliate for dear old England by sending this missile into Beijing, where General Chang has just called an emergency meeting of the Chinese High Command. Unfortunately, General Chang will be delayed in traffic, arriving just after the missile has killed your leaders, and too late to stop the air force from sinking the entire British fleet, but he will be just in time to take over the Government, negotiate a truce, and emerge as a world leader, with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Wai Lin: And what do you get?

Elliot Carver: Me? oh, nothing. Just exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next hundred years.

James Bond: Are you sure you can do this on your own?

Wai-Lin: It depends whether your mission is peace or revenge.

James Bond: This is about stopping a war.