Rogue Agent (2022)

Alice Archer: There's a trick that spies use. He told me they learn it on their first day of training. If you want to make an instant connection with someone, look into their eyes, just long enough to register their eye color... He said it works every time.

Alice Archer: He said that espionage is storytelling. And everyone has a story they want to be told.

Alice Archer: In that world, duplicity is a necessity... The greater the ruse, the bigger the risk. His world was thrilling and mysterious. But it came at a cost... A cost to him... and to others.

Alice Archer: Anyone who entered that world left behind the lives they had before. People they once were. That was the price they had to pay.

Alice Archer: And you weren't tempted by the military life yourself?
Robert Freegard: No, God no. No, at the end of the day, put on a uniform, you gotta be prepared to... pull the trigger and end someone's life. I just don't think I could do that.

Robert Freegard: If someone wants a luxury car, they're looking for an idea of themselves. They're searching for a dream.

Robert Freegard: What about you? Do you like what you do?
Alice Archer: Mmm... Um... "Like..." is a pretty strong word.
Robert Freegard: So why do you do it?
Alice Archer: Well, uh... I mean... it's... it's my job, you know?

Phil: Just a standard check? Credit histories, mortgages, and spouses?
Alice Archer: Thank you.

Jill Jones: Do you believe in God, Miss Archer? And the devil?
Alice Archer: I, uh... I don't really think about it.
Jill Jones: Well, I do. I believe that some people have been put on this Earth to be the agents of one or the other. Robert Freegard is such an agent, and he's not the Lord's.

Phil: I was a copper for 18 years. When you're doing that job, you deal with three types of people. Mad, sad, and bad. "Mad" are people with everyday mental health problems. They get in trouble without wanted to. "Sad" are people who've had shit lives. It's obvious why they end up criminals. Those two are your vast majority of perpetrators, but... "bad" is a different story. Sociopaths, psychopaths, fantasists, manipulators. They spend their entire lives destroying other people. They're smart, they're always one step ahead, and they all have one thing in common.
Alice Archer: What's that?
Phil: They can't change. They do what they do again, and again, and again, and they never, ever stop. The only thing you can do is try to stay as far away from them as possible. The last thing you wanna do is ever see him again.

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