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Joseph Green quotes from The Gentlemen

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Tied for 8th most-quoted character in The Gentlemen: in 7 of its 126 quotes
Most scenes with: Susan Glass (7), Chucky Kubra (2)

Scenes with Joseph Green 7

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

[playing billiards with Susie] Remember that time me and Jack nicked those mountain bikes? Those Islington boys came looking for 'em all Ralphed up, roided to the nipples, threatening all sorts, and then you, Susie Glass, you tore straight into 'em, didn't ya?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Might have looked the bollocks. They didn't have a bollock between them. It's the tragic price of steroids.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I fancied you after that.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Because I stood up to a couple of council-flat acne backs? Fսck off, Joe.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

No. No, obviously I fancied you before that. You were gorgeous. Still are. No, it was the way you wouldn't countenance any shenanigans.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Still don't.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

So what exactly is this relationship between you and the Duke?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Professional.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Joe: Incongruous juxtaposition, wouldn't you say? You and His Highness?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

That's a paradox, Joe. Paradoxes relate to irony. Ironies correlate to juxtaposition. Really wanna play this game?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I'll play any fսcking game you like, Susie Glass.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Thank you, Joe. Balls in pockets, fingers in pies, noses in other people's business. What are you up to, Big J? You wanna back off pronto before you find yourself in a Chinese finger trap.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I'll tell you why I ask. I wonder if your time would be better suited in a different game.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Different game? What the fսck are you talking about?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

More dough. Less bulk. Fatter margins. And your dad wouldn't be barking orders at ya. Bollocks like yours, Susie, are rare. You've got skills, experience. Vision.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Whilst I've no doubt there are vast gains to be had from dealing in the powder, the risk remains that bit too elevated for my liking.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Since when was Susie Glass afraid of heights?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

It's not the heights. It's the volatility. It's the South American coke dealers. They love a morbid body puzzle. They chop each other's cousins up into little pieces, put them in plastic bags, and hide them all over the tundra. And they put those pieces back together again like some third-world version of Humpty Dumpty. Nah, you can fսck off, Joe. I like the green fields of England. What I wanna know is if you asked me out 'cause you fancied a bunk up, or 'cause you wanted to sound me out about a change of career?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Can't it be both?

HRHector Rodriguez

[leading Eddie and Susie through Peruvian cocaine refinement camp] This is where it happens. We got 15 of these farms in this valley alone. But that's not the special part. Let me show you where the magic happens. Come on. First, we take the leaves. You grind them into a paste. You take that paste and you strain it with a little bit of diesel. You're left with this shit. This dirty liquid. But then you add a bit of this. Magic ammonium. All you gotta do now is cook that down and you're left with a batch of super premium cоcɑіnе.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

This is all very interesting, Hector, but we're here to speak to Vargas about moving powder. Not a chemistry lesson.

HRHector Rodriguez

You're right, my bad, cabrón. [gestures] There you go. Let's go.

CVCarlos Vargas

Joe Green. Great to finally meet you at last. And this must be Miss Glass. Susie. This is my associate, Arturo. Welcome. I feel it's been a long time coming in your case, Joey. Working for us down in Miami, is that right? Oh, yeah. Five years. Joe is the best. Reliable, dependable. Cool under pressure. ...take a bullet for this man. Oh, wow. That's, uh... That's good to know.

HRHector Rodriguez

He's proved he can be trusted. Now he's got support from the UK, he's ready to take on a regular commitment.

CVCarlos Vargas

What kind of commitment were you thinking of?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Two hundred kilos a month.

CVCarlos Vargas

Hoo! Whoaǃ That's a big responsibilityǃ

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

That's why I didn't come here on my own.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Apart from providing the substantial amount of cash needed to get things started, I've also got access to a pre-existing network.

CVCarlos Vargas

I've heard nothing but good things about your operation, Miss Glass. But cоcɑіnе is a different kind of mistress to Mary Jane.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

I appreciate the disparities between the two products, but the logistics in terms of transportation and distribution are comparable.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Which means we can pay you 4,000 a key. I'm 100% confident that we can deliver this, Mr. Vargas. I've looked at it from every angle, and it is watertight. With Susie's infrastructure, her experience, her talent, her sheer fսcking professionalism, coupled with my knowledge of the game, there is no danger here. There is only a 24-carat opportunity.

CVCarlos Vargas

I'll take a little time, perhaps a week or two, to think over your proposal, and we'll be in touch.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

You were immense today. Totally fearless. My heart was pounding so much I could barely think. But you, you just... You just stared him straight in the eye.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Well, at the end of the day, Vargas is a businessman like anyone else. As long as he thinks we can be relied upon to make him money, there's nothing to be scared of.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Sure you wanna do this, Susie? If your dad found out, he'd kill us both. Well, maybe not you.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Oh, rest assured, Joseph. We'd both be in trouble.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

How's the Duke doing? Dunno. Recovering, I hear. You haven't spoken to him?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

I've tried calling. He won't answer. But what I hear is he has two broken legs, a broken arm, severe bruising, collapsed lung, and a half dozen broken fingers. All in all, he's had it pretty rough.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

That's not why you're doing this, is it? To get back at your dad?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

No, Jojo. I'm doing this because of your irresistible dimples, naughty sense of humor, and gigantic personality.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

That's very flattering, but it's still not an answer. [taking her hand]

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

What you doing?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Come on.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

No. I don't dance. You know that.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I'm not taking no for an answer, Susie Glass.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

We have got a visitor, flown in all the way from South America.

HRHector Rodriguez

[from walkway bridge in loft] Buenos días, Susanita.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Hector, you're a long way from home.

