Léon: The Professional Movie Quotes
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Mathilda
Leon, I think I'm kinda falling in love with you.
[Leon chokes on his milk]
Mathilda
It's the first time for me, you know?
Mathilda
'Cause I feel it.
Léon
Where?
Mathilda
[stoking her stomach]
In my stomach. It's all warm. I always had a knot there and now... it's gone.
Léon
Mathilda, I'm glad you don't have a stomach ache any more. I don't think it means anything.
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Léon
You need some time to grow up a little.
Mathilda
I finished growing up, Léon. I just get older.
Léon
For me it's the opposite. I'm old enough. I need time to grow up.
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Mathilda
I don't wanna lose you, Leon.
Léon
You're not going to lose me. You've given me a taste for life. I wanna be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda. Please, go now, baby, go. Calm down, I'll meet you at Tony's in an hour, I love you, now go, go now.
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Léon
Mathilda, don't you ever do that again, or I'll break your head. Got that?
Mathilda
Okay
Léon
I don't work like that. It's not professional. There is rules.
Mathilda
Okay
Léon
And stop saying "okay" all the time, Okay?
Mathilda
Okay.
Léon
Good.
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Léon
Stansfield?
Stansfield
At your service.
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Mathilda
You killed my brother.
Stansfield
I'm sorry. And you want to join him?
Mathilda
No.
Stansfield
It's always the same thing. It's when you start to become really afraid of death that you learn to appreciate life. Do you like life, sweetheart?
Mathilda
Yes.
Stansfield
That's good, because I take no pleasure in taking life if it's from a person who doesn't care about it.
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Mathilda
[Mathilda, crying about her brother's murder and her stepmother]
I was more of a mother to him than that goddamn pig ever was!
Léon
Hey, don't talk like that about pigs. They're usually much nicer than people.
Mathilda
But they smell like shit.
Léon
Not true. As a matter of fact, right now I have one in my kitchen that's very clean and smells very nice.
Mathilda
You don't have a pig in your kitchen.
Léon
Yes, I do.
Mathilda
I was just in there and I didn't see any goddamned pig.
Léon
Don't move. I'll get him.
[Léon goes into the kitchen]
Léon
Piggy? Piggy? Where are you?
Léon
[more oinking, then a cartoon pig pot holder sticks its 'head' around the corner]
Hi, Mathilda.
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Léon
The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn.
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Mathilda
Sleep well?
Léon
I never really sleep well. Got one eye open, always.
Mathilda
Yeah, I forgot. You know, I never saw someone with one eye open snore so much.
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Stansfield
I like these quiet little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven.
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Mathilda
I don't give a shit about sleeping, Leon. I want love, or death. That's it.
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Stansfield
I like these calm little moments before the storm. It reminds me of Beethoven. Can you hear it? It's like when you put your head to the grass and you can hear the growin' and you can hear the insects. Do you like Beethoven?
Malky
I couldn't really say.
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Stansfield
I haven't got time for this Mickey Mouse bullshit.
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Mathilda
I hope you're not lying Leon. I really hope that deep down there's no love in you. And if there is, I think in a few minutes you'll regret you never said anything. I love you Leon.
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Stansfield
You don't like Beethoven. You don't know what you're missing. Overtures like that get my... juices flowing. So powerful. But after his openings, to be honest, he does tend to get a little fucking boring. That's why I stopped!
[laughs and sighs]
Stansfield
Toss the apartment.
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Fatman
Somebody's coming up. Somebody serious.
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Mathilda
I am writing here the name of a girl in the class who makes me sick. If things get hot, she'll take the heat.
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Stansfield
[catching Mathilda in the bathroom with food bags]
Special delivery huh... Let me guess... Chinese? Thai, maybe? Ahh, I've got it. Italian food
[pops a pill and pulls out a gun]
Stansfield
What's your name angel...
[Mathilda answers]
Stansfield
... Mathilda, I want you to put the sack on the floor... good... Now, I want you to tell me everything you know about Italian food, and don't forget the name of the chef who fixed it for me.
Mathilda
Nobody sent me.I do business for myself.
Stansfield
Ahh... so this is... something... personal?... What filthy peice of... shit... did I do now?
Mathilda
You killed my brother.
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Orphanage Headmistress
Now tell me what happened to you.
Mathilda
OK. My family they got shot down by D.E.A. officers because of a drug problem. I left with the greatest guy on earth. He was a hitman, the best in town, but he died this morning. And if you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight.
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Léon
Revenge is not a good thing, it's better to forget.
Mathilda
Forget? After I've seen the outline of my brother's body on the floor, you expect me to forget? I wanna kill those sons of bitches, and blow their fucking heads off!
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Mathilda
Leon, what exactly do you do for a living?
Léon
Cleaner.
Mathilda
You mean you're a hit man?
Mathilda
Cool.
