Iron Man 3

The Mandarin:
You know who I am. You don't know where I am. And you'll never see me coming.

Tony Stark:
A famous man once said, "We create our own demons." Who said that? What does that even mean? Didn't matter. I said it 'cause he said it. So now, he was famous and it was basically said by two well-known guys. I don't... uhh... I'm gonna start again. Let's track this from the beginning

Tony Stark:
And so, as Christmas morning began, my journey was at its end. You start with something pure. Something exciting. Then come the mistakes, the compromises. We create our own demons. As promised, I got Pepper sorted out. Took a little tinkering. But then I thought "why stop there?" Of course there are people who say progress is dangerous, but then I bet none of those idiots ever had to live with a chest full of shrapnel. And now, neither will I. Let me tell you: that was the best sleep I'd had in years. So if I were to wrap this up tight with a bow or whatever, I guess I'd say my armor, it was never a distraction or a hobby, it was a cocoon. And now, I'm a changed man. You can take away my house, all my tricks and toys. One thing you can't take away...I am Iron Man.

Tony Stark:
Where are your parents?

Harley Keener:
Well, my mom's at work, and my dad went out to get scratchers...I-I guess he won, because that was six years ago.

Savin:
Hey, kid! What would you like for Christmas?

Harley:
Mr. Stark, I am so sorry.

Savin:
Nope. I think he was trying to say, "I want my goddamn file."

Tony Stark:
You walked right into this one. I dated hotter chicks than you.

Ellen Brandt:
Is that all you've got? A cheap trick and a cheesy one-liner?

Stark:
Sweetheart, that could be the name of my autobiography!

Maya Hansen:
[prepares syringe for Extremis] Let him go! What's going to happen to your men, what's going to happen to YOU?

Aldrich Killian:
[kills Maya; to Stark] Well, the good news is, a high-level position has just been vacated.

Colonel James Rhodes:
[sees Trevor] THIS is the Mandarin?

Tony Stark:
I know, right? It's embarrassing!

Colonel James Rhodes:
We couldn't save the President with the suit, how are we going to save Pepper with nothing?

Tony Stark:
Uh... say, Jarvis? Is it that time?

JARVIS:
The House Party Protocol, sir?

Stark:
Correct. [JARVIS activates suits]

[Tony is telling his story with his eyes closed to Bruce Banner, who has fallen asleep.]

Tony:
You know, and thank you, by the way, for listening. But something about just getting it off my chest and putting it out there in the atmosphere instead of holding this in. I mean, this is what gets people sick, you know. Wow. I had no idea you were such a good listener. To be able to share all my intimate thoughts, my experiences with someone, it just cuts the weight of it in half, you know. It's like a snake swallowing its own tail. Everything comes full circle. [Bruce drops the glasses he was holding and wakes up.] And - and the fact that you've been able to help me process... [Tony opens his eyes and looks at Bruce.]

Bruce:
So?

Tony:
You with me?

Bruce:
I was, yeah. Where - we were at, uh -

Tony:
Actively napping?

Bruce:
I - I was - I - I - I drifted.

Tony:
Where did I lose you?

Bruce:
Elevator in Switzerland.

Tony:
So you heard none of it?

Bruce:
I'm sorry. I'm not that kind of doctor. I'm not a therapist. It's not my training.

Tony:
So?

Bruce:
I - I don't have the -

Tony:
What? The time?

Bruce:
Temperament.

Tony:
You know what? Now that I think about it, oh, God, my original wound, 1983, you all right?

[A tired Bruce nods.]

Bruce:
Yes.

Tony:
I'm 14 years old, and I still have a nanny? That was weird.

Harley:
You're a mechanic, right?

Tony:
Right.

Harley:
You said so.

Tony:
Yes, I did.

Harley Why don't you just build something?

[Tony has who he thinks is The Mandarin at gunpoint.]

Trevor Slattery:
Bloody hell. Bloody hell!

Tony Stark:
Don't move.

