Léon: The Professional (1994)

Jean Reno: Leon

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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.

• Mathilda : Is life always this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?

  Léon : Always like this.

• 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?

  Léon : [wiping himself off]  How do you know it's love if you've never been in love before?

  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.

• 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.

• Léon : [referring to his plant]  It's my best friend. Always happy. No questions.

• Léon : Stansfield?

  Stansfield : At your service.

  Léon : [handing him something]  This is from... Mathilda.

  Stansfield : [sees that it's a pin for a grenade]  Shit.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 : [oinking noises are heard in the kitchen]  Oink, oink! Ah, there you are.

  Léon : [more oinking, then a cartoon pig pot holder sticks its 'head' around the corner]  Hi, Mathilda.

  Mathilda : [she smiles]  Hi, piggy.

• Mathilda : How old were you when you made your first hit?

  Léon : Nineteen.

  Mathilda : Beat you!

• 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.

• Mathilda : Leon, what exactly do you do for a living?

  Léon : Cleaner.

  Mathilda : You mean you're a hit man?

  Léon : [reluctantly]  Yeah.

  Mathilda : Cool.

• Léon : Sorry about your father.

  Mathilda : If somebody didn't do it one day or another, I probably would have done it myself.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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!

• Mathilda : [about Russian roulette]  If I win, you keep me with you for life.

  Léon : And if you lose?

  Mathilda : Go shopping alone, like before.

• 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?

• 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.

• Mathilda : There's no doorbell.

  Léon : So knock on the door.

• Mathilda : How are we getting out of here now?

  Léon : Leave it to me. We're checking out.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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] 

• Léon : No discussion.

• 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!

• 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!

• Léon : You still have your gun, so use it. Just do me a favor, don't shoot it out the window.

• Léon : Ey. What about the ring trick. You know that one?

• Léon : [after Leon awakes suddenly from a furtive sleep]  Relax. Everything's fine. Sleep well? I never really sleep. Got one eye open always.

• [first lines] 

  Tony : Allora, come stai, Leone?

  Léon : Bene.

  [Tony puts out his cigarette in an ashtray] 

  Tony : OK. OK. Let's talk business.

• Léon : Why did you hide the cigarette?

  Mathilda : This building's full of rats. I didn't want my old man to find out. Got enough problems.

  Léon : [notices the little girl has bruises on her face]  What happened?

  Mathilda : I fell off my bike.

  [Léon goes on his way] 

  Mathilda : Hey!

  [he stops, looks back] 

  Mathilda : Don't tell my Dad about the cigarette... okay?