Ralph Fiennes credited as playing...
M
- C: Take a look at the world... chaos... because people like you, paper-pushers and politicians, are too spineless to do what needs to be done so I made an alliance to put the power where it should be, and now you want to throw it away for the sake of democracy, whatever the hell that is. How predictably moronic.
- [points gun at M]
- C: But then isn't that what 'M' stands for... 'moron'?
- [squeezes trigger, realizes the gun is unloaded]
- M: And now we know what 'C' stands for... 'careless'.
- [after shutting C out of his mainframe]
- M: Not a good feeling being watched, is it?
- C: Don't tell me you're responsible for this.
- M: No, but my quartermaster is and he's extremely talented.
- C: Oh, bravo. But in case you hadn't realized it, you two are out of a job so you're trespassing.
- M: I'm afraid you've got the wrong end of the stick, Max. We're going to stop this system going online, and then I'm going to bring you in.
- C: On what grounds, exactly?
- M: Poor taste in friends.
- C: You can't really tell me that one man in the field can compete with all of this. Running around out there with his license to kill.
- M: Have you ever had to kill a man Max? Have you? To pull that trigger you have to be sure. Yes you investigate analyze, assess, target, and then you have to look him in the eye and you make the call. And all the drones, bugs, cameras, transcripts - all the surveillance in the world - can't tell you what to do next. A license to kill is also a license *not* to kill.
- M: What's that?
- Moneypenny: [hiding a palmtop from James Bond] Just a gift. From an admirer.
- M: It's not your birthday, is it?
- Moneypenny: No.
- [M walks out the door]
- Moneypenny: That was last week.
- C: [enters M's office] So sorry, am I interrupting?
- M: Not remotely. 007, I'd like you to meet Max Denbigh, head of the Joint Security Service.
- C: Well it's a pleasure to finally meet you, 007. I've heard a lot about you. Most of it good.
- James Bond: [offers hand] Congratulations on your new appointment.
- C: [shakes Bond's hand] Thank you.
- James Bond: I suppose we should call you "C" now.
- C: No, no. "Max," please.
- James Bond: No, I think I'll call you "C"... C.
- C: As you wish. Well my door is always open, 007, for my employees. This merger's gonna be a whole new chapter for us. We're going to bring British intelligence out of the dark ages... into the light.
- James Bond: That all sounds lovely.
- M: [arresting Blofeld] Under the Special Measures Act of 2001, I am detaining you on behalf of Her Majesty's Government.