John Woo Films

"In just a few hours you can be assured of going down in history as the Typhoid Mary of Oz. G'day."

"STOP! PUT A SOCK IN IT! Hit that bloody gun and you'll spread the virus all over the place!"

"This is what's known as getting your gun off!"

"You know women, mate. Like monkeys, they are. Won't let go of one branch until they've got a grip on the next!"

"You know, that was the hardest part about having to portray you…grinning like an idiot every fifteen minutes."

"You're sorry and I'm sorry."

"[holds up the anti-virus in front of the infected Nyah] Feel like pleading for your life?"

"STOP... MUMBLING!"

"[Ethan approaches him with a knife] Go ahead, Hunt. Use it. It's not a bad way to go. A lot better than the way that bitch is going to die."

"Run that bastard down."

"[On recording played through Ethan's sunglasses] Good morning, Mr. Hunt. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves the recovery of a stolen item designated Chimera. You may select any two team members, but it is essential that the third team member be Nyah Nordoff-Hall. She is a civilian, and a highly capable professional thief. You have forty-eight hours to recruit Miss Nordoff-Hall and meet me in Seville to receive your assignment. As always, should you or any member of your I.M. Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions. And Mr. Hunt, the next time you go on holiday, please be good enough to let us know where you're going."

"This is not mission difficult, Mr. Hunt, it's mission impossible. Difficult should be a walk in the park for you."

"Well, mate, maybe this is one of those times we shouldn't follow orders."

"Luther Stickell: The satellite doesn't work as fast as I do."

"Luther Stickell: [After getting shot at] Oh, I'm mad now!"

"Luther Stickell: [After getting shot at] That punk put a hole in my Versace!"

"Nyah Nordolf-Hall: [having injected herself with the virus] You're not gonna shoot me, Sean! Not this bitch. 'Cause she's worth thirty seven…million pounds!"

"Nyah Nordolf-Hall: I don't have a conscience. I'm a bloody thief."

"Dr. Nekhorvich: [first line, repeated line] Well, Dimitri, every search for a hero must begin with something every hero needs, a villain. Therefore, in a search for our hero, Bellerophon, we have created a monster: Chimera."

"Dr. Nekhorvich: Well, I've heard..."

"Tom Cruise – Ethan Hunt"

"Anthony Hopkins – Swanbeck"

"Dougray Scott – Sean Ambrose"

"Richard Roxburgh – Hugh Stamp"

"Delroy Lindo — Colonel Max Wilkins"

"Samantha Mathis — Terry Carmichael"

"Christian Slater — Capt. Riley Hale"

"John Travolta — Maj. Vic 'Deak' Deakins"

"I do appreciate the money that you and your associates have invested in this operation, but it is an operation. It's a military operation. And you don't know dick about that. I've been in the military for 20 years. I planned and flew over 100 missions in the Gulf. I put these boys together because they are highly trained, and they are motivated like me. This is what I do, Mr. Pritchett! And this is battle. Battle is a highly fluid situation. You plan on your contingencies, and I have. You keep your initiative, and I will. One thing you don't do is share command. It's never a good idea."

"Howie Long — Sgt. Kelly"

"Bob Gunton — Pritchett"

"Only one will survive."

"It's like looking in a mirror - only not."

"In order to catch him, he must become him."

"To destroy your enemy, you must find him, face him, and then... become him."

"Dominique Swain – Jamie Archer"

"Gina Gershon – Sasha Hassler"

"Alessandro Nivola – Pollux Troy"

"Joan Allen – Dr. Eve Archer"

"Nicolas Cage – Castor Troy/Sean Archer"

"John Travolta – Sean Archer/Castor Troy"