Red Joan (2018)

Judi Dench: Joan

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Quotes 

• Joan Stanley : I was fighting for the living, I loved my country!

• Joan : [Reading a statement to the reporters outside her house] 

  Joan : I have been accused of passing information to the Russians in the 1940s, information which accelerated their ability to build an atomic bomb. And I have been accused of deceiving my colleagues and my family. This I don't deny. But I have also been accused of deceiving my country.

  Joan : [Looks up from her notes and straight at the reporters and into their cameras] 

  Joan : I'm not a spy. I don't believe in working against one's country. I wanted the Russians to be on an equal footing with the West. I'm not a traitor. I... wanted everyone to share the same knowledge because...

  Reporter : How much did the Russians pay you?

  Joan : Because only that way could the horror of another war be averted. And I think if you look back at history, you'll see I was right.

• Joan Stanley : Use your heart instead of your head.

• Nick : You're a traitor.

  Joan Stanley : To what? To millions more dying? I was fighting for the living.

  Joan Stanley : I thought if both sides had the same weapon that could destroy each other, then neither side would use it. And I was in a unique position, I could defuse their bomb. so I did. And I was right, wasn't I? They haven't used it, not for 50 years.

  Joan Stanley : Have they? Have they?