HRHector Rodriguez

I wanted to tell you the good news in person. Mr. Vargas says yes.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

So we're on?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

You fսcking bet we're on.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

[voiceover of montage] My father regaled me with stories about the perils of the chop game from an early age. For him, the gap between Class A and Class B drսg was a vast chasm that could never be crossed. His rationale was that cоcɑіnе dealers were like wild animals, capable of anything, and always hurtling towards their own inevitable destruction. However, that doesn't mean the distribution infrastructure he's built in the weed game over the last 20 years isn't perfectly suited to cоcɑіnе. An infrastructure we can take advantage of with the help of some old friends. [in a flashback scene] Chucky, Joe, meet JP and family.

How are we, lads? Beautiful place. Ready?

JJJoe and JP

[toasting drinks] Slainte!

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

[voiceover of montage] Providing everyone involved acts with due discretion. The Duke's attempts to create a lucrative new revenue stream were always gonna come to my father's attention, meaning they were always dependent on his consent. A gift that he was ultimately unwilling to give. Whereas we're just piggybacking on his preexisting operation. So long as my father never finds out, he never needs to worry.

[in a flashback scene] This is not how you clean cash, Suze. You go slowly. There's too much money coming through.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Uh, I think it's a problem we can deal with. Right, Suze?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Yeah. We'll get on to it straight away. [voiceover of montage] The truth is that what my father was presenting as wisdom was, in fact, masking a lack of ambition that, over time, turned him into an evergreen tree, under which nothing else could grow. As soon as you free yourself from that cautious and inward-looking mindset, the possibilities are limitless, and the only real problem you're faced with is what to do with all that money.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

[Joe walks past] See? There he is. Nothing to worry about.

Uh, Suze, I don't know about you, but, uh, I don't fancy dying today.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

No one's gonna die, Chucky. Everything's fine. This is just some kind of scam or a massive fuck-off.

Suze, in both those scenarios, we could end up fսcking dead.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

It'll be fine.

What are you so calm for, you bastard?

AArturo

Any idea what's going on here, Suze?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

There seems to have been some kind of miscommunication with our mate Hector. Turns out the gear was never ours to sell.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

No. Nah, that's crazy. Hector wouldn't do that.

AArturo

Yoǃ Sit down. And you. I'll tell you what I'll do.

I do a banging karak chai. You fancy a tea? I'll do you a tea. Yeah? Tea?

AArturo

No chai. And you're not going anywhere, mate. [calls to subordinate] Angel. [to Joe] I've got a couple of questions for you, Joe. And I hope you've got the answers I need so we can move forward.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Yeah, so do I.

AArturo

You bought all this cоcɑіnе off Hector, right?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Uh-huh.

AArturo

Where is the rest?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

We... We sold it.

AArturo

You make a lot of money?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Yeah, yeah, we did okay.

AArturo

Where is the money now?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

That's our money, Arturo.

AArturo

The cоcɑіnе wasn't yours. So the money does not belong to you. You need to tell me where is the fսcking money. Otherwise, it's gonna be a problem. For you. For your compañeros.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

[Arturo grabs Susie's hand with a raised screwdriver] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm the fսck down! What the fսck? Listen, listen, okay? The money, yeah? The money is at my flat. Okay? But I can give you something you want much more than money. Yeah? Hector. The bloke that stole the coke off you in the first place.

AArturo

Where is he?

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I spoke to him this morning! Yeah? He's on the way to my flat right now. I suggest, okay... I suggest that... that me and you, we meet him there, so we can... so we can just straighten all of this out, yeah? [exhales]

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Okay. Play nicely.

AArturo

[in Spanish to Bruno with a raised gun] These pricksǃ They have no idea what they've gotten themselves into. [in English] You stay here. She's going to the flat. Angel. Bruno. You bring Hector back. You know where he lives, right?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Yeah, I know where he lives.

AArturo

[in Spanish] If Hector isn't there. Then kill her.

GGarbielle

[posing as delivery worker holding up clipboard] Sorry, is it all right if I get one of you boys to sign this? Only I'm in a bit of a rush today.

Oi, mate, where do you want these bad boys? [opens fire on Vargas thugs]

[Susie appears in restaurant dining floor and shoots Arturo dead] What the fսck's going on in here, Susie?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

That's the £12 million question, innit?

Suze, you're gonna have to tell me what's going on.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

I will. When I know. Right now, I need you to put those bodies somewhere no one will ever find them. And you can't talk to Dad about any of it.

Right, look, are you on top of this or not?

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

I'm on top of it.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

This is the way I see it, yeah? Either Arturo was making some kind of land grab, taking us and Hector out so that he can control the UK, or Hector has been lying to us from the beginning.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

We need to speak to Hector.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I haven't spoken to him in days.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

You said you tried to call him this morning.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

I made that up, trying to split their numbers so we could take them out.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

We need to speak to Vargas. Explain the situation.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

You really think he's gonna listen after what we just did? Susie, we need to disappear until we figure things out. Vargas is gonna come after us. It's what these people do. It's what these people are like. Look, uh... [gets close to her] I'm not gonna let anything happen to ya. Susie, I love ya. And we're in this together, yeah? This is what we're gonna do. We're gonna grab the money, get the fսck out of here. We can go anywhere. Tenerife, Thailand, fսcking Timbuktu.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

Okay. Um... I can sort a plane from the Duke's airfield.

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

Good. Yeah. I'll get the cash from the flat. You grab the diamonds. Pack whatever you can into a small suitcase. Pack lightly.

SGSusan "Susie" Glass

How light? ( chuckles softly )

JGJoseph "Joe" Green

This might not be forever, but it might be. [kisses her]

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