Ian McKellen Quotes

Apt Pupil

Expertise in Forging Documents Across Generations

Kurt Dussander You're messing things up with that carbon paper.

Todd Bowden Yeah, what do you know about it?

Kurt Dussander Here, out of the way. I was forging documents before your parents were born.

[slaps his hand down on Todd's shoulder, Todd gets up and Dussander takes his place]

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Last Great Dwarf Kingdom of Middle-earth

Gandalf the Grey Erebor, the Lonely Mountain. The last of the great Dwarf kingdoms of Middle-earth.

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X-Men

Confrontation Among Mutants and Humans

Magneto You homo sapiens and your guns.

Sabretooth That's enough Erik.

[Grabs Magneto's throat]

Toad Let them go.

Magneto Why not come out where I can see you, Charles?

Xavier What do you want her for?

[speaking through Sabretooth]

Magneto Can't you read my mind? And what now, save the girl? You'll have to kill me Charles, and what would that accomplish? Let them pass that law and they'll have you in chains with a number burned into your forehead!

[tapping his helmet]

Xavier It won't be that way.

Magneto Then kill me and find out. No? Then release me.

Magneto Fine. Care to press your luck, Charles? I don't think I can stop them all. Still unwilling to make sacrifices. That's what makes you weak. Goodbye, Charles.

[magnetically fires a bullet and stops it just before it goes through a cop's head; Xavier reluctantly releases his control over Toad and Sabretooth]

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Gandalf's Warning of Approaching Dawn

Gandalf the Grey THE DAWN WILL TAKE YOU ALL!

[to the three Trolls]

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Apt Pupil

Tension Between Mentor and Student

Todd Bowden Have you lost your mind? What the hell were you thinking, Grandpa'?

Kurt Dussander What are you so excited about?

Todd Bowden Oh, you've got some fucking balls! I could have screwed you up, anything could have happened!

Kurt Dussander You played it beautifully, boy. I knew you would.

Todd Bowden Are you fucking drunk? I could have busted you right there!

Kurt Dussander Yes, you could have, but you did not. Now, why was that? Your Edward French is not going to give you any more trouble, so now you are upset because the only way you can make things right is to work.

Todd Bowden I'm upset because you had that asshole thinking I can do something that can't be done!

Kurt Dussander Oh, but it can. And it will. You will simply have to work. No more stories. No more screwing around.

Todd Bowden I don't take orders from you.

Kurt Dussander You do now.

[sniggers]

Todd Bowden Oh, you think so? Yeah, well, don't forget I could walk right in there and pick up that phone...

Kurt Dussander And do what? Do you really think that I would stand aside and let you turn me in without dragging you with me, do you? Your American self confidence is so bloated you've forgotten the reality of the situation. 90,000 died in Patin. To the whole world, I am a monster. And you have known about me all this time. If I'm caught, when those reporters stick their microphones in my face it will be your name that I will repeat over and over again. Todd Bowden, Todd Bowden... Todd Bowden, yes, that was his name. For how long, for months, almost a year, he wanted to know everything. That was how he put it, yes, everything.

Todd Bowden You're crazy. They'll never believe you.

Kurt Dussander It doesn't matter. Oh, you're going to be infamous, boy, take my word for it. And do you know what such a scandal can do? It never goes away. Not for you, not for your parents. And besides, lying to judges and reporters isn't as easy as you think. You'd have to be brilliant. Can you do that? I know I can.

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Apt Pupil

A Personal Inquiry About War Experiences

Victor Bowden Arthur, I wonder if you'd mind if I asked you a personal question.

Kurt Dussander Not at all.

Victor Bowden What did you do during the war?

Kurt Dussander I was in the reserves, as were most young men, Victor. My poor eyesight kept me out of combat, thank God. No, I spent most of the war in a military hospital washing bed linens and nurses uniforms.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Timeliness of a Wizard

Frodo You're late.

Gandalf A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to.

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The Da Vinci Code

A War to Protect a Powerful Secret

Sir Leigh Teabing We are in the middle of a war. One that has been going on forever to protect a secret so powerful that if revealed it would devastate the very foundations of mankind.

