The Jackal (1997)

Diane Venora: Valentina Koslova

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Quotes 

• Valentina Koslova : She's Basque, isn't she?

  Declan Mulqueen : Aye.

  Valentina Koslova : They say Basques live by the vendetta. If they hate someone it's to the death. It's the same when they love.

• Carter Preston : [watching the interrogation of a Russian mobster]  He said... "Jackal"?

  General Belinko : Does this mean something to you, Mr. Preston?

  Carter Preston : There's supposedly a killer for hire who uses that name. Several assassinations are credited to him, but we've never been able to prove if he even exists.

  [Valentina, Belinko and the other MVD officers exchange looks, then Belinko and the other officers leave] 

  Valentina Koslova : From time to time he was a KGB asset.

  Carter Preston : Do you have a name?

  Valentina Koslova : No name! Payments were made to the contracting organization, or a Hong Kong bank account. No KGB member has ever seen him.

• Declan Mulqueen : A man like this doesn't make mistakes.

  Valentina Koslova : No? They always make one somewhere. Isn't that how you were caught?

  Carter Preston : Ouch.

• [the Jackal has shot Koslova] 

  The Jackal : Ooh, that's bad. The blood's almost black, that means the bullet's in your liver. You have about 20 minutes to live. If the pain gets to be too much, you can take your hand away. Then you'll be dead in 5 minutes.

  Valentina Koslova : When Declan kills you, you think of me, OK.

  The Jackal : OK. I'll make a note of that.

  [grabs her head] 

  The Jackal : If you see Declan before you die, you tell him that he can't protect his women.

• Declan Mulqueen : Ms. Koslova, is it?

  Valentina Koslova : Mm-hmm.

  Declan Mulqueen : And what would your first name be?

  Valentina Koslova : [Impersonally]  Major. Major Koslova.

• McMurphy : How did you know whose phone to tap?

  Carter Preston : I didn't. So I tapped everybody's.

  Ambassador Koldin : But I have Diplomatic Immunity! Who authorized you to tap my telephone?

  Valentina Koslova : I did, Ambassador.

• Declan Mulqueen : So many people!

  Valentina Koslova : So many rich people.

  Declan Mulqueen : [Tongue in cheek]  Shall we dance?