24 Red Sparrow Quotes (2024)

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Matron: Every human being is a puzzle of need. You must become the missing piece, and they will tell you anything.

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Dominika Egorova: You sent me to whore school!

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Matron: The Cold War did not end, it merely shattered into a thousand pieces.

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Vanya Egorov: Great family, I have.

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Vanya Egorov: You killed me.
Dominika Egorova: Didn't I do well, Uncle?

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Dominika Egorova: He tried to rape me.
General Korchnoi: And your honor is worth depriving Russia of a promising cadet?
Dominika Egorova: It was never my intention to deprive Russia of anything.

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Marta: We'll always be their whores. Unless, of course, we have something they want. If I were you I'd find something.

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Nate Nash: American! American! Don't shoot!

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Vanya Egorov: You are special. You have a gift like me. You see through people. You see them for what they really are. You do this for me, and I'll let you go if that's what you want. But I feel you won't. This is what you are meant to do.
Dominika Egorova: Yes, uncle.

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Dmitri Ustinov: And what is it you want from me?
Dominika Egorova: All I ever wanted was to be a dancer. Ever since I was a small child. And I would take the bus to rehearsal after school. And I would look out of the windows at the people going about their lives. Going to work, half asleep. And I would tell myself, I'm not like them. And I never will be.

Because I'm special. I want to be special again.

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Dominika Egorova: I think one day you will understand.
Nate Nash: No, I don't think I will. Some things can't be sacrificed. We don't throw people away.

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Dominika Egorova: Are you a patriot?
Nate Nash: No.
Dominika Egorova: Why do you do what you do?
Nate Nash: It beats selling tires.
Dominika Egorova: Have you ever sold tires?
Nate Nash: No.
Dominika Egorova: Then you can't know, can you?

Nate Nash: [laughs] Good point.

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Nate Nash: You were dancing for them because they were letting you, I mean, you see it now, right? You belong to them pretty much your whole life. So, Dominika, work with me. Make this something that you own for the first time in your life. And make them, make them fucking pay.
Dominika Egorova: What is it you want from me?
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Nash: Whatever you can give us. But if I had my choice, access to your uncle.
Dominika Egorova: Be your spy? Is that... any different from being his?

#Nash

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General Korchnoi: I think Dominika has had her chance. It is my opinion she has developed feelings for the American. She made a fool of you , Ivan .

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Stephanie Boucher: [drunk] Tell me, Boris. You got a little babushka back in Moscow? Never ceases to amaze me. Why are Russian women so sexy? All the men look like toads.

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Nina Egorova: I warned you about him. The way he looked at you as a child. I tried to keep him away. I tried to protect you. You hold something back. Don't give him all of you. That is how you survive.
Dominika Egorova: [tearfully] Yes, mama.

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General Korchnoi: You did well with Ustinov in Moscow. That is why you were given this chance. You were told what would happen to you if you failed here. Why not let him have you?
Dominika Egorova: I serve the State. I serve our President. I serve you, General. But I owe him nothing.
General Korchnoi: What sort of man would send his

niece to State School Four?
Dominika Egorova: A patriot.
General Korchnoi: My wife and I saw you dance once.
Dominika Egorova: That was a different life.
General Korchnoi: There are so many. Don't you find? You may go.

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General Korchnoi: After you turn me in, you would be a hero. Beyond suspicion. The ideal position to take my place, and continue my work with the Americans. Make your uncle and his kind pay for what they've done to our country.
Dominika Egorova: They'll kill you.
General Korchnoi: Something will slay us all. You have the power to

decide whether I die in vain. You are better at this than any of us. This is the only way for you to return to your mother.
Dominika Egorova: You sent Matorin, didn't you? So I wouldn't have a choice.
General Korchnoi: So that you would see.
[shakes his head]
General Korchnoi: You never did.
[turns around, walks

off]

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Dominika Egorova: Call Zakarov. Tell him... I have what he wants. I have the name of the mole.
Russian Ambassador: [obviously self-serving] Why don't you tell me? And I'll pass it on.
Dominika Egorova: [scoffs] Listen to me very carefully. You are an errand boy. I have an errand. You will call Zakarov, you will tell him to make a

trade. Me for the mole. Once it is arranged, I will give the name to Zakarov personally. Do this right, Mr. Ambassador, and I might even tell them this was your idea.
Russian Ambassador: [gets up laboriously] I'll see what I can do.