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Apt Pupil

Caution Against Dangerous Temptations

Kurt Dussander Boy, be careful. You play with fire.

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Apt Pupil

A Desire for Dark Stories

Kurt Dussander What do you want? Tell me.

Todd Bowden I want to hear about it.

Kurt Dussander Hear about what?

Todd Bowden The stories. Everything.

Kurt Dussander What everything?

Todd Bowden Everything they're afraid to show us in school. You were there. You did those things. No one can tell it better than you can.

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X-Men: Days of Future Past

Embracing Power and Identity in Unity

Erik Lehnsherr You built these weapons to destroy us. Why? Because you are afraid of our gifts. Because we are different. Humanity has always feared that which is different, but I am here to tell you, to tell the world, you're right to fear us. We are the future. We are the ones who inherit this earth and anyone who stands in our way, will suffer the same fate as these men you see before you. Today was meant to be a display of your power. Instead I give you a glimpse of the devastation my race can unleash upon yours. Let this be a warning to the world and to my mutant brothers and sisters out there, I say this. No more hiding. No more suffering. You have lived in the shadows of shame and fear for too long. Come out. Join me. Fight together in a brotherhood of our kind, a new tomorrow that starts today.

Magneto All those years wasted fighting each other, Charles, to have a precious few of them back.

[Charles comforts him as the Sentinels begin using their energy beam to break through. Iceman tries to hold them off using his ice powers to barricade the door.]

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Beauty and the Beast

Consequences of the Last Petal Falling

Belle What happens when the last petal falls?

[to Lumière; looking at the rose]

Lumière The Master remains a beast forever and we become...

Mrs. Potts Antiques.

[sadly]

Lumière Knick-knacks.

Plumette Lightly-used housewares.

Cogsworth Rubbish. We become rubbish.

Belle I want to help you. There must be some way to break the curse.

Cogsworth Well, there is one...

[Lumière cuts him off]

Mrs. Potts It's not for you to worry about, lamb. We made our bed and now we must lie in it.

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The Da Vinci Code

Debate on Historical Evidence and Beliefs

Robert Langdon This is an old wives tale.

[Dismissively]

Sir Leigh Teabing The original one, in fact!

Robert Langdon There's virtually no empirical proof!

Sir Leigh Teabing He knows as well as I do, there's much evidence to support it!

Robert Langdon Theories. There are theories.

Sir Leigh Teabing Notice how Jesus and Mary are clothed. Mirror images of each other!

[Zooms out on the screen, to show Jesus and Mary in the same frame. They are wearing blue on their outside arms and a bright colour on their inside arms; their clothing illuminates as the rest of the picture darkens, to heighten Teabing's point.]

Robert Langdon The mind sees what it chooses to see.

Sir Leigh Teabing And venturing into the even more bizarre, notice how Jesus and Mary appear to be joined at the hip and are leaning away from each other, as if to create a shape in the negative space between them. Leonardo gives us...the chalice!

[he highlights the area, which resembles a triangle pointing down]

Robert Langdon Hmm.

Sir Leigh Teabing Yes. Ooh, and Robert, er, notice what happens when these two figures change position.

[laughs briefly; He brings a representation of Mary over to Jesus' left side, so it looks like she has her head on His shoulder.]

Sophie Neveu Just because Da Vinci painted it doesn't make it true.

Sir Leigh Teabing No. But history, she does make it true! Now, listen to this. It's from the ].

[[Gospel of Philip|Gospel according to Philip]

Sophie Neveu Philip?

Sir Leigh Teabing Yes, it was rejected at the Council of Nicea, along with any other gospels that made Jesus appear human and not divine. "And the companion of the Saviour was Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her more than all the disciples, and used to kiss her on -

[reading from a book]

Sophie Neveu But this says nothing of marriage!

[interrupting]

Sir Leigh Teabing Well, actually, um, Robert...?

Robert Langdon Actually, in those days, the word "companion" literally meant "spouse".

Sir Leigh Teabing And this is from the gospel of Mary Magdalene herself.

