J. Edgar (2011)

Armie Hammer: Clyde Tolson

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Quotes 

• J. Edgar Hoover : It's time we at least have one thing the bad guys don't.

  Clyde Tolson : Decorating skills?

• J. Edgar Hoover : It's easy to be the expert if you're the only person in the world with any interest.

  Clyde Tolson : He does also claim he can tell as much from a cut of wood as a doctor can from an autopsy.

  J. Edgar Hoover : Ah.

  Clyde Tolson : He has, um, social difficulties.

  J. Edgar Hoover : He is mentally ill, isn't he?

  Clyde Tolson : He's only as mad as you are - sir.

• [J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson discuss over dinner about the first time they ever met] 

  Clyde Tolson : Edgar... you can lie to everyone else, the whole world, for you own sake... and for the sake of the bureau, but you cannot lie to me.

  J. Edgar Hoover : I should've never given you your job, Clyde. You know that? You weren't even qualified. You remember the day you came in for your interview.

  Clyde Tolson : I do.

  J. Edgar Hoover : You walked into my office and you fixed my window, you picked up my handkerchief. You handed it to me. You remember why I was sweating, Clyde?

  Clyde Tolson : It's because you were exercising.

  J. Edgar Hoover : No, I was... I was sweating because I... I knew at that very moment...

  [Clyde hands Hoover his handkerchief from the dinner table] 

  J. Edgar Hoover : ... I knew at that very moment that I... I needed you. And I've never needed anyone else in my entire life. Not like that. So I began to perspire.

  Clyde Tolson : I know.

  Clyde Tolson : [Edgar grabs for his stomach and gasps]  Edgar, are you all right?

  J. Edgar Hoover : Yes, yes it's - it's just indigestion, Clyde. Let's go to dinner tomorrow night, shall we? Our old corner booth.

  Clyde Tolson : Perhaps if I feel better.

  J. Edgar Hoover : Yes. And you must - you must. We have a great many things to discuss. And now I can't trust anyone else at the bureau right now. I can only depend on you.

  Clyde Tolson : [Edgar walks up to Clyde and holds onto his hand, kissing is forehead]  Thank you, Edgar.

  J. Edgar Hoover : [Edgar leaves the handkerchief in Clyde's hand]  Good night, Clyde.

  Clyde Tolson : Good night, Edgar.

  [Edgar walks off and Clyde holds Edgar's handkerchief to his cheek]