The Constant Gardener (2005)

Ralph Fiennes: Justin Quayle

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• Justin Quayle : Arnold Bluhm is gay, Bernard. Gay men don't rape their women friends.

  Sir Bernard Pellegrin : [bemused]  Well, I've known one or two very savage queens in my time.

• Tim Donohue : I can get you out of Kenya. it's one of the few things we still do well. Drop it now, and it's over. I'll make sure word gets to the right people. Go home... and live

  Justin Quayle : But I don't have a home, Tim. Tessa was my home.

• Justin Quayle : [Tessa tells Justin to slow down, wanting to drive a woman, her baby, and her brother who are walking 40 kilometers back to his home]  We can't involve ourselves in their lives, Tessa.

  Tessa Quayle : Why.

  Justin Quayle : Be reasonable. There are millions of people, they all need help. It's what the agencies are here for.

  Tessa Quayle : Yeah, but these are three people that WE can help.

• [Aid workers are being airlifted from a village ahead of band of raiders. Justin brings aboard a local village girl] 

  Jonah Andika : I'm sorry, I can't take the girl.

  Justin Quayle : I'm not leaving her!

  Jonah Andika : We're only allowed evacuate aid workers.

  Justin Quayle : To HELL with what's allowed! I'll -look, how much you want for her?

  [pulls cash from pocket] 

  Justin Quayle : There's 800 dollars.

  Jonah Andika : Don't embarrass me! You can't buy this. The rules are made for good reason. Please.

  Justin Quayle : This is a child's life! There are no rules to cover that!

  Jonah Andika : Look, there are thousands of them out there. I can't make an exception for this one child

  Justin Quayle : Yes, but THIS is one we can help!

• Policeman No. 1 : For a diplomat you're not a very good liar.

  Justin Quayle : Well, I haven't risen very high.

• Justin Quayle : Your life is your own. That was always our agreement.

  Tessa Quayle : No, no, no. The agreement was, that my *work* was going to be my own. That's what makes me who I am.

• [last lines] 

  Justin Quayle : [whispering]  Tessa...

• Justin Quayle : Well, ah, I can't speak for Sir Bernard...

  Tessa Quayle : Oh, I thought that was why you were here?

  [lecture audience laughs] 

  Justin Quayle : Well, diplomats have to go where they're sent.

  Tessa Quayle : So do labradors.

  Justin Quayle : [Smiling]  Ouch... Well, I think Mr. Bernard would argue that when peaceful means are exhausted...

  Tessa Quayle : Exhausted? Mr.Quayle, they're not exactly exhausted, they're just lying in the way of the tanks!

• [first lines] 

  Justin Quayle : Oh, thank you Arnold. I... I can manage that. But I still don't see why you couldn't wait a couple of weeks. Why go all the way up to Loki?

  Tessa Quayle : Well, we want to hear Grace Makanga speak, and she won't be coming to Nairobi.

• Tim Donohue : [after a car chase through the desert]  Who did you think I was?

  Justin Quayle : Fuck you, Donohue! This is bandit country.