[crossing the room to another book on a lectern]

Sophie Neveu She wrote a gospel?

Robert Langdon She may have.

Sir Leigh Teabing Robert, will you fight fair?

Robert Langdon She may have.

Sir Leigh Teabing And Peter said, does He prefer her to us? And Levi answered, Peter, I see you contending against a woman like an adversary. If the Saviour made her worthy, who are you indeed to reject her?!'" Yes. And then, my dear, Jesus goes on to tell Mary Magdalene that it's up to her to continue His Church. Mary Magdalene. Not Peter. The Church was supposed to be carried on by...a woman. Few realise that Mary was descended from kings, just as her husband was. Now, my dear, the word in French for "holy grail".

[reading; To Sophie; He sits down and illuminates figures on the screen.]

Sophie Neveu Le Sangrine.

Sir Leigh Teabing From the Middle English, "Sangreal", of the original Arthurian legend. Now, as two words. Can you translate for our friend?

[He writes the word on the screen, using his tablet.; He divides it into two four-letter words.]

Sophie Neveu Sang Real, it means "royal blood".

Sir Leigh Teabing When the legend speaks of the chalice that held the blood of Christ, it speaks, in fact, of the female womb that held Jesus royal bloodline.

Sophie Neveu But how could Christ have a bloodline, unless...

Sir Leigh Teabing Mary was pregnant at the time of the Crucifixion. For her own safety, and for that of Christ's unborn child, she fled the Holy Land and came to ]. And here, it is said that she gave birth to a daughter, Sarah.

[He gets up.; [France]

Sophie Neveu They know the child's name?

Robert Langdon A little girl.

Sir Leigh Teabing Yes.

Robert Langdon If that were true, it's adding insult to injury.

Sophie Neveu Why?

Robert Langdon The ] found transcendence through the joining of male and female.

[[Paganism|Pagans]

Sophie Neveu People found God through ]?

[[sex]

Robert Langdon In Paganism, women were worshipped, as a route to ], but, the modern church has a monopoly on that, in ] through Jesus Christ.

[[Heaven; [salvation]

Sir Leigh Teabing And he who keeps the keys to Heaven rules the world.

Robert Langdon Women, then, are a huge threat to the Church. The Catholic Inquisition soon publishes what may be the most blood-soaked book in human history.

Sir Leigh Teabing The ]!

[[Malleus Maleficarum; He throws a book at Langdon, who catches it.]

Robert Langdon The Witches Hammer.

Sir Leigh Teabing It instructed the clergy on how to locate, torture and kill all free-thinking women.

Robert Langdon Over three centuries of witch-hunts, fifty thousand women are captured and burned alive at the stake.

Sir Leigh Teabing Oh, at least that! Some say millions! Imagine then, Robert, that Christ's Throne might live on in a female child? You asked what would be worth killing for. Witness the greatest coverup in human history. This is the secret the Priory of Sion has defended for over twenty centuries. They are the guardians of the royal bloodline, keepers of the proof of our true past. They are the protectors of the descendants of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.

[To Sophie]

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A Disagreement on Unwanted Visitors

Bilbo No, thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers, or distant relations!

Gandalf And what about very old friends?

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Beauty and the Beast

Dinner Preparations and Calm Conversations

Beast Lumiere!

[roars]

Lumière Be calm. Let me do the talking.

[turns to Cogsworth]

Beast You're making her dinner?

Lumière We thought you might appreciate the company.

Cogsworth Master, I just want to assure you that I had no part of this hopeless plan. Preparing her dinner, designing a gown for her, giving her a suite in the East Wing...

Beast You gave her a bedroom?

Cogsworth No, no, no! He gave her the bedroom.

Lumière Well, this is true. But, if this girl is the one who can break the spell, then maybe you can start by using dinner to charm her.

Lumière Good thinking, Cogsworth.

Cogsworth What?

Beast That's the most ridiculous idea, I've ever heard. Charm the prisoner.

Lumière But you must try, master. With every passing day, we become less human.

Beast She's the *daughter* of a common thief. What kind of person do you think that makes her?

