Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Night Work (2014)

Eva Green: Vanessa Ives

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Quotes 

• [Vanessa Ives tells Ethan Chandler what she thinks of him] 

  Vanessa Ives : I have a need for a gentleman who's comfortable with firearms, and not hesitant to engage in dangerous endeavors. Or was that all a tall tale as well?

  Ethan Chandler : What do you think?

  Vanessa Ives : Expensive watch, but threadbare jacket. Sentimental about the money you used to have. Your eye is steady, but your left hand tremors. That's the drink, so you keep it below the table, hoping I won't notice. You have a contusion healing on your other hand, the result of a recent brawl with a jealous husband, no doubt. Your boots are good quality leather, but have been resoled more than once. I see a man who's been accustomed to wealth, but has given himself to excess and the unbridled pleasures of youth. A man much more complicated than he likes to appear.

• [Vanessa Ives gives Ethan Chandler an explanation for the night work] 

  Vanessa Ives : Do you believe there is a demimonde, Mr. Chandler? A half world between what we know and what we fear. A place in the shadows, rarely seen but deeply felt. Do you believe that?

  Ethan Chandler : Yes.

  Vanessa Ives : That's where we were last night. Where some unfortunate souls are cursed to live always. If you believe in curses, that is.

• [Vanessa Ives meets Ethan Chandler for the first time] 

  Vanessa Ives : You didn't tell the truth. By my reckoning, you were a boy when General Custer died and 'tis well known there were no survivors.

  Ethan Chandler : [Ethan smiles]  What we call a tall tale, darlin'.

  Vanessa Ives : Exceedingly tall.

  Ethan Chandler : Vice of my nation. We're storytellers.

• [Vanessa Ives asks Ethan Chandler to pick a tarot card for her] 

  Vanessa Ives : Before you go, one last task, if you'll indulge me. Pick a card.

  Vanessa Ives : [Mr. Chandler reaches to pick a card]  No, no, not like that. Not impulsively. Not without thought. Let them work on you. Look into my eyes. Believe.

  [Mr. Chandler chooses, as Vanessa Ives reveals 'The Lovers' card] 

• [Vanessa Ives asks for some night work help as Ethan Chandler makes a joke] 

  Vanessa Ives : I have a need for some night work.

  Ethan Chandler : Oh, honey, don't we all?

• [Vanessa Ives invites Ethan Chandler to join her on a nightly adventure] 

  Vanessa Ives : The job's tonight.

  Ethan Chandler : Is it a murder?

  Vanessa Ives : Would it matter?

  Ethan Chandler : [Ethan smiles]  One smile and I say yes.

  [as Vanessa Ives smiles] 

• [Vanessa Ives tells Ethan Chandler what kind of man he is] 

  Vanessa Ives : Are you a wise man, Mr. Chandler?

  Ethan Chandler : Not especially.

  Vanessa Ives : A wise man would walk away from this house and make a concerted effort to forget everything that occurred last night. He would not look back.

  Ethan Chandler : That sounds like a warning.

  Vanessa Ives : It's an invitation. Should you be so unwise as to entertain the idea, we have continued use of a man of your skills. Your kind of man.

  Ethan Chandler : And what kind is that?

  Vanessa Ives : A man of great violence and hidden depths. You play your role well, Mr. Chandler, but this is not who you are.

• [Vanessa Ives bids Ethan Chandler farewell when he doesn't take up her offer to join her and Sir Malcolm] 

  Vanessa Ives : I hope you enjoy your life as an actor. It seems to be what you're suited for. But if you find yourself in that demimonde we spoke of, and seek to escape it, you know my address.

  Ethan Chandler : And what do you seek to escape?

  Vanessa Ives : Perhaps the same thing you do. We all have our curses, don't we? Good day, Mr. Chandler.

  Ethan Chandler : Miss Ives.

• [Vanessa Ives enters Ferdinand Lyle's office when seeing his glass case of beetles] 

  Vanessa Ives : What are these?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Oh, Carrion beetles. We employ them when the usual solvents are deemed too abrasive. They eat the flesh, don't you know. Sorry, my dear, it's a bit ghoulish to the lay-person.

  Vanessa Ives : Very exotic. Where do they come from?

  Ferdinand Lyle : Actually, Waveney, in Suffolk.

  Vanessa Ives : Not exotic at all.