The Duke Why would the courtesan chose the penniless sitar player over the maharajah, who is offering a lifetime of security? That's real love. Once the sitar player has satisfied his lust, he will leave the courtesan with nothing.
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Moulin Rouge! (2001): in 15 of its 75 quotes
A line from The DukeLook, my dear! A little frog!
More lines from The Duke
13 quotes The Duke The Duke I forgot my hat.(seeing Satine passed out with Christian on the bed) Foul play?!
The Duke You expect me to believe that scantily clad, in the arms of another man, in the middle of the night, inside an elephant you were rehearsing?
The Duke I don't care about your ridiculous dogma!
The Duke It's not that I'm a jealous man, I just don't like other people touching my things!
The Duke She is mine.
The Duke And in the end should someone die?
The Duke Generally I like it.
The Duke You made me believe that you loved me.
The Duke It's the boy, he has bewitched with her the words. Tell her that the show will end my way and when the curtain falls she will come to me or I'll have the boy killed.
The Duke Let Zidler keep his fairy tale ending.
The Duke It's a little bit funny- this feelin' inside.
The Duke I don't like this ending.
Scenes with The Duke
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What's his type? Wilting flower? [sighs] Bright and bubbly? [giggles] Or smoldering temptress? [growls]
I'd say, smoldering temptress.
SHE'S CONFESSING!
The Duke Confessing?! What kind of imbecile do you take me for, Zidler?!
She suddenly had a terrible desire..... to go to a priest and.....confess her sins.
Zidler: I AM THE EVIL MAHRAJA! YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE! Satine: Oh Harold, no one could play him like you could! Zidler: No one's going to.