Mrs. Potts Oh, you can't judge people by who their father is, now can you?

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Strength of Ordinary Deeds

Gandalf the Grey Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I've found it is the small things; everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? Perhaps it is because I am afraid... and he gives me courage.

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Apt Pupil

The Nature of Control and Power

Kurt Dussander To have someone in your control. To have them know that they are alive only because you have not decided to the contrary. Do you have that power? Ask yourself. It's not an easy question, I think you know that.

Todd Bowden You know this means we're through, don't you? You won't be seeing me around here anymore.

Kurt Dussander No. I suppose I won't.

Todd Bowden What are you doing?

Kurt Dussander This is the end. Here. A drink. To our lives together. The beginning and the end.

Todd Bowden I think you should fuck yourself.

Kurt Dussander Oh, my dear boy. Don't you see? We are fucking each other.

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Apt Pupil

The Weight of Uncontrollable Actions

Todd Bowden What did it feel like?

[about the killings at the death camps]

Kurt Dussander It was something that had to be done. A door had been opened and couldn't be shut. It was the end... You don't understand.

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Apt Pupil

A Conversation About a Newspaper Delivery

Kurt Dussander Yes? What do you want?

Todd Bowden I...

Kurt Dussander If you're selling something, I'm not interested.

Todd Bowden I have your newspaper.

Todd Bowden I'm not selling anything.

Kurt Dussander Then what do you want?

Todd Bowden If you could let me in for a minute, I just want to talk.

Kurt Dussander Talk? I don't have anything to say to you, boy. Good day to you.

Todd Bowden Bergen-Belsen, January 43 to June 43. Auschwitz, June 43 to June 44. Then you went to Patin. After that you disappeared, but then in 1965 you were spotted in West Berlin.

[as he speaks, Dussander stops and slowly turns round]

Kurt Dussander Listen, boy... I don't have time for this game. Now get out of here before I call the police.

Todd Bowden Call them if you want. I'm sure they'd love to meet you.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Rediscovering Strength in Dark Times

Théoden Dark have been my dreams of late.

Gandalf Your fingers would remember their old strength better...if they grasped your sword.

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Beauty and the Beast

Desire for Transformation and Reversion

Cogsworth Turn back into a clock. Turn back into a clock.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Gandalf's Reflection on Morning Greetings

Gandalf the Grey What do you mean? Do you mean to wish me a good morning, or do you mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not? Or perhaps you mean to say that you feel good this particular morning? Or are you simply stating that it is a morning to be good on?

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X-Men: The Last Stand

Atonement and Resistance Against Past Pain

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto I have been marked once, my dear, and let me assure you... no needle shall ever touch my skin again.

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Apt Pupil

A Clash of Expectations and Insults

Todd Bowden Well, try it on.

Kurt Dussander Have you completely lost your mind? What on Earth makes you think I'd put something like that on?

Todd Bowden I thought you would like it.

Kurt Dussander Like it? You are a bigger fool than I thought. Maybe I'll put it on and do a little shopping, is that what you thought? The indignities I've suffered with you, I should smash you.

Todd Bowden What you've suffered with me is nothing compared to what the Israelis would do to you. You forget that. And I'll admit that's my fault, but don't ever forget the file I have on you. I try to do things the nice way but you don't want it. So fine, we're going to do it the hard way. You'll put this on because I want to see you in it. Now, move!

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X-Men

Fear and Hope in a Troubled World

Magneto Doesn't it ever wake you in the middle of the night? The feeling that someday they will pass that foolish law, or one just like it, and come for you and your children?

Professor X It does, indeed.

Magneto What do you do when you wake up to that?

Professor X I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to that school looking for trouble.

Magneto Why do you come here, Charles?

[halts the game, sighs]

Professor X Why do you ask questions to which you already know the answer?

[motions the guard to take Xavier away.]

Magneto Ah yes, your continuing search for hope. You know this plastic prison of theirs won't hold me forever. The war is still coming, Charles, and I intend to fight it, by any means necessary.

[pause]

Professor X And I will always be there, old friend.

