Memorable Quotes from Dominic West
13 quotesThe Inevitability of Loss in Life
Jasper
No one adult human being is happy! People are born, they have a limited amount of time going around thinking life is dandy but then, inevitably, tragedy strikes and they realize life equals loss! The whole point of the game is to minimize the pain caused by that equation! Now some people do it by having kids, or making money, or taking up coin collecting, and others do it by getting wasted. Letting that little switch in the head turn the hot light off and the cool light on.
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Unexpected Invitations at a Social Gathering
Katherine Watson
This is quite the event. I'm surprised I was invited.
[''about Betty's Wedding'']
Bill Dunbar
Well, look around you. Who wasn't?
[''beat'']
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The Inevitability of Human Pain
Jasper
Everybody hurts everybody it's the human condition!
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A Desire for Normalcy and Routine
Jasper
I'll buy running shoes. We'll take up yoga-- or, jogging. You know, we'll be organized. Pay our bills, we'll floss our teeth. We won't set fire to the apartment anymore. I'll buy a goldfish, and we'll be like normal people.
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Questioning the Reality of Marriage
Ash Correll
Did we get married?
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A Night of Unspoken Intentions
Theron
Beautiful night.
Gorgo
Yes, but I did not ask you here for a small talk, Theron.
[grabs her dress and walks with Theron]
Theron
You can be sure of that, you never spared words with me.
Gorgo
Can I offer you something?. A drink perhaps?.
Theron
Is it poison?
[nervously]
Gorgo
I'm sorry to disappoint you, it's only water.
Gorgo
Yes. I need your help in winning votes to send the army north to our king.
Theron
Yes. I can see it, the two of us standing together. Me, politician. You, warrior. Our voices as one. But why would I want to do that?
Gorgo
It proves you care for a king who right now fights for the very water we drink.
Theron
True, But this is politics, not war. Leonidas is an idealist.
Gorgo
I know your kind too well. You send men to slaughter for your own gain.
Theron
Your husband, our king, has taken 300 of our finest to slaughter. He's broken our laws and left without the council's consent. I'm simply a realist.
Gorgo
You're an opportunist.
Theron
You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world. All men are not created equal. That's the Spartan code, my little queen. I admire your passion. But don't think that you... A woman, even a queen can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men. I own that chamber as if it were built with these hands. I could crush the life out of you right now. You will go before the council, but your words will fall on deaf ears. Leonidas will receive no reinforcements, and if he returns without my help, he will go to jail or worse! Do you love your Sparta?
[reels from being slapped by Gorgo; coldly; grabs Gorgo by the throat and pins her back into the pillar; into Gorgo's face]
Gorgo
Yes.
Theron
And your king?
Gorgo
I do!
Theron
Your husband fights for his land and his love. What do you have to offer in return for my word that I'll help you send our army north?
[releases grip on Gorgo's throat and tightens his strap cape]
Gorgo
What does a realist want with his queen?
Theron
I think you know. This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this. I am not your king.
[pauses; watches in amazement as Gorgo slowly slips off her dress, then he turns her around and pins her against the pillar; roughly penetrates Gorgo; begins to rape Gorgo]
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Ownership Question in 28 Days
Jasper
Is this yours, or mine?
[Holding up a burnt bra]
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The Challenges of True Love
Lysander
The course of true love never did run smooth.
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Breaking Open the Bread
Jasper
Just break open the bread.
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Unexpected Outcomes in Life's Plans
Jasper
This is so not how I saw this whole thing playing out!
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The Unique Relaxation of Baseball
Ash Correll
Baseball is great. It's the only sport in the world that you can play while taking a nap.
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Diplomacy and Defiance in the Face of Conquest
Persian messenger
If you value your lives over your complete annihilation... listen carefully, Leonidas. Xerxes conquers and controls everything he rests his eyes upon. He leads an army so massive, it shakes the ground with its march. So vast, it drinks the rivers dry. All the God-King Xerxes requires is this: a simple offering of earth and water... a token of Sparta's submission to the will of Xerxes.
Leonidas
Submission. Now, that's a bit of a problem. See, rumor has it... the Athenians have already turned you down. And if those philosophers and boy-lovers have found that kind of nerve, then—
Theron
We must be diplomatic.
Leonidas
And, of course, Spartans... have their reputation to consider.
[cutting him off]
Persian messenger
Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last as king.
Leonidas
Earth and water.
[in his head; having made up his mind, he draws his sword on the Persian messenger, whose back is to a large well. The Spartan guards follow suit and draw their swords on the other messengers.]
Persian messenger
Madman! You're a madman!
Leonidas
Earth and water. You'll find plenty of both down there.
[indicates the well with his sword]
Persian messenger
No man, Persian or Greek, no man threatens a messenger!
[nervous]
Leonidas
You bring the crowns and heads of conquered kings to my city's steps. You insult my queen. You threaten my people with slavery and death! Oh, I've chosen my words carefully, Persian. Perhaps you should have done the same.
Persian messenger
This is blasphemy! This is MADNESS!
[Leonidas lowers his sword and looks toward Gorgo, who nods]
Leonidas
Madness...? THIS IS SPARTA!!!
[to Persian messenger; kicks the Persian messenger into the deep well]
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Frustration Over Lack of Service
Jasper
Who the hell do you have to know to get a drink around here?
[At Gwen's rehab]
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