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 John Gielgud Quotation"When you're my age, you just never risk being ill - because then everyone says, 'Oh, he's done for.'" - Sir John Gielgud at 84 "Like all professions acting has terrible drawbacks. It can be fearfully boring, fearfully unglamorous...But what is fun about the theatre is that we get our prizes while we are alive to enjoy them. We have the pleasure of the audience's reaction, we have the applause, we have the publicity, we have the tribute and the honours and whatever it may be. Much more than we probably deserve." (To Richard Burton on seeing Burton's first Hamlet) "I'll come back and see it when you're better." [on reading bad reviews] "it's wonderful when it isn't you." Movie Title: Quest for Camelot (1998) as Merlin: King Arthur : Is there any news? Have the knights found Excalibur? Merlin : I'm afraid not, sire. King Arthur : Then I'll go after it myself. Merlin : No. You must regain your strength. King Arthur : Is there anything your magic can do? Merlin : You must rely on the courage of your people. Movie Title: The Power of One (1992) as St. John: St. John : History disputes you. P.K : History takes too long. St. John : Yes I know it does, but it's never kind to those who try to hurry it. Movie Title: Caligula (1979) as Nerva: Nerva : Tiberius, you were wise once. Tiberius : Don't taunt me, I am old. Nerva : I've watched you grow into a monster! One by one, I've seen you murder your family, your friends, the noblest men in Rome. Caligula : That is Treason! Nerva : No, it's the truth. Tiberius : I am and always have been surrounded by enemies. In my own family, in the senate... You are cruel! Nerva : Honest old men can sometimes see the future. So, from the evils past, and the evils yet to come, I now choose to escape. [Nerva is dying] Caligula : Nerva, what's it like? Nerva : Warm, no pain... just drifting away. Caligula : Can you see her? Nerva : Who? Caligula : The goddess, Isis? Nerva : So you're one of those who believe... Caligula : Do you see her? Nerva : No. Caligula : Are you sure? You're almost dead! What's it like, what's happening to you now? Nerva : Slowly... drifting... Caligula : Liar... you can see her, I know you can! What is she like? Nerva : No... Slowly... Caligula : LIAR! [seeing Nerva has cut his wrists] Tiberius : Cretins... why did you permit him to do it? [to two slaves looking on] Tiberius : Bind his wrists... BIND HIS WRISTS! [to Nerva] Tiberius : You must not go, you must not leave me, you are my friend, my only friend. Nerva : I've lived too long, Tiberius, I hate my life. Tiberius : [to the two slaves] Leave us! Both of you! Nerva : The man to choose the hour of his own death is the closest he will ever come to tricking fate. And fate decrees that when you die, Macro will kill me. Tiberius : I'll arrest him, have him executed! Nerva : You can't, he controls you. Anyway, even with Macro dead, [looking at Caligula] Nerva : how could I go on living with this... reptile? Tiberius : [to Caligula] You will respect my friend always, won't you, reptile? Movie Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) as Lord Raglan: Lord Raglan : Young ladies should concern themselves with what is pretty. England is pretty... babies are pretty... some table linen can be very pretty... Lord Raglan : It will be a sad day for England when her armies are led by men who know too well what they are doing- it smacks of murder. Movie Title: Shine (1996) as Cecil Parkes: Cecil Parkes : You must play as if there's no tomorrow. Cecil Parkes : Rachmaninov? Are you sure? David : Kind of. I'm not really sure about anything. Cecil Parkes : The Rach 3. It's monumental. David : It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could everest play. Movie Title: Arthur (1981) as Hobson: Hobson : Normally, someone would have to go to a bowling alley to meet someone of your stature. Arthur : Do you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to take a bath. Hobson : I'll alert the media. Arthur : Do you want to run my bath for me? Hobson : It's what I live for. [Arthur exits] Hobson : Perhaps you would like me to wash your dick for you... you little shit. [While Arthur Bach is taking a bath] Arthur Bach : God, Hobson, isn't life wonderful? Hobson : Yes it is, Arthur, do your armpits. Arthur Bach : A hot bath is Wonderful... Girls are WONDERFUL! Hobson : Yes, imagine how wonderful a girl who bathes would be... Get dressed. Hobson : Good afternoon. If you and your undershirt will take two paces backwards, I could enter this dwelling. [After Linda Marolla stole a necktie from a store] Hobson : Arthur, I see no reason for prolonging this conversation, unless you plan on knocking over a fruit-stand later this afternoon. Hobson : [to Linda Marolla] Good luck in prison. [Waiting at Arthur's father's office] Arthur Bach : I hate it here! Hobson : Of course you hate it. People work here. Executive : He gets all that money. Pays his family back by... by... by bein' a stinkin' drunk. It's enough ta make ya sick. Hobson : I really wouldn't know, sir. I'm just a servant. Executive : Yeah. Hobson : On the other hand, go screw yourself. Arthur : Hobson, do you know what the worst thing is about being me? Hobson : I should imagine your breath. Arthur : Oh stay with me Hobson. You know I hate to be alone. Hobson : Yes, bathing is a very lonely business. Arthur : Except for fish. Hobson : Pardon? Did you say "except for fish"? Arthur : Yes. . .fish all bath together. Though they do tend to eat one another. I often think. . .fish must get awful tired of sea food. What are you thoughts Hobson? Arthur : What are you doing later tonight? Linda : Oh, I have plans for tonight. What should I wear? Hobson : Steal something casual. Hobson : Poor people are not loved, Arthur. They urinate in public and have very few teeth. Hobson : I've taken the liberty of anticipating your condition. I have brought you orange juice, coffee, and aspirins. Or do you need to throw up? Hobson : Here, read this magazine. There are many pictures. Hobson : A little tart like that could save you a fortune in prostitutes. Hobson : If I begin to die, please take this off my head. This is not the way I wish to be remembered. Hobson : Would you remove your helmet, please? Arthur : Why? Hobson : Please. [Arthur hands him his helmet] Hobson : Thank you. Now your goggles. Arthur : Why? Hobson : Please. [Arthur hands him his goggles] Hobson : Thank you. [Slaps him across the face repeatedly] Hobson : You spoiled little bastard! Movie Title: Murder on the Orient Express (1974) as Beddoes: Beddoes : Oh, yes, sir, the Italian gentleman. Hercule Poirot : Eh, does he speak English? Beddoes : A kind of English, sir. I think he learnt it in a place called Chicago. Hercule Poirot : Cassetti was responsible for her murder. How does that strike you? Beddoes : I have often felt, sir, that instead of our employers requiring references from us, we should require references from them. Foscarelli : Hey, what are you reading, Mister Beddoes? Beddoes : I am reading "Love's Captive," by Mrs. Arabella Richardson. Foscarelli : Is it about sex? Beddoes : No, it's about 10:30, Mister Foscarelli. Movie Title: Dragonheart (1996) as King Arthur: King Arthur : A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His might upholds the weak. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked. Movie Title: The Portrait of a Lady (1996) as Mr. Touchett: Mr. Touchett : Things are always different from what they might be. Movie Title: Lost Horizon (1973) as Chang: Chang : Miss Hughes! You are in the midst of life. Do not seek death; it will find you. But choose the road that makes death a fulfillment. Movie Title: King Richard the Second (1978) as John of Gaunt: John of Gaunt : This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, this precious stone set in a silver sea; this earth, this realm, this England! Movie Title: The Leopard Son (1996) as Narrator: Narrator : The hyenas are used to the sounds of death and arise instantly with larceny in their hearts. Narrator : Some lessons are hard, others harder still. Narrator : It is those left behind who suffer most. |
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