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The Da Vinci Code

Urgent Medical Appointment Amidst Police Encounter

Sir Leigh Teabing (After landing in Kent, to local police) I have a medical appointment to go to, sir. If you wish to keep us here longer, you'll just have to shoot us. (Points at Remy) You can start with him.

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The Da Vinci Code

The Legacy of Mary Magdalene and Her Protectors

Sophie Neveu What happened to her?

Sir Leigh Teabing No one knows. Mary Magdalene lived out her days in hiding. And the zealots pursued her still... even in death, trying to destroy proof of her existence. But she always had her Knights. Brave men sworn to defend her. You see, to worship before her sarcophagus... to kneel before the bones of Mary Magdalene was to remember all those who were robbed of their power... who were oppressed. Ultimately, the Priory hid her remains and the proof of her bloodline... until most believed her sarcophagus... the Holy Grail was finally lost in time.

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The Da Vinci Code

Debating Historical Religious Influences and Conflicts

Sir Leigh Teabing The Good Book did not arrive by facsimile from heaven. The Bible, as we know it, was finally presided over by one man. The ] emperor ].

[[w:Pagan|Pagan; [Constantine the Great|Constantine]

Sophie Neveu I thought Constantine was a Christian.

Sir Leigh Teabing Oh, hardly, no. He was a lifelong Pagan who was baptized on his deathbed. Constantine was Rome's supreme holy man. From time immemorial, his people had worshipped a balance between nature's male deities and the goddess, or sacred feminine. But a religious turmoil was gripping Rome. Three centuries earlier a young Jew named Jesus had come along, preaching love and a single God. Centuries after his crucifixion, Christ's followers had grown exponentially, and had started a religious war against the Pagans.

Robert Langdon Or was it the Pagans who commenced making war against the Christians? Leigh, we can't be sure who began the atrocities of that period.

Sir Leigh Teabing Well, we can agree that the conflict grew to such proportion that it threatened to tear Rome in two. So, Constantine may have been a lifelong Pagan but he was also a pragmatist. And in ] Anno Domini he decided to unify Rome under a single religion, Christianity.

[[w:325AD|325]

Robert Langdon Christianity was on the rise, he didn't want his empire torn apart.

Sir Leigh Teabing And to strengthen this new Christian tradition, Constantine held a famous ecumenical gathering known as the ], and at this council the many sects of Christianity debated and voted on well, everything from the acceptance and rejection of specific gospels to the date for Easter to the ministry of ], and of course, the ].

[[w:Council of Nicaea|Council of Nicaea; [w:sacraments|sacrament; [w:Christology|immortality of Jesus]

Sophie Neveu I don't follow.

Sir Leigh Teabing Ma Chère, until that moment in history ] was viewed by many of his followers as a mighty prophet, as a great and powerful man, but a man nevertheless. A mortal man.

[[Jesus]

Robert Langdon Some Christians held that Jesus was mortal. Some Christians believed he was divine.

Sophie Neveu Not the Son of God?

Sir Leigh Teabing Not even his nephew twice removed.

Sophie Neveu Hold on, you're saying Jesus divinity came from a vote?

Sir Leigh Teabing Remember, in those days gods were everywhere. By infusing Jesus the man with divine magic, making him capable of earthly miracles and his own resurrection, Constantine turned him into a god within the human world. He basically knocked the more distant gods out of the game.

Robert Langdon Constantine did not create Jesus divinity. He simply sanctioned an already widely held idea.

Sir Leigh Teabing Semantics.

Robert Langdon No, it's not semantics. You're interpreting facts to support your own conclusions!

Sir Leigh Teabing Fact: for many Christians, Jesus was mortal one day and divine the next!

[angrily]

Robert Langdon For a few Christians, Jesus had his divinity enhanced!

Sir Leigh Teabing Absurd! There was even a formal announcement of his promotion.

Robert Langdon They couldn't even agree on the Nicene Creed!

Sophie Neveu Excuse me! "Who is God, who is man?" How many have been murdered over this question?

Sir Leigh Teabing As long as there has been One True God, there has been killing in His name. Now, let me show you the Grail.

