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 Ian McKellen QuotationOn his first theatre experience, "Peter Pan": "I wasn't over-impressed. For one thing it wasn't a real crocodile and I could see the wires". "I think it's one thing to declare your sexuality, if you care about what that is. It's another thing to start talking in public about what you do in private and who you do it with. It's not that they [my significant others] don't want to be identified as gay, but that they don't want to be identified as ... with me." "Many unthinking people just don't like the idea of gays joining in their games, nor in the military and, it would seem, in the movies." "When I, as Gandalf, meet Bilbo or Frodo at home, I bump my head on the rafters. Tolkien didn't think to mention it." "I am encouraged by the theatricality of Tolkien's readings - full of rhythm and humour and characterisation. Without question Gandalf is like Tolkien but then so, I suspected, are Frodo and Aragorn." "I've had enough of being a gay icon! I've had enough of all this hard work, because, since I came out, I keep getting all these parts, and my career's taken off. I want a quiet life. I'm going back into the closet. But I can't get back into the closet, because it's absolutely jam-packed full of other actors." "I ... think of the Bible as great literature rather than great history; great imagination rather than reliable witness. Whatever, it is not as a law book that I respect the Bible." "Acting is no longer about lying. It's now about revealing the truth. People are at ease with me now. Honesty is the best policy." "The Lord of the Rings is a mythology, it is a fairy tale, it's an adventure story. It never happened. Except somewhere in our hearts." "It wasn't exactly a mistake, but if there's anything I regret, it's probably having disguised my own native accent. Actors of my generation all tended to speak RP [received pronunciation]. Of course, it's all different now and drama students are encouraged to keep their regional accents and be able to do RP when required. Even at the BBC these days there's no standardised accent, and I rather think that's a good thing." [about the cheering fans outside the InterContinentel Hotel, where he was staying in Wellington, New Zealand:] "It's like several Christmases all come at once. They all love Gandalf, but I'm like Father Christmas in the shop. I'm not the real one." [December 5, 2003] [on initially thinking it crazy to release the LOTR trilogy 12 months apart:] "I thought people wouldn't remember what happened a year ago. But I hadn't factored that they would be so successful at the box office, and that so many people would buy the DVD and videos in between the release of each film. I had thought the whole enterprise was doomed, because of the release pattern. I'm very happy to have been proved wrong." [December 5, 2003] Movie Title: The Keep (1983) as Dr. Theodore Cuza / Dr. Cuza: [Dr. Cuza meets the Demon of the Keep and explains Nazi aims to exterminate the Jews of Europe] Dr. Cuza : Then, what you sense is my fade in a death camp? Molasar : A place where people gather to die. Dr. Cuza : A place where people are murdered! Molasar : My people are murdered? Dr. Cuza : Yes! And others, from all over Europe! Molasar : Who does this? Dr. Cuza : Their Leader... in Berlin. And the soldiers in black. Molasar : I WILL DESTROY THEM! Eva Cuza : We're dealing with a Gnome! A Devil! Dr. Theodore Cuza : A Devil? Now you listen to me. The Devil in the Keep wears a black uniform, has a Death's Head in his cap, and calls himself a Sturmbannführer! Movie Title: Cold Comfort Farm (1995) as Amos Starkadder: Amos Starkadder : I'm going to go all about in a Ford van. Like the apostles of old, I'll go about the land. Mybug : We met in London. Amos Starkadder : Aye, the Devil's city. The stinking pit of whoredom. Amos Starkadder : Seth, drain the well. There's a neighbor missing. Amos Starkadder : There'll be no butter in Hell! Movie Title: Six Degrees of Separation (1993) as Geoffrey: Flan Kittredge : Why do you stay in South Africa? Geoffrey : One has to stay there. To educate the black workers. And we'll know we've been successful when they kill us. Ouisa Kittredge : Oh, goodness. Flan Kittredge : Planning the revolution that will destroy you. Ouisa Kittredge : Putting your life on the line. Geoffrey : We don't think of it like that. I wish you'd come and visit. Ouisa Kittredge : Oh, would we visit you and sit in your gorgeous house, planning visits to the townships, demanding to see the poorest of the poor? "Oh, are you sure they're the worst off? I mean, we've come all this way. I mean, we don't want to see people just mildly victimized by apartheid. We demand shock." You know it doesn't seem right, sitting on the East Side, talking about revolution. Movie Title: The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) as Gandalf: Gandalf : All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you. Billy Crystal : This coming from a guy in a nine hour movie. Movie Title: Richard III (1995) as Richard / Richard III: Richard : I am not in the giving vein