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Stansfield
You're a Mozart fan. I love him too. I looooove Mozart! He was Austrian you know? But for this kind of work,
[imitates playing the piano]
Stansfield
he's a little bit light. So I tend to go for the heavier guys. Check out Brahms. He's good too.
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Stansfield
Death is... whimsical... today.
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Stansfield
I have a lot of respect for your business, Tony. When you've killed for us in the past we've always been satisfied. And that's exactly why today is going to be very, very hard for me. I hope you'll excuse my mood.
[Shows a crime scene photo]
Stansfield
My man was killed, right here, on your turf. And the chinks tell me that the hit man was kind of the... Italian type. So we figured that, uh, Tony might know something.
[Tony motions to speak]
Stansfield
Wait - there's more. You're gonna love this. A few hours later, a little twelve-year-old girl comes to my office armed to the teeth, with the firm intention of sending me straight to the morgue. And do you know who came and got her in the middle of the afternoon right there in my building? The very... same... Italian hit man.
[Beat]
Stansfield
I'm dying to meet him.
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Léon
Sorry about your father.
Mathilda
If somebody didn't do it one day or another, I probably would have done it myself.
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[to receptionist after being asked about her father (Leon)]
Mathilda
He's not my father. He's my lover.
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Stansfield
[after the building explodes]
Hey, what the fuck is going on up there? I said take the guy out, not the whole fucking building!
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Léon
Tony... All the money I make, that you keep for me...
Tony
You need some money?
Léon
No, just curious... Because, I've been working a long time... And I havent done anything with my... I thought maybe someday I could
[uncomfortable]
Léon
use it.
Tony
[Figuring him out]
You met a woman.
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Léon
There was someone a long time ago. Before I came to the States. Her father didn't want her to see me. She was from a very respectable family. Mine was, you know, not so respectable. Her dad went nuts every time she'd take off to see me.
Mathilda
But she still snuck off to see you, right?
Léon
Right.
Mathilda
You see, nothing can stop love, Léon.
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Léon
He killed her. One shot to the head. They kept him in jail for two days. They let him go free. They said it was an accident. So, one night I waited for him. 500 feet with a lens. He also had an accident.
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Mathilda
Do you "clean" anyone?
Léon
No women, no kids, that's the rules.
Mathilda
How much would it cost to hire someone to get those dirtbags who killed my brother?
Léon
Five grand a head.
Mathilda
Wow. How about this: I work for you; in exchange, you teach me how to clean. Hmmm? What do you think? I'll clean your place, I'll do the shopping, I'll even wash your clothes. Is it a deal?
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Mathilda
[opens rubbing alcohol over drug stash]
Léon
What are you doing?
Mathilda
You said no women, no kids. Who do you think this is gonna kill, junkies and monkeys?
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Stansfield
I take no pleasure in taking a life if it's from a person who doesn't care about it.
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Mathilda
I've decided what to do with my life. I wanna be a cleaner.
Léon
You wanna be a cleaner?
[passes her a gun and bullets]
Léon
Here, take it. It's a goodbye gift. Go clean. But not with me. I work alone, understand? Alone.
Mathilda
Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone. Thelma and Louise didn't work alone. And they were the best.
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1st Stansfield man
He was a pro, he was fast, he fucking came out of nowhere.
[Boom]
1st Stansfield man
shoots the chinamen dead in two seconds
Malky
Easy man I am a cop
1st Stansfield man
Then turns around and says something to Malky like
Léon
No women, no kids.
[boom]
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Léon
When it's tough like this, you know it's gonna be ugly. Better make it quick, or else you will be here all day listening to his crap.
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Mathilda
Can we try with real bullets now?
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Mathilda
I think we'll be OK here, Leon.
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Malky
Hey Stan, Stan! What are doing? He's dead!
Stansfield
But he ruined my suit.
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Old Lady
[investigating the noise]
What's happening out there?
Malky
All right, ma'am, go away, DEA. Police.
Old Lady
Why don't you leave that poor family alone?
Malky
[to Stansfield]
It's all right, everything's al right. Just calm down.
Stansfield
I am calm.
[loads his gun, looks at old lady]
Stansfield
I'm calm.
Old Lady
Why don't you leave them alone?
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Tony
Check it. Make sure it's the right thing.
Léon
I trust you.
Tony
One thing has nothin' to do with the other - remember that Léon.
Léon
I will.
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Swat Chief
[speaking to Stansfield through radio]
Alpha team, man down, man down.
Stansfield
I told you.
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Tony
Hey, Leon, nothing's gonna happen to you. You're indestructible! Bullets slide off you, you play with 'em.
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Stansfield
What filthy piece of shit did I do now?
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1st Stansfield man
[finds pizza among Matilda's guns]
Lunch.
2nd Stansfield man
Careful Blood. Might be poisoned.
1st Stansfield man
No, no anchovies on this.
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Léon
I took a hit. I need a hand now. I know she's young, but she learns fast. Kids need to be shaped into something right?
Tony
Yeah, I know. I taught you that. But ain't there an age limit?