[he draws his crutches off the table, and uses them to prepare to stand up; he stands up]

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X-Men

Reflection on Tolerance and Power

Magneto Magnificent, isn't she?

Rogue I've seen it.

Magneto I first saw her in 1949. America was going to be the land of tolerance. Of peace.

Rogue Are you gonna kill me?

Magneto Yes.

[pause]

Rogue Why?

Magneto Because there is no land of tolerance. There is no peace. Not here, nor anywhere else. Women, children, whole families ] simply because they were born different from those in power. Well, after tonight, the world's powerful will be just like us. They will return home as brothers. As mutants. Our cause will be theirs. Your sacrifice will mean our survival. I'll understand if that comes as small consolation.

[[w:The Holocaust|destroyed]

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Walls and Doors in X-Men Discussion

Professor X The walls are made of reinforced steel.

Magneto In other words, a door.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

A Baggins' Perspective on Adventure

Frodo Before you came along, we Bagginses were very well thought of.

Gandalf Indeed?

Frodo Never had any adventures or did anything unexpected.

Gandalf If you’re referring to ], I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.

[[The Hobbit|the incident with the dragon]

Frodo Whatever you did, you've been officially labeled a disturber of the peace.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Baggins Intelligence vs. Bracegirdle Ignorance

Gandalf Frodo suspects something.

Bilbo Of course he does! He's a Baggins! Not some blockheaded Bracegirdle from Hardbottle.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Essence of True Courage

Gandalf the Grey True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one.

The Da Vinci Code

Art and History in Conversation

Sir Leigh Teabing This used to be the ballroom. I have little occasions to dance these days. I trust you recognise The Last Supper, the great fresco, by Leonardo Da Vinci. My dear, if you would close your eyes?

[To Sophie]

Robert Langdon Leigh, save us the parlour tricks.

Sir Leigh Teabing You asked for my help, I recall. Allow an old man his indulgences. And Mademoiselle, where is Jesus sitting?

[To Sophie, who has closed her eyes]

Sophie Neveu In the middle.

Sir Leigh Teabing Good. He and His disciples are breaking bread. And...what drink?

Sophie Neveu Wine. They drunk wine.

Sir Leigh Teabing Splendid. And one final question: how many wine glasses are there on the table?

Sophie Neveu One? The Holy Grail.

Sir Leigh Teabing Open your eyes. No single cup. No chalice. Well, that's a bit strange, isn't it? Considering both the Bible and standard Grail legend celebrate this moment as the definitive arrival of the Holy Grail. Hmmm. Now, Robert, you could be of help to us. If you'd be so kind as to show us the symbols for man and woman?

[Sophie does so, and looks at the screen the painting is being displayed on; To Robert]

Robert Langdon No balloon animals? I can make a great duck. This is the original icon for male. It's a rudimentary phallus.

[He presses his fingertips together, keeping his hands apart]

Sophie Neveu Quite to the point.

Sir Leigh Teabing Yes, indeed.

Robert Langdon This was known as the "blade". It represents aggression and manhood. It's a symbol still used today in modern military uniforms.

Sir Leigh Teabing Yes, the more penises you have, the higher your rank. Boys will be boys!

Robert Langdon Now, as you can imagine, the female symbol is its exact opposite. This is called the "chalice".

[He pressees the heels of his hands together, keeping his fingers apart, in the shape of a begging bowl]

Sir Leigh Teabing And the chalice resembles a cup, or vessel, or, more importantly, the shape of a woman's womb. No, the Grail has never been a cup! It is, quite literally, this ancient symbol of womanhood. And in this case, a woman who carried a secret so powerful that if revealed, it would devastate the very foundations of Christianity.

[Also making the shape with his hands]

Sophie Neveu Wait, please. You're saying the Holy Grail is a person...a woman?

Sir Leigh Teabing And it turns out, she makes an appearance, right there.

[Pointing at the screen, still showing the painting]

Sophie Neveu But they are all men,

Sir Leigh Teabing Are they? What about that figure on the right hand of Our Lord, seated in the place of honour? Flowing red hair, folded feminine hands, hint of a bosum, no?

