Dame Eileen Atkins movie quotes

“To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Queen Mary

“Monarchy is God’s sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Queen Mary

“No, I haven't been happy. Yes, it's been worth it.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Madge

“- Inman: I'm a deserter. If they find me here things could get bad for you.
- Maddy: What are they gonna do? Cut short my young life?”
Jude Law - Inman
Dame Eileen Atkins - Maddy

“No hugging, dear. I'm British. We only show affection to dogs and horses.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Jocelyn Dashwood

“I've learned a person can pretty much survive off of a goat. A goat gives you company, and milk, and cheese... and when you need it, good meat.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Maddy

“See, I think there's a plan. There's a design for each and every one of us. You look at nature. Bird flies somewhere, picks up a seed, shits the seed out, plant grows. Bird's got a job, shit's got a job, seed's got a job. And you've got a job.”

Dame Eileen Atkins - Maddy

“- Miss Matilda Crawley: Tell me there's something disreputable in your past.
- Becky Sharp: My father was an artist.
- Miss Matilda Crawley: A starving one I hope.
- Becky Sharp: Absolutely ravenous.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Miss Matilda Crawley
Reese Witherspoon - Becky Sharp

“- Ethel: Why would anyone want to kill Sir William?
- Mrs. Croft: Well, he wasn't exactly Father Christmas.”

Laura Harling - Ethel
Dame Eileen Atkins - Mrs. Croft

“- Madge: It is a disease.
- Her Ladyship: What is?
- Madge: Hopefulness.”
Dame Eileen Atkins - Madge
Zena Walker - Her Ladyship

“He says unless we accept his demands, the weather will keep getting colder and colder until we'll all have to go to hell just to warm up.”

Dame Eileen Atkins - Alice