Covert Affairs (TV Series)
The Outsiders (2011)
Peter Stormare: Max Kupala
Quotes
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Max Kupala : So, what's it like to work for the CIA?
Annie Walker : I wouldn't know. I work in a travel book store in Toronto.
Max Kupala : But for being an American hiker, you know a lot about this country, huh?
Annie Walker : I'm not American.
Max Kupala : Ah, sorry,
[laughs]
Max Kupala : a Canadian.
Annie Walker : I wanted to visit your country for a long time. I admire the Belarusian people very much.
Max Kupala : We are organized, hard-working... very kind to foreigners.
Annie Walker : Your country has been sold, stolen, borrowed, occupied and destroyed by everyone from the Vikings to Stalin. Even now you only exist because Russia allows you to.
Max Kupala : Uh. You learned all that in a travel book store.
Annie Walker : I like to read about the places I'm gonna visit.
Max Kupala : Is that also where you learned to speak Russian... like a schoolgirl from Minsk?
Annie Walker : I like research.
Max Kupala : Research? This is not research.
[with growing distaste:]
Max Kupala : You didn't read a guide book about my home country. You read the CIA files. And they are pretty good in analyzing the vulnerabilities of a people, right? Huh? I just wish you... could appreciate us for more than... just our... resilience. We make, uh, world-class motorcycle.
Annie Walker : [snaps] After being held against my will... I think I'll buy a Harley!
Max Kupala : Then watch your pretty mouth. I work for my government just like you work for yours. We both have a job to do. Huh? Yours is to come here uninvited, and mine is to use your presence to help my country.
Annie Walker : You're not giving it to your country. The money you get will go directly to the Secret Police. And you'll get what, fifteen percent?
Max Kupala : Ten.
[Annie smirks]
Max Kupala : We both work for our agencies. We have to work very hard to prove our worth, to separate ourselves from our colleagues, right?
Annie Walker : I like working with my colleagues.
Max Kupala : I have a family, and to support them, I have to prove myself all the time. I hope your agency understands the simplicity of that.
Annie Walker : Like I said, I don't have an agency.
Max Kupala : Then you will not stay here for much longer... in this cosy little house.
[turns to leave]
Max Kupala : You have a good night.