today. Richard : I can smile. And murder while I smile. Richard III : Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York. Lady Anne : No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. Richard III : But I know none, and therefore am no beast. Queen Elizabeth : I have no more sons of the royal blood for you to slaughter. Richard III : You have a daughter. Richard III : Plots have I laid. Richard III : Madam, my mother, I do cry you mercy; I did not see your Grace. Humbly on my knee I crave your blessing. Duchess of York : God bless thee; and put meeknes in thy breast, love, charity, obediance and true duty! Richard III : Amen; [aside] Richard III : and make me die a good old man! That is the butt-end of a mother's blessing. Richard : I'll have her, but I'll not keep her long. Richard : Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead. Queen Elizabeth : Shall I be tempted by the devil then? Richard III : Yes, if the devil tempt you to do good. Richard III : Conscience is but a word cowards use. Richard III : A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse. Duchess of York : Are you my son? Richard : Yes. I thank God, my father, and yourself. Movie Title: Scandal (1989) as John Profumo: John Profumo : I have nothing to hide. Stephen Ward : Come off it John, we all have something to hide, what a boring life it would be if we didn't. Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) as Gandalf: Gandalf : Saruman, Gandalf comes to Isengard... no longer seeking your counsel. Gandalf : Return to your master, creatures of Shadow! Gandalf : We have drawn his army to the Black Gate. For ourselves, there is no hope. This is our final act to give Frodo time, time enough to end this evil that marshalls before us. Movie Title: Rasputin (1996) as Tsar Nicholas II: Tsar Nicholas II : I spat at God once. Never again. Movie Title: Last Action Hero (1993) as Death: Death : I don't do fiction. Not my field. Movie Title: Apt Pupil (1998) as Kurt Dussander: [Todd presents Dussander with his old SS uniform.] Kurt Dussander : Maybe I'll put it on and do a little shopping, is that what you thought? Todd Bowden : Well don't forget, I could walk right in there and pick up that phone! Kurt Dussander : And do what? Do you really think that I would just stand by and let you turn me in without dragging you under with me? You American's self confidence is so bloated that you have forgotten the reality of the situation. Ninety thousand died in that camp. To the whole world, I am a monster. And you have known about me. When I am caught, when those reporters stick their microphones in my face, it will be your name I will repeat over and over again. "Todd Bowden...Todd Bowden. Todd Bowden, yes that was his name. For months, almost a year, he wanted to know everything. That was how he put it...yes...everything." Todd Bowden : You're crazy. They'll never believe you. Kurt Dussander : It doesn't matter. And besides, lying to judges and reporters isn't as easy as you think. Can you do that? I know I can. And do you know what such a scandal can do? It never goes away. Not for you, not for your parents. Todd Bowden : You can't do this. Kurt Dussander : Boy the time for discussion is over. This is how it is. You are going to work. You are going to spend weekends and all your vacations studying. Kurt Dussander : Be careful kid, you're playing with fire. Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Gandalf: Aragorn : Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor. Gandalf : Do we know that? Aragorn : What does your heart tell you? Gandalf : That Frodo is alive. Gandalf : [to Pippin] Now, listen carefully. Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. To give him news of his beloved son's death would be most unwise. Better not mention Frodo, or the Ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either. In fact, it's better if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took. Galadriel : The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men. Elrond : I Aear cân ven na mar. [Elvish: The Sea calls us home] Bilbo : I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure. [Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat with Celeborn] Gandalf : Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I'll not say, "Do not weep"... not all tears are an evil. [Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting] Gandalf : It is time, Frodo. Sam : What does he mean? Frodo : We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me. Sam : You don't mean that. You can't leave. Gandalf : He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping. Gimli : Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care? Gandalf : Because 10,000 Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death. Aragorn : No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that. Gimli : How? Aragorn : Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate. Eomer : We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms. Aragorn : Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves. Legolas : A diversion. Gandalf : Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait. Pippin : Is there any hope, Gandalf, for Frodo and Sam? Gandalf : There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope. Gandalf : Frodo - it is time. Pippin : Gandalf, forgive me. Gandalf : Look at me. What did you see? Pippin : A tree. There was a white tree in a courtyard of stone. It was dead. The city was burning. Gandalf : Minas Tirith? Is that what you saw? Pippin : I saw... I saw him. I can hear his voice in my head. Gandalf : What did you tell him? Speak! Pippin : He asked me my name. I didn't answer. He hurt me. Gandalf : What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring? Pippin : I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt. Gandalf : Get up. My Lord, there will be a time to greive for Boromir, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As steward, you are charged with the defense of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You are not alone in this fight. Send word of Theoden of Rohan. Light the Beacons. Gandalf : Frodo has passed beyond my sight. The darkness is deepening. Aragorn : If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it. Gandalf : It's only a matter of time. Gandalf : Lord Denethor is Boromir's father. To bring him news of his beloved son's death would be most unwise. And don't mention Frodo or the ring. And say nothing of Aragorn either. In fact, it's best if you don't speak at all, Peregrin Took. [From Trailer] Gandalf : The board is set... the pieces are moving Gandalf : I will not say, "Do not weep," for not all tears are an evil. Pippin : I didn't think it would end this way. Gandalf : End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. [Pippin listenes and watches Gandalf curiously, as he continues. The battle around seems to quiet down] Gandalf : The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass... [A light comes into Pippin's face, as a small smile comes into his eyes, as Gandalf looks out into the distance] Gandalf : ...And then you see it. Pippin : What? Gandalf?... See what? Gandalf : White shores... and beyond. The far green country under a swift sunrise. [They both smile as they look at each other] Pippin : Well, that isn't so bad. Gandalf : [Softly:] No... No it isn't. Pippin : It's so quiet. Gandalf : It's the deep breath before the plunge. Pippin : I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse. Gandalf : Authority is not given to you to, steward, to deny the return of the king. Denethor : The rule of Gondor is mine! And no other's! Pippin : I feel like I'm back at the Green Dragon after a hard day's work. Merry : Only, you've never done a hard day's work. [Aragorn, Legolas, Gandalf, and Gimli ride up] Merry : Welcome, my lords, to Isengard. Gimli : A merry hunt you've led us on. And now we find you here feasting and... smoking. Pippin : We are sitting on a field of victory enjoying a few well-earned comforts. The salted pork is particularly good. Gimli : Salted pork? [Merry blows a giant smoke ring] Gandalf : [rolls eyes and sighs] Hobbits. Merry : We're on orders from Treebeard, who has taken over Isengard. Gandalf : Faramir! [Running after Faramir] Gandalf : Faramir! Your father's will has turned to madness. Do not throw away your life so rashly. Faramir : Where does my allegiance lie if not here? Gandalf : Your father loves you, Faramir. He will remember it before the end. Pippin : How far is Minas Tirith? Gandalf : Three days' ride, as the Nazgul fly, and you'd better hope we don't have one of those on our tail. Gandalf : Of all the inquisitive Hobbits, Peregrin Took, you are the worst. Pippin : So I imagine this is just a ceremonial position. I mean, they don't actually expect me to do any fighting. Do they? Gandalf : You're in the service of the steward now. You're going to have to do as you're told, Peregrin Took, guard of the Citadel. Gandalf : This will be the end of Gondor as we know it. Here the hammer-stroke will fall hardest. Gandalf : Run, Shadowfax! Show us the meaning of haste. Gandalf : There was no lie in Pippin's eyes. He told Sauron nothing. He is a fool, but an honest fool he remains. Gandalf : If the beacons of Gondor are lit Rohan must answer the call Theoden : Tell me, why should we go to the aid of those who did not come to ours? What do we owe Gondor? Aragorn : I will go. Gandalf : No. Aragorn : They must be warned. Gandalf : They will be. Gandalf : I ride to Gondor [looks at Pippin] Gandalf : and I won't be going alone Gondorian Soldier: The beacon. The beacon of Amon Dîn is lit. Gandalf : Hope is kindled. Gandalf : Now come to pass the days of the king, [whispers] Gandalf : may they be blessed. Gandalf : So it begins, the great battle of our time Gandalf : So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion. Gandalf : Hail Denethor, son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Gondor. Gandalf : Not at the towers! Aim for the trolls! Kill the trolls! Bring them down! Gandalf : Send these foul beasts into the abyss. Gandalf : Fight. Fight to the last man. Fight for your lives. [Coming to face Gandalf during the siege of Gondor] Pippin : They called us out to