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Trevor Slattery: My name's Trevor. Trevor Slattery.
Tony Stark: What are you? You're a decoy, a double, right?
Trevor Slattery: What, you mean an understudy? No, certainly not!
[Tony raises his gun]
Trevor Slattery: 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.
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Aldrich Killian: But as I looked out over that city - nobody knew I was there, nobody could see me, no one was even looking - I had a thought that would guide me for years. Anonymity, Tony. Thanks to you, it's been my mantra ever since.
[glances at Maya]
Aldrich Killian: Right? You simply rule from behind the scenes. Because the second you give evil a face - a bin Laden, a Gaddafi, a Mandarin - you hand the people a target.
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