[As Sophie approaches the screen, which now shows the figure seated on Jesus' right hand side, supposedly [[John the Evangelist|the Apostle John]

Sophie Neveu Incroyable!

Sir Leigh Teabing It's called scotoma. The mind sees what it chooses to see.

[He replies to Sophie in French, then addresses her and Robert in English]

Sophie Neveu Who is she?

Sir Leigh Teabing My dear, that's Mary Magdalene.

Sophie Neveu The prostitute?

Sir Leigh Teabing She was no such thing! Smeared by the church in 592, Anno Domini, poor dear. Magdalene was Jesus wife.

[Offended; Puts his tablet aside]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Embracing Change on the Journey Ahead

Gandalf the Grey You will have to do without pocket handkerchiefs, and a great many other things, before we reach our journey's end, Bilbo Baggins. You were born to the rolling hills and little rivers of the Shire, but home is now behind you; the world is ahead.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Resurrection and Purpose in Adversity

Aragorn You fell.

Gandalf Through fire and water. From the lowest dungeon to the highest peak, I fought with the Balrog of Morgoth. Until at last, I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin upon the mountainside. Darkness took me. And I strayed out of thought and time. Stars wheeled overhead and everyday was as long as a life-age of the earth. But it was not the end. I felt life in me again. I've been sent back until my task is done.

X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand - Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto Charles Xavier did more for mutants than you'll ever know. My single greatest regret is that he had to die for our dream to live.

Beauty and the Beast

Dinner Invitation Amidst Uncertainty and Loss

Beast You'll join me for dinner. That's not a request.

[to Belle, gruffly]

Mrs. Potts Gently, Master. The girl lost her father and her freedom in one day.

Lumière Yes, the poor thing is probably in there scared to death.

Belle Just a minute.

Lumière You see? There she is. Now remember: Be gentle.

Mrs. Potts Kind.

Plumette Mmm, charming.

Cogsworth Sweet!

Lumière And when she opens the door, give her a dashing, debonaire smile! Come, come, show me the smile!

Cogsworth Oh, dear!

Plumette Oh, no!

Beast Will you join me for dinner?

[his smile vanishes; graciously]

Belle You've taken me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?

[scoffs]

Plumette Uh-oh! He's losing it!

Cogsworth Oh, dear!

Beast I told you to join me for dinner!

[pounds on Belle's door repeatedly, angrily yelling]

Belle And I told you no!

[angrily]

Madame Garderobe Oh, what time is it? What's happening?

[awakens startled]

Belle I'd starve before I ever eat with you!

Beast Well, be my guest! Go ahead and starve! If she doesn't eat with me, then she doesn't eat at all! Idiots!

[roaring ferociously; to Lumiere angrily; storms off]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Gandalf Defends Bilbo's Role as Burglar

Gandalf the Grey Enough! If I say Bilbo Baggins is a burglar, then a burglar he is!

The Da Vinci Code

The History of Violence in Faith

Sir Leigh Teabing As long as there has been One True God, there has been killing in His name.

Beauty and the Beast

True Love Prevails in Unexpected Moments

Cogsworth Well, Master, I have had my doubts, but everything is moving like clockwork. True love really does win the day!

Beast I let her go.

Cogsworth You... what?!

Lumière Master, how could you do that?

Beast I had to.

Cogsworth But why?

Mrs. Potts Because he loves her.

Lumière Then why are we not human?

Cogsworth Because she doesn't love him and now it's too late.

Plumette But, she might still come back.

Beast No. I set her free. I'm sorry I couldn't do the same for all of you. Now, go. Our time is almost past.

Lumière Come, my love.

Beast I was the one who had it all,I was the master of my fate.I never needed anybody in my life,I learned the truth too late.I'll never shake away the pain,I close my eyes but she's still there.I let her steal into my melancholy heart,It's more than I can bear.

[sings]

X-Men: The Last Stand

Strategic Sacrifice in Chess and Life

Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto In chess, the pawns go first.

Memorable Quotes from Ian McKellen