fight. Gandalf : This is no place for a Hobbit. [He kills another Orc] Gandalf : [Pippin stands there as Gandalf turns his back. He then draws his sword and kills an Orc. Gandalf looks at him] Gandalf : Guard of the Citadel indeed. Pippin : It's the tree. Gandalf! Gandalf! Gandalf : Yes the white tree of Gondor. The tree of the King. Lord Denethor, however, is not the king he is a steward, a caretaker of the throne. Gandalf : Peregrin Took, there is a task to be done. Another opportunity for a Shirefolk to prove their great worth. You must not fail me. Faramir : Mithrandir. They broke through our defenses They've taken the bridge and the west bank. Battalions of Orcs are crossing the river. Gondorian Soldier: It is as the Lord Benethor predicted. Long has he forseen this doom. Gandalf : Forseen and done nothing. Gandalf : Faramir? This is not the first halfing to have crossed your path. Faramir : No. Pippin : You've seen Frodo and Sam? Gandalf : Where? When? Faramir : In Ithilien. Not two days ago. Gandalf, they're taking the road to the Morgul Vale. Gandalf : And then the pass of Cirith Ungol. Pippin : What does that mean? What's wrong? Gandalf : Faramir, tell me everything. Movie Title: X-Men (2000) as Magneto: [To Senator Kelly] Magneto : Are you a God-fearing man, Senator? That is such a strange phrase. I've always thought of God as a teacher; a bringer of light, wisdom, and understanding. You see, I think what you really fear is me. Me and my kind. The Brotherhood of Mutants. Oh, it's not so surprising really. Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand. Well, don't fear God, Senator, and certainly don't fear me. Not any more. Magneto : Welcome to the future. Senator Kelly : What the hell have you done to me? Magneto : Senator, this is pointless. Who would take you in now that your one of us? [Logan confronts Magneto for the first time] Magneto : You must be Wolverine. That remarkable metal doesn't run through your entire body, does it? Logan : What do you want with me? Magneto : My dear boy, whoever said I wanted you? [Logan looks at Marie] Magneto : You homo sapiens and your guns. Magneto : Why do you come here, Charles? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answers? Magneto : Ah, yes. Your continuing search for hope. You know this plastic prison won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles, and I intend to fight it... by any means necessary. Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : And I will always be there... old friend. [Trapped inside the Statue of Liberty] Cyclops : Storm, fry him! Magneto : Oh yes! A bolt of lightening into a huge copper conductor. I thought you lived at a school? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : Don't give up on them, Erik. Magneto : What would you have me do, Charles? I've heard these arguments before. Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : That was a long time ago. Mankind has evolved since then. Magneto : Yes, into us. Magneto : [pointing to his head] Are you sneaking around in here, Charles? Whatever are you looking for? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : I'm looking for hope. Magneto : I will bring you hope, old friend, and I ask only one thing in return - don't get in my way. Magneto : We are the future, Charles, not them. They no longer matter. [At the Statue of Liberty] Magneto : Magnificent, isn't she? Rogue : I've seen it. Magneto : I first saw her in 1949. America was going to be the land of tolerance. Peace. Rogue : Are you going to kill me? Magneto : Yes. Rogue : Why? Magneto : Because there is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Not here, or anywhere else. [Preparing Senator Kelly for the mutation machine] Senator Kelly : What are you going to do? Magneto : Let's just say God works too slow. Magneto : Does it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that one day they will pass that foolish law or one just like it and come for you? And your children? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : It does indeed. Magneto : What do you do, when you wake up to that? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : I feel a great swell of pity for the poor fool who comes to that school... looking for trouble. Magneto : Ah, my brothers, welcome. [Looks at Logan] Magneto : And you,let's point those claws of your in the safer direction. Magneto : Why do none of you understand what I'm trying to do? Those people down there- they control our fate and the fate of every other mutant! Well, soon our fate will be theirs. [Rogue screams for help] Wolverine : Your so full of shit! If your really so righteous, it'd be you in that thing. Magneto : Why not come out where I can see you, Charles? Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : What do you want her for? Magneto : Can't you read my mind? What now? Save the girl? You'll have to kill me, Charles. And what will that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead. Prof. Charles Francis Xavier : It won't be that way. Magneto : Then kill me and find out. Then release me. Fine! [Magneto shoots Rogue with a tranquilizer dart while she runs away] Magneto : Young people. Magneto : Toad has a wicked tongue, Senator. Just like you. Movie Title: X2 (2003) as Magneto: [about Mystique] Wolverine : She's good. Magneto : You have no idea. Magneto : Mr. Laurio, never trust a beautiful woman; especially one who's interested in you. Magneto : [to Wolverine] Once again, you think it's all about you. Pyro : They say you're the bad guy. Magneto : Is that what they say? Pyro : That's a dorky looking helmet. Magneto : That "dorky looking helmet" is the only thing protecting me from the real bad guys. Magneto : War has begun... Professor X : Eric what have you done? Magneto : I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it. Professor X : What have you told Stryker? Magneto : Everything. Magneto : When will these people learn how to fly. Magneto : [to Mystique] This is one lovers' quarrel we cannot get involved in, my dear. [To Pyro] Magneto : You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different. Magneto : [approaching an incapacitated Xavier] How does it look from there Charles? Still fighting the good fight? From here it looks like they're not playing by your rules... Maybe it's time to play by theirs! [to Wolverine] Magneto : The professor thought you would be able to figure it out on your own. He gives you more credit than I do. Magneto : [to Professor X] You should have killed me when you had the chance! Magneto : Come to rescue me Charles? Professor X : Sorry Eric not today. Rogue : What's so funny? Magneto : We love what you've done with your hair. Magneto : A war is brewing... Magneto : Something's different, today... [Holds up a hand, and the guard freezes] Magneto : Too much iron in your blood! [Stryker comes to interrogate Magneto] Magneto : Ah, Mr. Stryker! Come to see that American tax dollars are keeping me comfortable? Magneto : What's your name? Pyro : John. Magneto : What's your real name? Pyro : Pyro. Movie Title: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) as Chauvelin: Chauvelin : I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society. Sir Percy : Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of perfection. And in that sense, you rather overrate the charms of your society. I'faith, for one thing, it does seem monstrous ill-dressed for any society, even a new one. Chauvelin : We shall execute our king instead, sir, and exalt our tailors. Sir Percy : More's the pity. Then your tailors will rule the land, and no one will make the clothes. So much for French fashion, and French politics. Armand : You used me. Chauvelin : Yes. And as long as you are here to serve the committee, I shall continue to use you. Chauvelin : I am pleased to see that you have come to your senses. Count de Tournay : You left me little choice. Chauvelin : That was the general idea. Chauvelin : I realized that your noblesse oblige would not permit you to abandon one of your men. Sir Percy : Sink me, if you aren't right. For a change. Chauvelin : Oh, the English, and their STUPID sense of fair play! Chauvelin : An oath to a scoundrel is meaningless. Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) as Gandalf: Elrond : His strength returns. Gandalf : That wound will never fully heal. He will carry it the rest of his life. Elrond : And yet, to have come so far, still bearing the Ring, the hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil. Gandalf : It is a burden he should never have had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo. Elrond : Gandalf, the enemy is moving. Sauron's forces are massing in the east, his eye is fixed on Rivendell. And Saruman, you tell me, has betrayed us. Our list of allies grows thin. Gandalf : His trachery runs deeper than you know. By fowl craft, Saruman has crossed Orcs with goblin men. He's breeding an army in the caverns of Isengard. An army that can move in sunlight, and cover a great distance at speed. Saruman is coming for the Ring. Elrond : This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves. We do not have the strength to withstand both Mordor and Isengard. Gandalf, the Ring cannot stay here. This evil belongs to all of Middle-Earth. They must decide now how to end it. The time of the Elves is over, my people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we've gone? The dwarves? They toil away in caverns, seeking riches. They care nothing for the troubles of others. Gandalf : It is in Men that we must place our hope. Elrond : Men? Men are weak. The Blood of Numenor is all but spent, its pride at dignity forgotten. It is because of Men the Ring survives. I was there, Gandalf. I was there three thousand years ago. I was there the day the strength of Men failed. I led Isildur deep into the fires of Mount Doom, the one place it could be destroyed. Isildur kept the Ring. It should have ended that day, but evil was allowed to endure. There's no strength left in the world of Men. They're scattered, divided, leaderless. Gandalf : There is one who could unite them. One who could reclaim the throne of Gondor. Elrond : He turned from that path a long time ago. He has chosen exile. Gandalf : Always remember