MI-5 (TV Series)
Traitor's Gate (2002)
Matthew Macfadyen: Tom Quinn
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Quotes
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Maisie Simm : Do I have to call you Tom now?
Tom Quinn : Do you mind?
Maisie Simm : [shrugs] Why did you say you Matthew?
Tom Quinn : Because Matthew is a secret name.
Maisie Simm : It wasn't secret because I know it. Tom is secret.
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Tom Quinn : Once I tell you, there's no going back.
Ellie Simm : So what are you? A gangster?
Tom Quinn : I'm a spy. I work for MI5.
Ellie Simm : MI5. Jesus!
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Tom Quinn : You can't expect me to go against my training, right.
Ellie Simm : Your training!
Tom Quinn : I am what I do.
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Ellie Simm : So, now you know that I'm not bin Laden's sister, you can tell me?
Tom Quinn : I was scared that if I told you, you'd leave and everything flowed from that, I want to be with you.
Ellie Simm : No, everything flows from 'can I trust you?'
[pause]
Ellie Simm : Is Matthew your real name?
Tom Quinn : No.
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Peter Salter : I can operate independently? My style?
Tom Quinn : When have you ever not?
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Tom Quinn : Anyway, a triumph.
Peter Salter : You reckon?
Tom Quinn : Yeah, I thought you were so off-piste, you weren't even on the mountain.
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Tom Quinn : "Look out, not in." Salter's rule for preserving the sanity of the officer.
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Ellie Simm : What did you say you did again?
Tom Quinn : Fell on a stapler.
Ellie Simm : That's an industrial strength stapler then, isn't it?
Tom Quinn : Yeah, it's a whopper.
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Ellie Simm : You just got shot!
Tom Quinn : Well, there are perks.