The Ghost Writer (2010)
Ewan McGregor: The Ghost
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Quotes
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The Ghost : I really don't think this is a good idea.
Richard Rycart : You have no choice.
The Ghost : Emmett must have told Lang I've been to see him.
Richard Rycart : So what's he going to do about it? Dump you in the ocean?
The Ghost : Well it happened before.
Richard Rycart : Which means it can't happen again. He can't drown two ghost writers, for God's sake. You're not kittens.
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The Ghost : Well don't tell me you're going to read it now.
Richard Rycart : Not all of it, just the beginning. There's something very important about it.
The Ghost : Yeah, it's the cure for insomnia.
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Amelia Bly : How's it going?
The Ghost : [beaming] Pretty well. He keeps calling me 'man'!
Amelia Bly : He always does that when he can't remember someone's name.
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Amelia Bly : Are you ill?
The Ghost : No, I'm aging. This place is Shangri-La in reverse.
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The Ghost : Forty thousand years of human language, and there's no word to describe our relationship. It was doomed.
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The Ghost : [reading the first words of Adam Lang's manuscript] "Langs are Scottish folk originally and proud of it. Our name is a derivation of 'long', the Old English word for tall, and it is from North of the border that my forefathers hail." Fuuuck.
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The Ghost : You wouldn't happen to know if there are any flights leaving the airport tonight, would you?
Motel Receptionist : Not unless you've got your own private jet.
The Ghost : Ah, I lent it to my butler.
Motel Receptionist : Haha, oh you Brits!
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[first lines]
The Ghost : You realize I know nothing about politics.
Rick Ricardelli : You voted for him, didn't you?
The Ghost : Adam Lang? Of course I did, everyone voted for him. He wasn't a politician, he was a craze.
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The Ghost : Well all the words are there, they're just in the wrong order.
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The Ghost : I'd never guess you smoked.
Amelia Bly : I only allow myself one. In times of great stress or contentment.
The Ghost : Which is this?
Amelia Bly : Very funny.
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The Ghost : [on phone to agent] Some peace protesters are trying to kill me!
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Island Ferry Attendant : Single or return?
The Ghost : Return. I hope.
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The Ghost : It's my first time in a private jet.
Amelia Bly : Let's hope it's not your last.
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Rick Ricardelli : [after hearing the writer's been mugged] You're still okay to fly tonight?
The Ghost : God's sake, Rick, I'm in shock.
Rick Ricardelli : Well, here's another shock for you: for one month's work on a manuscript that's already written, Rhinehart, Inc. is willing to pay you $250,000 plus expenses. Window seat or aisle?
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The Ghost : [into mirror] Bad idea!
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Rick Ricardelli : This is a great opportunity for you. Plus the money's good, your kids won't starve.
The Ghost : I don't have kids.
Rick Ricardelli : I do.