The Quiet American (2002)
Brendan Fraser: Alden Pyle
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Quotes
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Alden Pyle : I trusted you. Thomas.
Thomas Fowler : Always a mistake with a woman involved.
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Alden Pyle : Have you had a lot of women, Thomas?
Thomas Fowler : You start out by being promiscuous and end up like your grandfather... faithful to one woman.
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Thomas Fowler : I have never thought of myself as a correspondent, just a reporter. I offer no point of view, I take no action, I don't get involved. I just report what I see.
Alden Pyle : But you must have an opinion.
Thomas Fowler : Even an opinion is a form of action.
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Alden Pyle : [to Phuong] I'm in love with you.
Thomas Fowler : Shouldn't you be on one knee?
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Thomas Fowler : [incensed on Alden's part in a bombing] Doesn't it bother you?
Alden Pyle : [Distraught] What I saw made me disgusted, but if it keeps out the communists it's necessary.
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Alden Pyle : [from the trailer] Are you married?
Thomas Fowler : Yes
[points to Phuong]
Thomas Fowler : ... But not to her!
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Thomas Fowler : [referring to Phuong] Are you married yet?
Alden Pyle : No, I figured I'd wait until we got home and do it properly.
Thomas Fowler : You don't mind living here improperly?
Alden Pyle : [with a flash of annoyance] It's hard to talk to you if you're going to be so cynical.
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Thomas Fowler : I drive through the streets, and I care not a damn, The people they stare, and they ask who I am.
Alden Pyle : And if I should chance to run over a cad, I can pay for the damage if ever so bad.
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Thomas Fowler : [referring to General The] He tried to kill you on the road to Saigon.
Alden Pyle : No Thomas, he tried to kill you.
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Thomas Fowler : Liberty is a western word. How do you define it for the Vietnamese?
Alden Pyle : The freedom to choose.
Thomas Fowler : OK, you give them that, they vote and they elect Ho Chi Minh.