Léon
She's 18.
Tony
Oh, really?
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Mathilda
You know a girl's first time is very important. It determines the rest of her life sexually. I read that once in one of my sister's magazine. My girlfriends told me they hated their first experience. That's because they didn't love the guys. They just did it to show off. Afterwards, they started liking it. Like cigarette. Will i like it the first time?
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Léon
No discussion.
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Léon
[after Leon awakes suddenly from a furtive sleep]
Relax. Everything's fine. Sleep well? I never really sleep. Got one eye open always.
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Mathilda
My parents... d-died in a car accident four weeks ago. It was terrible.
Orphanage Headmistress
You know, we didn't have the time to get to know one another when you first came here, but I want you to know that I'm not the kind of woman who'd let down a child, whatever her situation, whatever her mistake. So I'm going to help you and do my best to welcome you here again. But on one condition: you have to stop lying to me, Mathilda. I want you to take a chance and trust me.
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Fatman
[on radio]
Yeah, what?
Tonto
This is Tonto downstairs. There's a guy who wants to talk to you.
Fatman
What's he look like?
Tonto
[Leon holds gun to his face]
Serious.
Léon
Tell him I'm coming up.
Tonto
He's coming up.
[Leon shoots him in the face]
Fatman
Somebody's coming up. Somebody serious!
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Malky
I'm sorry. H-He said he didn't cut the dope.
Stansfield
Oh.
[turning to face Mathilda's father, he starts sniffing him]
Stansfield
[satisfied]
Of course he didn't. Mm. Just do me a favor. Find out who did, by tomorrow. Noon.
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Tony
Leon asked me to help you out if, uh... if something happened, and I think something happened. Right? He put aside a little cash for you, so what I'm suggesting is that, uh, seein' as how you're still so young, I should hold the money for you, you know, until you're older; like a bank, you know, except, uh, it's better than a bank 'cause, you know, banks always get knocked off. No one knocks off old Tony. But it's... it's your money. And in the meantime, all you gotta do is come here every once in a while, and I'll dish it out so's you can have a little fun, okay? Here. Here's a hundred bucks to start with.
Mathilda
Can't I get a job instead?
Tony
A job? What the hell can you do?
Mathilda
I can clean.
Tony
I ain't got no work for a 12-year-old kid, so get it out of your god damn head! It's over! The game's over! Leon's dead! You hear me?
[she cries]
Tony
Come on. Come on, you think I ain't hurtin', too? But he's dead. And you're gonna forget all this craziness and get your little ass back to school. Capisce? Now take this money and get the hell outta here. And don't let me see your face 'til next month, 'cause something tells me I'm about to lose my famous kind streak.
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Swat Chief
[speaking to Stansfield through radio]
Alpha team, final position, ready to go.
Stansfield
Be careful.
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Tony
Change ain't good, you know Léon?
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Malky
In June, we gave you the dope, it tests 100% pure. Now it's July, we pick up the dope, and it tests 90% pure. Now, somewhere between June and July, 10% turned to cut!
Mathilda's Father
I don't know. It's none of my business. I'm just a holder. You give me the stuff, I hold the stuff. That's all I know!
Malky
Hey, look, you know, I'm-I'm trying to help you out here.
[indicating Stansfield]
Malky
But, you know, if you're gonna be a hardass about it, I gotta disturb him. And let me tell you, when he's into his music, he hates bein' disturbed.
Mathilda's Father
I'm telling you the truth.
Malky
I hope so, because he's got a talent for sniffing out a lie; it's scary. It's almost like a sixth sense. Now, are you gonna change your tune, or I gotta bust into his?
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[first lines]
Tony
Allora, come stai, Leone?
Léon
Bene.
[Tony puts out his cigarette in an ashtray]
Tony
OK. OK. Let's talk business.
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Léon
You still have your gun, so use it. Just do me a favor, don't shoot it out the window.
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Stansfield
What, what, what? You're 200 men and you can't find one man and a girl?
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Malky
It's cops outside, we better go.
Stansfield
It's the cops outside... we better go.
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Léon
Ey. What about the ring trick. You know that one?
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Cigarette Kid
Know her?
The Kids
No.
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Swat Chief
Now, get this fucking asshole out of there.
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Swat Chief
Turn the fucking water off!
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Pauly
C'mon, asshole! C'mon faggot. C'mon, gun trick.
Léon
Hey, what about the ring trick, you've heard that one?
Pauly
Ring trick? C'mon, asshole. I'm waiting. Show it to me, motherfucker!
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[he is having sex with his wife in the restroom, Mathilda opens the door]
Mathilda's Father
Shut the goddamn door!
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Benny
Oh, shit. We missed a girl, I'm trying to find the fucking super in this goddamn building.
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1st Stansfield man
Man, keep your bumbaclot mouth shut.
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Mathilda
Does paying rent here mean I have to put up with you guys?
The Kids
Uhhh... no.
Mathilda
So go play somewhere else.
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