Jonathan Pryce movie quotes

View Quote Sorry, I'm a bit of a stickler for paperwork. Where would we be if we didn't follow the correct procedures?

View Quote Mr. Helpmann, I'm keen to get into Information Retrieval. Mr. Helpmann, I'm dying to get at this woman... no, no, no.

View Quote Yes... No... I don't know. I don't know what I want.

View Quote [Carver's men have caught Bond and Wai Lin in Vietnam, and brought them to Carver's tower in Saigon]
Elliot Carver: You may have seen the General in the hallway just now but perhaps, with all your jetting around, you've not had a chance to peruse today's headlines. [brings up newspaper scans on the large screens covering the wall: European English-language editions of Tomorrow with one headline CRISIS GROWS and another reading CHINA WARNS OF WAR. sees third news headline THE EMPIRE WILL STRIKE BACK, flanked by UK and Chinese flags] I rather like the last one. It isn't even mine!
James Bond: I never believe what I read in the press anyway.
Carver: Ha! Therein lies your problem, Mr. Bond. You see, we're both men of action, but your era and Miss Lin's is passing. Words are the new weapons, satellites the new artillery.
Bond: And you become the new Supreme Allied Commander?
Carver: Exactly! Caesar had his legions, Napoleon had his armies, I have my divisions. TV, news, magazines. And by midnight I'll have reached and influenced more people than anyone in the history of this planet, [points up] save God Himself. And the best He ever managed was the Sermon on the Mount.
Bond: You really are quite insane.
Carver: The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.

View Quote [at the launch of the CMGN satellite network]
Elliot Carver: Anyway, there's absolutely no truth in this malicious rumour that I started running mad cow disease stories simply because Sir Angus Black, the great British beef baron, lost £10,000 to me in a game of poker and refused to pay up. Moreover, there's even less truth in the rumour I took a hundred million francs from the French to keep the stories running for another year.
Usherette: Excuse me, Mr. Carver.
Carver: Yes.
Usherette: This is the new banker, Mr?
James Bond: Bond. James Bond.
Carver: Another new banker. I seem to collect them. Tell me, Mr. Bond how's the market reacting to the crisis?
Bond: Well, currencies are off. Your stock is soaring.

View Quote [Carver is gloating over a seemingly beaten Bond]
Elliot Carver: You're too late again, Mr. Bond. It's a bad habit. There's nothing you can do. The missile is fully programmed, it can't be stopped. In a matter of minutes, my plan will succeed, and thanks largely to your efforts, the British Navy will destroy the evidence. [Bond surreptiously activates the sea-drill behind them] And I'll be out of here, in a Carver News helicopter covering the event. It's going to be a fantastic show!
James Bond: I may have some breaking news for you, Elliot. [Carver notices the approaching drill as it breaks through a window; Bond uses the distraction to overpower him] You forgot the first rule of mass media, Elliot! Give the people what they want! [Bond leaves Carver in the drill's path]

View Quote Then rang the bells both loud and deep. God is not dead nor doth he sleep.

View Quote [Clenching his fists until his hands bleed] I do want to know the truth, sir. The truth is, you are lying!

View Quote [to Charles Holloway] Your torments call us like dogs in the night. And we do feed, and feed well. To stuff ourselves on other people's torments. And butter our plain bread with delicious pain... "Funerals, marriages, lost loves, lonely beds" that is our diet. We suck that misery and find it sweet. We can smell the young ulcerating to be men a thousand miles off. And hear a middle-aged fool like yourself groaning with midnight despairs from halfway round the world.

View Quote Gus: Ready to go, Dad?
Alan: Finally.
Gus: Great!
Alan: You're not coming.
Hillary: Your father's off to a meeting, Honey.
Gus: But you promised to take me to the park!
Alan: You know I have an important case to prepare for. The park have to come later.

View Quote Alan: That's funny. I haven't seen him suck his thumb for years!
Hillary: Well, we have been pretty busy lately. Maybe he's feeling a little insecure.

View Quote Alan: Good morning.
Gus: Hi, Dad.
Alan: [(points at stoned Stanley)] Who's your friend? Oh, your mom says that you're breakfast is ready. Still mad at me from yesterday. Well, what about the day, huh? Your mother and I thought we thought of fun things we can do today.
Gus: Dad, do you think maybe we could do what I want to do?

View Quote I found out if you stabbed the heart yours must take its place. Silly thing to die for.

View Quote I'll give your love to your mother, shall I?

View Quote Elizabeth! Are you dead? I think I am.

View Quote Horatio Jackson: We've discussed it. You surrender.
Sultan: But we're winning!
Horatio Jackson: We surrendered last time! Now, it's your turn.
Sultan: What about the virgins?
Horatio Jackson: Oh, please forget about the virgins. We're fresh out of virgins.

View Quote Horatio Jackson: [upon confronting the Baron and his reunited crew after he finishes his story] Stop this nonsense at once! You, sir, are under arrest for spreading your ridiculous tales at a time of great danger!

View Quote Horatio Jackson: Six enemy cannon and rescuing...
Functionary: Ten.
Horatio Jackson: Ten of our men held captive by The Turk.
Heroic Officer: Yes, sir.
Horatio Jackson: The officer about whom we've heard so much.
Heroic Officer: I suppose so, sir.
Horatio Jackson: Always taking risks far beyond the call of duty.
Heroic Officer: I only did my best, sir.
Horatio Jackson: Have him executed at once.
Soldier: Yes, sir. Come along.
Horatio Jackson: This sort of behavior is demoralizing for the ordinary soldiers and citizens who are trying to lead normal, simple, unexceptional lives. I think things are difficult enough as it is without these emotional people rocking the boat.

View Quote [to Jeanne, after meeting with the fake Antoinette] I know what you're up to. Antoinette is secretly in love with me. Deny it if you will, but don't ask me to play the fool.