Queen of Swords (TV Series)

Duel with a Stranger (2000)

Cristián de la Fuente: Antonio

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Quotes 

• Antonio : Perhaps you're more used to fighting barbarians than gentlemen.

  Capt. Marcus Grisham : They all die the same way - screaming.

• [holding a sword to Grisham's throat] 

  Antonio : Lesson 1: Make sure you choose your opponents, Captain. Don't let them choose you.

  Col. Luis Montoya : [to Grisham]  Maybe I should let him kill you...

  [pause] 

  Col. Luis Montoya : Not today.

• Antonio : You confuse wealth with station.

  Col. Luis Montoya : No. It seems that you are the one who is confused. With enough cannons and gold, even the son of a lowly bureaucrat can aspire to become an emperor. You and I are both pragmatists, Don Antonio. We both know that everything has its price - including our honor.

• The Queen of Swords : If all I wanted was gold, I'd take it and disappear with it... but what I want is justice.

  Antonio : There is no justice. The world is not a just place. No one gets their due.

• [Antonio and Grisham are trying to track the Queen of Swords across the desert] 

  Capt. Marcus Grisham : You can waste your time, but not mine.

  Antonio : The only problem with being a soldier, Grisham, is that you are so busy taking orders, you stop relying on your own senses.

  Capt. Marcus Grisham : Look at the ground. You can't track anything in this soil.

  Antonio : I watched the Berbers in the Atlas Mountains track a scorpion for seven miles until they found it.

  Capt. Marcus Grisham : Well, then all we need are a few more Moroccans.

  Antonio : No - just one less American.

• Antonio : You still run. Senor Torres will be displeased.

  The Queen of Swords : I thought that staying alive was the most important thing.

  Antonio : Not above honor.

  The Queen of Swords : How can you speak of honor?

  Antonio : Ha! You are the one hiding behind a mask, not me. Who are you?

• [Antonio forces Grisham to reveal the location of Montoya's treasury] 

  Antonio : Open it!

  Capt. Marcus Grisham : There is no key.

  Antonio : Well, then your services are no longer needed.

  [Antonio pistol whips him, knocking him unconscious] 

• [during their swordfight] 

  Antonio : Well done. I'm sure Senor Torres was your teacher.

  The Queen of Swords : What does it matter, Antonio?

  Antonio : You know me?

• [after defeating the Queen of Swords in a swordfight, Antonio pulls off her mask] 

  Antonio : Tessa?

  Maria Teresa Alvarado : Antonio.

  Antonio : You mock me!

  [Antonio stalks away] 

• Antonio : Is the Queen of Swords worth the gold I carry?

  Col. Luis Montoya : You are carrying one thousand reales in gold.

  Maria Teresa Alvarado : [to Marta]  He will not betray me.

  Col. Luis Montoya : That is twice the price we agreed to.

  Antonio : Yes, that's true, but if you want the Queen of Swords, you are in no position to argue.

  Col. Luis Montoya : I would pay ten times that to see her head on a pike in the village square.

  Antonio : Very well.

  Col. Luis Montoya : That was well done, Don Antonio. You have finally named the price for your honor.

  [Antonio throws the stolen gold to the ground] 

  Antonio : I cannot sell something I have already lost.