Argo Quotes

Tony Mendez: The Minister of Culture and Guidance has approved your location scout. He will send his representative to meet you and your crew at the Khayyam entrance to the Grand Bazaar tomorrow at 3 p.m.
Jack O'Donnell: They called your bluff.
Tony Mendez: Maybe they're cooperating.
Jack O'Donnell: Absolutely not. Seven Americans walking the bazaar is asking for a riot. It's the hive.
Tony Mendez: Seven Canadians, Jack.
Jack O'Donnell: Never give them multiple shots at a cover. Are they even ready?
Tony Mendez: They're getting there.
Jack O'Donnell: There's no prize for most improved.
Tony Mendez: I don't have a choice. We say no, they show up at the residence and drag everyone out at gunpoint. How well do you think their covers are gonna hold up while they're getting their fingernails pulled out?

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Tony Mendez: [after quizzing the hostages on their fake bios and the one hostage paused]Shoot him, he's an American spy!

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Tony Mendez: We are responsible for these people.
Jack O'Donnell: What we are is required to follow orders.

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Lester Siegel: Bad news, bad news. Even when it's good news, it's bad news. John Wayne in the ground 6 months and this is what is left of America.

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Jack O'Donnell: It's a Spy Agency! Find them!

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Space Vixen: My Creation? My Creation!
Monster: Meurgh!

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Stafford: [English]Kevin, give me the storyboards.
Kevin: [hands over storyboards from an abandoned production of Roger Zelazney's Lord of Light]
Stafford: [Farsi]These are the drawings that show what we will film for the movie. Alien villains have taken over the hero's planet. They fight for their families and take back the city. The villains know he is the chosen one so they kidnap his son in the Spice Market. So he and his wife storm the castle. The people... hold that... the people are instructed to join him. They are farmers but they learn to fight. Voom! Neow! Pew-pew! They shoot weapons at their enemies. Kaboom! And the King of the Aliens is destroyed when the people find their courage.

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Lester Siegel: We're gonna need a script.

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Space Princess: The Universe is Changing. The fire of goodness is going out in the Galaxy.
Space Ambassador: The Ship is... turning around...
Ship's Captain: Fire the thrusters!
Esper Robot: [is silent]
Communications Officer: He says a gravitational field that strong would kill everyone.

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Stafford: [In Farsi]It's a fantasy story about a war in another World. Here you can see our notices [Opens Magazine]

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Stafford: Of course I can speak Farsi! I wish to make a film in Iran.

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Guard: Hello, can I speak to Mr Hawkins, please?
John Chambers: I'm sorry he's out of the country on a Location Scout, can I take a message?
Guard: [Hangs up]

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[last lines]Tony Mendez: [to his wife, on the doorstep of his home after his return from Iran]Can I come in?

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Tony Mendez: [Tony's exfil has been scrapped and he's been ordered to return home]So you know.
Ken Taylor: ExtAff wants you to burn the passports before you leave. If we tell them now, they'll panic. I think it's best if you just don't show. It was always a fucked mission. You came closer than anybody else.

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Tony Mendez: Can I come in?

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