Scandal (TV Series)

Grant: For the People (2012)

Kerry Washington: Olivia Pope

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Quotes 

• David Rosen : Why don't you start By telling me how you know Gideon Wallace?

  Harrison Wright : You don't have to answer that.

  David Rosen : All right. Why were you at Gideon Wallace's apartment?

  Harrison Wright : You don't have to answer that.

  David Rosen : Okay, fine, we'll start with the basics. Quinn, state your name for the record.

  Harrison Wright : You don't have to answer that.

  David Rosen : Here I thought your boss was the biggest pain in the ass in DC. Speak of the devil...

  Olivia Pope : [door opens]  David, new shirt? I like it.

• Morris Elcott : Ms. Pope, you did it again. The president has a great team.

  Olivia Pope : Nah.

  Morris Elcott : Don't give me that. Listen, I don't exactly know what you do, or how you do it, but when you walk through these gates, things start happening. The press starts falling in line, the Secret Service gets extra secret, and the problems - they just kinda disappear. And when you go back out, everyone's breathing a little bit easier.

• [last lines] 

  David Rosen : [walking in with Quinn]  I ran her prints. Don't worry. I did it myself, which is a good thing, because otherwise there would be about half a dozen US Agencies looking for her. I'm breaking the law bringing her here. I don't break the law, Olivia.

  Olivia Pope : [to Quinn]  Do you want to tell them who you are, or should I?

• Olivia Pope : I'm so sorry.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : I'm not.

  [chuckles] 

  President Fitzgerald Grant : I'm not. A man who isn't president has options. A man who isn't president can divorce his wife.

  Olivia Pope : Fitz...

  President Fitzgerald Grant : A man who isn't president can have a life... The life he wants. The life he's always wanted with the woman he loves.

• President Fitzgerald Grant : Who are you right now?

  Olivia Pope : The woman who got you elected. So go be the man I voted for.

• Olivia Pope : Lean forward during the denials of the affair, And keep your eyes on mellie when she's talking.

  President Fitzgerald Grant : I know how to fake it with my wife. You taught me well.