Cecil Parkes The page! For God's sake, the notes!
Peter Helfgott I'm sorry sir, I keep forgetting the notes.
Cecil Parkes Will it be asking too much to learn them first?
Played by John Gielgud 
Shine (1996) · 11 quotes
Shine (1996) · 11 quotes
Tied for 2nd most-quoted character in Shine (1996): in 3 of its 11 quotes
Scenes with Cecil Parkes
3 scenes Cecil Parkes Peter Helfgott Cecil Parkes Cecil Parkes Rachmaninov? Are you sure?
Kind of. I'm not really sure about anything.
Cecil Parkes The Rach 3. It's monumental.
It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could ever play.
Cecil Parkes No one's ever been mad enough to attempt the Rach Three.
Am I mad enough, professor? Am I?
Cecil Parkes You must play as if there's no tomorrow.