Frodo, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. It wants to be found. Boromir : What is this new devilry? Gandalf : A Balrog. A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run. Gandalf : Now, let's see... Ithildin. It mirrors only starlight and moonlight. [doors are revealed] Gandalf : It reads: The doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter. Merry : What d'you suppose that means? Gandalf : Oh, it's quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open. Frodo : It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill him when he had the chance. Gandalf : Pity? It was pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play yet, for good or ill before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many. Frodo : You're late. Gandalf : A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. Gandalf : There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power. Gandalf : Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam : I haven't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me. Gandalf : A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think? Sam : I heard raised voices. Gandalf : What did you hear? Speak. Sam : N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a dark lord, and something about the end of the world, but please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural. Frodo : I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf : So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work, Frodo, than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought. Gandalf : Keep it secret. Keep it safe. Gandalf : Is it secret? Is it safe? Elrond : Strangers from different lands, friends of old you have been summoned here to answer the threat of Mordor. Middle Earth stands upon the brink of a knife, none can escape it. You will unite or you will fall. We are all bound to this one fate, this one doom. Bring forth the ring Frodo. [Frodo puts the ring on a stand for all to see] Boromir : It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe. Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him. Aragorn : You cannot wield it. None of us can. The One Ring answers to Sauron alone. It has no other master. Boromir : And what would a Ranger know of this matter? Legolas : This is no mere ranger. He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn. You owe him your allegiance. Aragorn : Haavan Da, Legolas. Boromir : Gondor has no King, Gondor needs no King. Gandalf : Aragorn is right. We cannot use it. Elrond : You have only one choice. The ring must be destroyed. Gimli : Then what are we waiting for. [unsuccessfully tries to chop the ring in half with his axe] Elrond : The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess. The Ring was made in the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be unmade. It must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came. One of you must do this. Boromir : One does not simply walk into Mordor. It's Black Gates are gaurded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland riddled with fire, ash, and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand could you do this. It is folley. Legolas : Have you heard nothing Lord Elrond has said? The Ring must be destroyed. Gimli : And I suppose you think your the one to do it? Boromir : And if we fail, what then? What happens when Sauron takes back what is his? Gimli : I will be dead before I see the Ring in the hands of an Elf. Never trust and Elf! Saruman : We must join with Him, Gandalf. We must join with Sauron. It would be wise, my friend. Gandalf : Tell me, "friend", when did Saruman the Wise abandon reason for madness? Gandalf : To the bridge of Khazad-dum. Gandalf : For sixty years, the Ring lay quiet in Bilbo's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age. But no longer, Frodo. Evil is stirring in Mordor. The Ring has awoken. It's heard its Master's call. Frodo : But he was destroyed. Sauron was destroyed. Gandalf : No, Frodo. The spirit of Sauron endured. His life force is bound to the Ring and the Ring survived. Sauron has returned. His Orcs have multiplied. His fortress of Barad-Dur is rebuilt in the land of Mordor. Sauron needs only this Ring to cover all the lands with a second darkness. He is seeking it, seeking it, all his thought is bent on it. The Ring yearns to go home, to return to the hand of its Master. They are one, the Ring and the Dark Lord. Frodo, he must never find it. Gandalf : [Reading] They have taken the bridge and the second hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes, drums... drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A shadow lurks in the dark. We can not get out... they are coming. Gandalf : I think you should leave the ring behind, Bilbo. Is that so hard? Bilbo : Well, no. [frowning] Bilbo : ... and yes. Now it comes to it, I don't feel like parting with it. It's mine. I found it. It came to me. Gandalf : There's no need to get angry. Bilbo : Well, if I'm angry, it's your fault. [to himself] Bilbo : ... it's mine... my own... my precious... Gandalf : Precious? It's been called that before, but