V for Vendetta (2005)
Stephen Fry: Deitrich
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Quotes
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Gordon Deitrich : You wear a mask for so long, you forget who you were beneath it.
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Evey Hammond : Is everything a joke to you, Gordon?
Gordon Deitrich : Only the things that matter.
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Evey Hammond : What is that you're making?
Gordon Deitrich : We call it "eggie in the basket". My mum used to make them.
Evey Hammond : This is weird.
Gordon Deitrich : What?
Evey Hammond : The first morning I was with him, he made me eggs just like this.
Gordon Deitrich : Really?
Evey Hammond : I swear.
Gordon Deitrich : That is a strange coincidence. Although, there's an obvious explanation.
Evey Hammond : There is?
Gordon Deitrich : Yes, Evey. I am V. At last you know the truth. You're stunned, I know. It's hard to believe isn't it, that beneath this wrinkled, well-fed exterior there lies a dangerous killing machine with a fetish for Fawkesian masks. ¡Viva la revolución!
Evey Hammond : That is *not* funny, Gordon.
Gordon Deitrich : [sighs] Yeah, I know. I'm useless without a studio audience.
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Evey Hammond : But why would you keep it?
Gordon Deitrich : I didn't have to be Muslim to find the images beautiful, or its poetry moving.
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Evey Hammond : Are you a Muslim?
Gordon Deitrich : No. I'm in television.
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Sutler : [actor on Deitrich's show] Ah! Warm milk, there's nothing better.
Gordon Deitrich : I understand you enjoy a glass every night, chancellor.
Sutler : [the real chancellor watches, holding a glass of milk] Since I was a boy.
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Evey Hammond : Are you a Muslim?
Gordon Deitrich : No, I'm in television.
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Evey Hammond : What is that?
Gordon Deitrich : It's a copy of the Quran, 14th century.
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Evey Hammond : But is it worth it? I mean if they found that here...
Gordon Deitrich : I told you, you'll be the least of my worries.
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Gordon Deitrich : [about his TV show] We threw out the censor-approved script and shot a new one that I wrote this morning.
Evey Hammond : [dumbfounded] Oh, my God...
[Evey gulps her champagne as the TV camera pans over the clapping audience, revealing soldiers aiming shotguns; Evey chokes]