Sometimes, he has a double entendre up his sleeve when he’s in bed with a woman. 007 mostly uses his wordplay to punctuate one of his licensed kills. There are a few different occasions that call for a one-liner in a Bond movie.
One of the job requirements for the screenwriter of a Bond movie is the ability to write puns about sex and murder. Even the grittier and more realistic portrayals of Bond, like Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig, had their share of one-liners. The one-liner tradition was introduced with the first on-screen adaptation of the Bond character, played by Sean Connery, and has permeated through every subsequent incarnation of the role. One of James Bond’s most recognizable character traits is his use of quippy one-liners to punctuate his most badass moments, and every 007 actor has had their own unique style of one-liner.