not by you. Bilbo : Oh, what business is it of yours what I do with my things? Gandalf : I think you've had that ring quite long enough. Bilbo : You... you want it for yourself. Gandalf : BILBO BAGGINS. Do not take me for some conjuror of cheap tricks. I am not trying to rob you, I'm trying to help you. Gandalf : You cannot pass. I am a servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. Go back to the Shadow. YOU SHALL NOT PASS. Frodo : I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf : So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work in this world Frodo, besides the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the Ring. In which case, you were also meant to have it. And that is an encouraging thought. Gandalf : Lead them on Aragorn. Do as I say. Swords are no more use here. Gandalf : If in doubt, Meriadoc, always follow your nose. Gandalf : My dear Frodo, Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you. Gandalf : I think there's more to this hobbit than meets the eye. Gandalf : You cannot pass... I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. The Dark Flame will not avail you, Flame of Udun. Go back to the shadow. You shall not pass. Frodo : What news of the outside world? Tell me everything. Gandalf : Everything? You are far too eager and curious for a hobbit. Most unnatural. Gandalf : Well, what can I tell you? Life in the wide world goes on much as it has these past age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of hobbits... for which I am very thankful. Frodo : Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of. Gandalf : Indeed? Frodo : Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected. Gandalf : If you're referring to the incident with the Dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. Frodo : Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace. Bilbo : You will keep an eye on Frodo, won't you? Gandalf : Two eyes, as often as I can spare them. Gandalf : Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world. [Holding the Ring out to Frodo] Gandalf : Hold out your hand, Frodo. Its quite cool I assure you. [Drops the Ring into Frodo's palm] Gandalf : What do you see? Frodo : Nothing. Wait. There are markings. Its some form of Elvish, I can't read it. Gandalf : There are few who can. The language is the that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. Frodo : Mordor. Gandalf : In the common tongue it reads "One Ring to Rule Them All. One Ring to Find Them. One Ring to Bring Them All and In The Darkness Bind Them." [Outside the gates of Moria] Frodo : It's a riddle. What's the Elvish word for friend? Gandalf : Mellon. [The gates open] [On the mountain] Legolas : There is a foul voice on the air. Gandalf : It's Saruman! [avalanches start] Aragorn : He's trying to bring down the mountain! Gandalf, we must turn back! Gandalf : No! Gandalf : Frodo suspects something. Bilbo : Of course he does, he's a Baggins, not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle. Gandalf : But we still have time. Time enough to counter Sauron if we act quickly. Saruman : Time? What time do you think we have? Gandalf : Tell me *friend*, when did Saruman the Wise reject reason for madness? Gandalf : [to Pippin] Fool of a Took. Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity. Gandalf : Let the ring-bearer decide. Frodo : We will go through the mines of Moria. Gandalf : So be it. Saruman : The hour is later than you think. Sauron's forces are already moving. The Nine have left Minas Morgul. Gandalf : The Nine. Saruman : They crossed the River Isen on Midsummer's Eve, dressed as riders in black. Gandalf : They've reached the Shire? Saruman : They will find the Ring and kill the one who carries it. Gandalf : Fly, you fools. Gandalf : Ash Nazg Durbatuluk, Ash Nazg Gimbatul, Ash Nazg Thrakatuluk, Agh Burzum-ishi Krimpatul. Elrond : Never before has any one dared utter the words of that tongue here in Imladris [after Gandalf tells Frodo about Gollum] Frodo : Shire? Baggins? But that would lead them here. [Cuts to a Ringwraith cutting off a Hobbit's head] Frodo : Here. Gandalf : No. Frodo : Gandalf you must take it. Gandalf : You cannot offer me this ring. Frodo : I'm giving it to you. Gandalf : Don't tempt me Frodo. Understand that I would use this Ring from a desire to do good. But through me... it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine. Gandalf : I suppose you think that was terribly clever. Frodo : Mordor, Gandalf, is it left or right? Gandalf : Left. Gimli : Dwarf doors are invisible when closed. Gandalf : Yes, Gimli, their own masters cannot find them, if their secrets are forgotten. Legolas : Why doesn't that surprise me? Gandalf : I once knew every spell in all the tongues of Elves... Men... and Orcs. Pippin : What are you going to do, then? Gandalf : Knock your head against these doors, Peregrin Took! And if that does not shatter them, and I am allowed a little peace from foolish questions, I will try to find the opening words. Gandalf : There is one other who knew Bilbo had the Ring. I looked everywhere for the creature Gollum, but the enemy found