Richard Attenborough movie quotes

View Quote I don't believe. I don't believe it! You're [Grant and Ellie] meant to come down here and defend me against these characters [Malcolm and Gennaro], and the only one I've got on my side is the bloodsucking lawyer!

View Quote I own an island off the coast of Costa Rica.

View Quote [Repeated line] Spared no expense.

View Quote It is absolutely imperative that we work with the Costa Rican Department of Biological Preserves to establish a set of rules for the preservation and isolation of that island. These creatures require our absence to survive, not our help. And if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way.

View Quote [to Malcolm] You were right and I was wrong. There! Did you ever expect to hear me say such a thing?

View Quote It's our last chance at redemption.

View Quote Elizabeth: I narrowly escaped with my life, sir. I cannot now discuss marriage.
Cecil: Forgive me...the one cannot be separated from the other.

View Quote Cecil: Your Majesty must publicly dissociate herself from this most bloody act.
Elizabeth: I never ordered it.
Cecil: Of course, Madam, of course. You must also make conciliatory gestures towards the Spanish. Your dependence upon their goodwill is greater than ever.
Elizabeth: I must... The word "must" is not used to princes. I have followed your advice in all the affairs of my kingdom, but your policies would make England nothing but part of France or Spain. From this moment I am going to follow my own opinion.
Cecil: Forgive me, Madam, but you are only a woman.
Elizabeth: I may be a woman, Sir William, but if I choose I have the heart of a man! I am my father's daughter. I am not afraid of anything.
Cecil: I... I deeply regret, Madam, if I have caused you such offence, though God knows all my advice has only ever been to secure Your Majesty's throne.
Elizabeth: And I am grateful for it. I have decided to create you Lord Burghley, so you may enjoy your retirement in greater ease.

View Quote Cecil: Does Her Majesty sleep?
Kat Ashley: Not yet, Sir William. She is... overwrought.
Cecil: I will need you to show me Her Majesty's sheets every morning. I must know all her proper functions.
Kat Ashley: Proper functions, My Lord?
Cecil: Indeed. Her Majesty's body and person are no longer her own property. They belong to the State.