Daniel Craig credited as playing...
James Bond
- [Bond stares at the porcelain bulldog statue on M's desk]
- James Bond: The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives.
- M: Your interior decorating tips have always been appreciated, 007.
- Q: It always makes me feel a bit melancholy. Grand old war ship. being ignominiously haunted away to scrap... The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?
- James Bond: A bloody big ship. Excuse me.
- Q: 007. I'm your new Quartermaster.
- James Bond: You must be joking.
- Q: Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
- James Bond: Because you still have spots.
- Q: My complexion is hardly relevant.
- James Bond: Your competence is.
- Q: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
- James Bond: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
- Q: Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
- James Bond: Oh, so why do you need me?
- Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
- James Bond: Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pajamas. Q.
- Q: 007.
- [Bond is chasing Silva who escaped, trying to open a door]
- James Bond: It won't open.
- Q: Of course it will, put your back into it.
- James Bond: Why don't you come down here and put your back into it?
- M: Is this where you grew up?
- James Bond: Mm.
- M: How old were you when they died?
- James Bond: You know the answer to that. You know the whole story.
- M: Orphans always make the best recruits.
- Raoul Silva: If you wanted, you could pick your own secret missions. As I do. Name it, name it. Destabilize a multinational by manipulating stocks. Bip. Easy. Interrupt transmissions from a spy satellite over Kabul... done. Hmm. Rig an election in Uganda. All to the highest bidder.
- James Bond: Or a gas explosion in London.
- Raoul Silva: Mm-hm. Just point and click.
- James Bond: Well, everybody needs a hobby.
- Raoul Silva: So what's yours?
- James Bond: Resurrection.
- James Bond: I read your obituary of me.
- M: And?
- James Bond: Appalling.
- M: Yeah, I knew you'd hate it. I did call you "an exemplar of British fortitude".
- James Bond: That bit was all right.
- 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]
- James Bond: Done.
- [Bond walks out - looking coldly through the one-way mirror]
- Gareth Mallory: Hmm, this is going well
- [he leaves, M sighs again]
- [M arrives at her home and prepares a drink when she suddenly hears the sound of glass clanging from behind her. She sees a silhouette of Bond near the window]
- M: Where the hell have you been?
- James Bond: Enjoying death. 007 reporting for duty.
- James Bond: So this is it. We're both played out.
- M: Well, if you believe that, why did you come back?
- James Bond: Good question.
- M: Because we're under attack. And you know we need you.
- James Bond: Well, I'm here.
- M: You'll have to be debriefed and declared fit for active service. You can only return to duty when you've passed the tests, so take them seriously. And a shower might be in order.
- James Bond: I'll go home and change.
- M: Oh, we've sold your flat, put your things into storage. Standard procedure on the death of an unmarried employee with no next of kin. You should have called.
- James Bond: I'll find a hotel.
- M: Well, you're bloody well not sleeping here.
- [Bond opens a garage door to reveal his Aston Martin DB5]
- M: Oh, and I suppose that's completely inconspicuous.
- James Bond: Get in.
- Q: I'm guessing this is not official.
- James Bond: Not even remotely.
- Q: So much for my promising career in espionage.
- Kincade: So who is it we're supposed to be fighting?
- James Bond: No "we" in it. Kincade. This is not your fight.
- Kincade: Try and stop me, you jumped-up little shit.
- Q: There are only about six people in the world who could set up fail-safes like this.
- James Bond: Can you get past them?
- Q: I invented them.
- Eve: [watches Bond shave] Cut-throat razor. How very traditional.
- James Bond: Well, I like to do some things the old-fashioned way.
- Eve: Sometimes the old ways are the best.
- James Bond: A gun and a radio. It's not exactly Christmas, is it?
- Q: Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that anymore.
- [Bond and M drive off in the Aston Martin DB5]
- M: It's not very comfortable, is it?
- James Bond: [Flips up the shift knob cap to reveal the ejector seat button underneath] Are you gonna complain all the way?
- M: Oh, go on, then, eject me. See if I care.
- [Bond reconsiders the thought and closes the shift knob while driving]
- Raoul Silva: [Silva unbuttons Bond's shirt and peels back the shirt to expose the scar tissue where Bond removed the bullet] Ooh! See what she's done to you.
- James Bond: [suspicious] Well, she never tied me to a chair.
- Raoul Silva: Her loss.
- [Silva begins caressing Bond's neck]
- James Bond: Are you sure this is about M?
- Raoul Silva: It's about her... and you, and me. You see, we are the last two rats. We can either eat each other... mmm... or eat everyone else.
- [Silva strokes Bond's neck]
- Raoul Silva: How you're trying to remember your training now.
- [Silva smiles]
- Raoul Silva: What's the regulation to cover this?
- [Silva strokes both of Bond's upper legs]
- Raoul Silva: Well, first time for everything.
- [Bond smiles]
- Raoul Silva: Yes?
- James Bond: What makes you think this is my first time?
- Raoul Silva: [sits back] Oh, Mr Bond. All the physical stuff - so dull, so dull.