him first. I don't know how long they tourted him, but through the endless screams and inane babble, they discerned two words. Gollum : SHIRE! BAGGINS! Frodo Baggins : Shire? Baggins? But that would lead them here! Movie Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Gandalf: Gandalf : The battle of Helm's Deep is over; the battle for Middle Earth has just begun. Gandalf : Gandalf? Yes... that was what they used to call me. Gandalf the Gray. That was my name. Gimli : Gandalf... Gandalf : *I* am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now - at the turn of the tide. Gandalf : All our hopes now lie with two little hobbits, somewhere in the wilderness. Gandalf : The veiling shadow that glowers in the East takes shape. Sauron will suffer no rival. From the summit of Barad-dur his eye watches ceaselessly. But he is not so mighty yet that he is above fear. Doubt ever gnaws at him. The rumor has reached him. The heir of Numenor still lives. Sauron fears you, Aragorn. He fears what you may become. And so he will strike hard and fast at the world of Men. He will use his puppet Saruman to destroy Rohan. War is coming. Rohan must defend itself, and therein lies our first challenge, for Rohan is weak and ready to fall. The King's mind is inslaved, it's an old device of Saruman's. His hold over King Theoden is now very strong. Sauron and Saruman are tightening the noose. But, for all their cunning, we have one advantage. The Ring remains hidden. And that we should seek to destroy it has not yet entered their darkest dreams. And so the weapon of the Enemy is moving towards Mordor in the hands of a Hobbit. Each day brings it closer to the fires of Mount Doom. We must trust now in Frodo. Everything depends now upon speed and upon the secrecy of his quest. Do not regret your decision to leave him. Frodo must finish this task alone. Aragorn : He's not alone. Sam went with him. Gandalf : Did he? Did he indeed? Good. Yes, very good. Gandalf : Look to my coming on the first light of the fifth day, at dawn look to the east. Gandalf : The courtesy of your hall is somewhat lessened of late Théoden, King. Gandalf : [to Grima] Be silent. And keep your forked tongue behind your teeth. I did not pass through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm. Gandalf : Three hundred lives of men I have walked this earth and now I have no time. Gandalf : There is no way out of that ravine, Théoden is walking into a trap. Gandalf : You would not part an old man from his walking stick? Gandalf : On the lowest dungeon on top of the highest mountain peak I fought with the Balrog of Morgoth... Until at last I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountain side... Darkness took me and I strayed away through thought and time. Stars wield overhead and everyday was as long as a life age of the earth... But it was not the end. I felt life in me again. I've been sent back until my task is done. [Gandalf the White whistles and a white horse appears] Legolas : That is one of the Mearas, unless my eyes are cheated by some spell. Gandalf : Shadowfax. He's the lord of all horses and he's been my friend through many dangers. Gandalf : I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound. Theoden : Simbelmÿne. Ever has it grown on the tombs of my forebears. Now it shall cover the grave of my son. Alas, that these evil days should be mine. The young perish and the old linger. That I should live to see that last days of my house. Gandalf : Théodred's death was not of your making. Theoden : No parent should have to bury their child. Gandalf : He was strong in life. His spirit will find the way to the halls of your fathers. Legolas : Forgive me. I mistook you for Saruman Gandalf : I am Saruman. Or Rather, Saruman as he should have been. [Shadowfax rears] Aragorn : Gandalf. Gandalf : Theoden king stands alone. Eomer : Not alone. Rohirrim! [Rohirrim gather behind him] Theoden : Eomer! Eomer : TO THE KING! Movie Title: Gods and Monsters (1998) as James Whale: Clayton Boone : No, I don't have a girlfriend. James Whale : Why not? Clayton Boone : You have to kiss some ass to get a piece of it. James Whale : My life is a game of strip poker. Want to play? [On meeting Princess Margaret] James Whale : This is my gardener Clayton Boone. He's never met a princess before, only queens. James Whale : [on introducing Clayton to Princess Margaret] He's never met a princess before, only queens. James Whale : [to Princess Margaret] This my new gardener, Mr. Clayton Boone. He's never a princess, only queens! James Whale : There was a time when this place was full of pricks. Big, hard, arrogant pricks. Clayton Boone : Enough already. Isn't it bad enough that you tell me you're a fucking homo? You have to rub it in my face? James Whale : Who is this new yardman? Hannah : Mr. Bugen... something B... I don't' know. He came cheap! James Whale : There are no Monsters Here....... James Whale : Hatred was the only thing that kept my soul alive. And amongst the men I hated...was my dear old dumb father, who put me in that hell in the first place. |
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