Trevor Slattery:
I'm not. Look, if what something take it. Although all the guns are fake 'cause the wankers wouldn't trust me with one.

Tony Stark:
What?

Trevor Slattery:
Or do you fancy either of the birds?

Tony Stark:
Alright, you're not the real one. Where is he? (c*cks his gun) Where! Where's the Mandarin! Where is he?!

Trevor Slattery:
He's here, he's here! He's here but he's not here. It's complicated... Hey! It's complicated.

Tony Stark:
Uncomplicate it. Ladies, out. Get out of the bed. Get into the bathroom. Sit. (Ladies leave. Tony fires into the floor near Trevor who is trying to crawl away).

Trevor Slattery:
My name is Trevor. Trevor Slattery.

Tony Stark:
What are you? What are you, a decoy? You're a double, right?

Trevor Slattery:
What, you mean like an understudy? No, absolutely not. (Tony points the gun at Trevor's face) Don't hurt the face! I'm an actor!

Tony Stark:
You got a minute to live. Fill it with words.

Trevor Slattery:
It's just a role. "The Mandarin," see, it's not real.

Tony Stark:
Then how did you get here, Trevor?

Trevor Slattery:
Um. Well, I, um, had a little problem with, um, substances. And I ended up, um, doing things - no two ways about it! - in the street, that a man shouldn't do.

Tony Stark:
Next?

Trevor Slattery:
Then, they approached me about the role, and they knew about the drugs.

Tony Stark:
What did they say? They'd get you off them?

Trevor Slattery:
They said they'd give me more. They gave me things. They gave me this palace. They gave me plastic surgery. They gave me things. (snores)

Tony Stark:
Did you just nod off?

Savin:
You should've pressed the panic button.

Trevor Slattery:
I panicked but then I handled it.

Adrian Killian:
You know what my old man used to say to me? One of his favourite of many sayings. "The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."

Tony Stark:
You're not still pissed off about the Switzerland thing, are you?

Adrian Killian:
How can I be pissed at you, Tony? I'm here to thank you. You gave me the greatest gift that anybody's ever given me. Desperation. If you think back to Switzerland, you said you'd meet me on the rooftop, right? Well, for the first 20 minutes, I actually thought you'd show up. And the next hour... I considered taking that one-step shortcut to the lobby. If you know what I mean.

Tony Stark:
Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out what happened to the first mouse.

Tony:
If he's right about the location, we're 20 minutes from where Pepper is.

Rhodey:
But we also have to figure out this Vice President thing.

Tony:
Right. I wonder who I'm calling right now. Oh! That's the Vice President.

[Vice President Rodriguez takes his phone from a Secret Service Agent.]

Rodriguez:
Hello?

Tony:
Sir, this is Tony Stark.

Rodriguez:
Welcome back to the land of the living!

Tony:
We believe you're about to be drawn into the Mandarin campaign. We gotta get you somewhere safe as soon as possible.

Rodriguez:
Mr. Stark, I'm about to eat honey-roast ham surrounded by the Agency's finest. The President is safe on Air Force One with Colonel Rhodes. I think we're good here.

Rhodey:
Sir, this is Colonel Rhodes! They're using the Iron Patriot as a Trojan Horse. They're gonna take out the President somehow. We have to immediately alert that plane!

Rodriguez:
OK, I'm on it. I'll have security lock it down. If need be, they can have F-22s in the air in thirty seconds. Thank you, Colonel.

Rhodey:
Rhodes and Stark out.

[Rodriguez hangs up the phone and gives it to the Secret Service Agent, who asks him if everything is OK.]

Secret Service Agent:
Everything OK, sir?

Rodriguez:
Couldn't be better.

[Rodriguez walks over to his daughter and kisses her on her head.]

Rodriguez:
Love you, babe.

[Camera reveals a missing leg on Rodriguez's daughter.]

Aldrich Killian:
No more false faces. You said you wanted the Mandarin, you're looking right at him. It was always me, Tony, right from the start. I AM THE MANDARIN!