Helen Mirren movie quotes

View Quote [to Tony Blair about her negative popularity] I don't think I have ever been hated like that.

View Quote [Getting her car stuck in a ford] Oh, bugger it.

View Quote Prince Philip: It's not right, you know.
HM Queen Elizabeth II: No, but further discussion is no longer helpful, either.

View Quote I love it here. I love the baking, I love the flower arranging. I like the routine...Well, I do get a bit restless sometimes. I take the odd contract on the side. I just can't stop.

View Quote Tell Marvin to stand down before he hurts himself.

View Quote Marvin: [after the shootout in the kitchen] I remember the Secret Service being tougher.
Victoria: Me too.

View Quote Scariness is the true measure of a monster. If you are not scary, what kind of a monster are you? It's my job to make great students greater, not making mediocre students less mediocre. That is why, at the end of the semester, there will be a final exam. Fail that exam, and you're out of the scaring program. I should hope you're all properly inspired.

View Quote Dean Hardscrabble: Tomorrow, each of you must prove that you are undeniably scary, and I know, for a fact... that one of you is not.
Sulley: No. He works harder than anyone.
Dean: Do you think he's scary?
Sulley: He's the heart and soul of the team!
Hardscrabble: Do you think he's scary?

View Quote Dean: You did what?!
Sulley: My team had nothing to do with it, it was all me. I cheated. (You were right. Mike's not scary.)
Dean: I expect you off campus by tomorrow.
Sulley: Yes, ma'am.
Dean: You're a disgrace to this University... and your family name.

View Quote Barbie has a great day every day. Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him.

View Quote There are no multiples of Allan. He's just Allan.

View Quote Note to the filmmakers: Margot Robbie is the wrong person to cast if you want to make this point.

View Quote I prefer a story that has the good sense to stay on the page.

View Quote [About Meggie] She so reminds me of her mother. And not just when she opens her mouth, if she ever does.

View Quote You barbaric piece of pulp fiction!

View Quote Children stole the power of all the gods. This is very personal.

View Quote You ripped it from our father's core.

View Quote We are at war. We will annihilate everything. The champions of this realm can do nothing to stop us.

View Quote [after Metalbeak is killed by Soren] Pure Ones, fall back! To me!!

View Quote [Nyra and Metalbeak watches Twilight, Digger and Gylfie fights with the bats]
Nyra: No. No! You told us you'd bring all the Guardians.
Allomere: But they're not Guardians.
Kludd: [angrily] Soren.
Metalbeak: They have no chance against the flecks. Still, I don't think we can trust you anymore, Allomere.
Allomere: [last words before his death] No, no, no, you promised me! YOU PROMISED ME I WOULD BE KING OF THE TREE!
[The bats drag him into a cave to kill him]
Metalbeak: You should know, Allomere, there is only room for one king.

View Quote Soren: I'm not letting you hurt one more soul!
Metalbeak: Oh, you're not letting me? Oh, what a pity to waste such a strong, young and confident Tyto.
Ezylryb: No, Soren!
Metalbeak: Oh, you know this sad, old owl?
Soren: He's my teacher. My hero.
Metalbeak: Well, your hero can teach you one last lesson about Pure Ones' strength...
Nyra: [restraining Ezylryb] Don't move.
Metalbeak: ...by letting you watch him die.

View Quote This is an operation to capture, not kill.

View Quote Many children's lives are at risk. This is just one girl.

View Quote What gift do you think a good servant has that separates them from the others? It's the gift of anticipation. And I'm a good servant. I'm better than good. I'm the best. I'm the perfect servant. I know when they'll be hungry and the food is ready. I know when they'll be tired and the bed is turned down. I know it before they know it themselves.

View Quote Lady Sylvia McCordle: Mrs Wilson, a major crisis has arisen. I've just found out that Mr Weissman won't eat meat and I don't know what to do and I can't ask Mrs Croft. I simply don't dare.
Mrs. Wilson: Oh, everything's under control your ladyship. Mr Weissman's valet informed us as soon as he arrived so we've prepared a special version of the soup, he can eat the fish and the hors d'oeuvres, there'll be a welsh rarebit for the game course, I'm not sure what we're going to do about the entree but we'll think of something.
Lady Sylvia McCordle: Thank you Mrs Wilson. Ten steps ahead as always. Which one of you is Mr Weissman's valet?
Henry Denton: I am, your Ladyship.
Lady Sylvia McCordle: Are you indeed. Yes. Well. Thank you for your...[pause while she takes a good look at him] efficiency.