The Journey (III) (2016)

Timothy Spall: Ian Paisley

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Quotes 

• Paisley Junior : [Martin McGuinness is getting into the car beside Ian Paisley Sr]  You'll be at the airport in sixty minutes. Just say nothing.

  Ian Paisley : I haven't talked to him in thirty years, another another hour isn't going to be any trouble.

• Martin McGuinness : Just give me the phone, will you? Extend the olive branch.

  Ian Paisley : Well, I'd imagine you'd be more familiar with Special Branch.

• Martin McGuinness : We will fight them on the beaches, so we will.

  Ian Paisley : I had a dream, so I had.

• Martin McGuinness : When did you realize who he was?

  Ian Paisley : From the moment he opened his mouth.

  Martin McGuinness : How did you know?

  Ian Paisley : Because I'm not naive. And also because he claimed never to have heard of me. Everyone's heard of me.

• Ian Paisley : I despise everything you have done, so I do.

  [They firmly shake hands] 

  Martin McGuinness : I despise everything you stand for, so I do.

• Ian Paisley : [Introducing McGuinness to their driver]  And this is Martin McGuinness, former chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army.

  Martin McGuinness : Allegedly.

• Jack : I always thought the IRA was led by that guy with a beard and a pipe, you know? So where do you fit in?

  Martin McGuinness : You might call me... the acceptable public face.

  Ian Paisley : [noisily clears his throat] 

• Ian Paisley : Mr McGuinness, I haven't been to the pictures since 1973.

  Martin McGuinness : Seriously? What did you go to see?

  Ian Paisley : I didn't see anything. I was protesting outside.

  Martin McGuinness : 1973? What would have got your goat in 1973?

• Martin McGuinness : If you don't mind me asking, you don't dance... and you don't drink... so, how did you meet her?

  Ian Paisley : It was the Titanic.

  Martin McGuinness : How old *are* you?

• Martin McGuinness : So what's your position on the great Samuel L. Jackson? Would you shake his hand if we stopped to pick him up?

  Ian Paisley : *Andrew* Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. Was a Presbyterian of good old stock. I would shake his hand. I have absolutely no idea who Samuel L. Jackson is.

• Martin McGuinness : I apologize for nothing.

  Ian Paisley : That's a true politician. Never apologize.