Jeremy Irons movie quotes

“- Song Liling: Under the robes, beneath everything, it was always me. Tell me you adore me.
- René Gallimard: How could you, who understood me so well, make such a mistake? You've shown me your true self, and what I love was the lie, perfect lie, that's been destroyed.”
John Lone - Song Liling
Jeremy Irons - René Gallimard

“- Gabriela: You believe everything the authorities tell you?
- Kafka: Well, I have no reason to doubt.
- Gabriela: They're authorities! That's reason enough.”
Theresa Russell - Gabriela
Jeremy Irons - Kafka

“Come live with me. And die with me, and everything with me.”
Jeremy Irons - Humbert Humbert

“- Davidson: The fact of the matter is, the United States has very little room to maneuver.
- Jack Elgin: Oh, bullshit! Look, I'm sorry, but everybody is saying that! And nobody will do anything!”
Jason Priestley - Davidson
Jeremy Irons - Jack Elgin

“- Cardinal Altamirano: What are they saying?
- Father Gabriel: They say they didn't want to go back to the forest because the devil lives there. They want to stay here.
- Cardinal Altamirano: And what did you say?
- Father Gabriel: I said I'd stay with them.”

Ray McAnally - Cardinal Altamirano
Jeremy Irons - Father Gabriel

“The thing is the word. Know the word, and you control the thing.”
Jeremy Irons - Brom

“If Porthos is determined to end his life, he's bound to seek the opportunity, isn't he?”
Jeremy Irons - Aramis

“- Brom: My story was about you, Eragon! It is your fate to be a dragon rider. The Varden need a rider if they are to defeat Durza and the king.
- Eragon: I didn't ask for any of this!
- Brom: But you were chosen, nevertheless. A dragon will only hatch if it feels the presence of its rider. It'll wait forever if it has to, but now it's found you.”
Jeremy Irons - Brom
Ed Speleers - Eragon

“Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy; but to lose Simba, who had barely begun to live... For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era... in which lion and hyena come together, in a great and glorious future!”
Jeremy Irons - Scar

- Simon Gruber: I want to play a game.
- Insp. Walter Cobb: What kind of game?
- Simon Gruber: "Simon Says". Simon's going to tell Lt. McClane what to do, and Lt. McClane is going to do it. Noncompliance will result in a penalty.
- Insp. Walter Cobb: What penalty?
- Simon Gruber: Another big bang in a very public place.
Jeremy Irons - Simon Gruber
Larry Bryggman - Insp. Walter Cobb

“- Queen Anne: Aramis!
- Aramis: I have come to ask whether you believe that just as one lie can destroy a life, so one truth can make it whole again.
- Queen Anne: I have prayed every day for such a miracle.”
Anne Parillaud - Queen Anne
Jeremy Irons - Aramis

“- Simon Gruber: John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's 13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
- John McClane: Yeah, I got a deal for you. Crawl out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.
- Simon Gruber: How colorful.”

Jeremy Irons - Simon Gruber
Bruce Willis - John McClane

“- Rodrigo Mendoza: Leave me alone. You know what I am.
- Father Gabriel: Yes. You are a mercenary. You are a slave trader. And you killed your brother. I know. And you loved him... although you chose a strange way to show it.”
Robert De Niro - Rodrigo Mendoza
Jeremy Irons - Father Gabriel

“- Sarah: I have long imagined a day such as this. I have longed for it. I was lost from the moment I saw you.
- Charles: I too.”
Meryl Streep - Sarah
Jeremy Irons - Charles

“- Simba: Give me one good reason why I shouldn't rip you apart.
- Scar: Oh, Simba, you must understand. The pressures of ruling a kingdom...
- Simba: Are no longer yours. Step down, Scar.”
Matthew Broderick - Simba
Jeremy Irons - Scar

“- Aramis: Sometimes there are more important things in life than a good pair of tits.
- Porthos: Really? If you can name me one thing that is more sublime than the feel of a plump, pink nipple between my lips, I'll build you a new cathedral.
- Aramis: Forgiveness...”
Jeremy Irons - Aramis
Gérard Depardieu - Porthos

“- Song Liling: Now that we embark on the most forbidden of loves, I'm so afraid of my destiny.
- René Gallimard: There is no destiny, except the one we make for ourselves.”
John Lone - Song Liling
Jeremy Irons - René Gallimard

“Maybe you could tell me what is going on. And please, speak as you might to a young child. Or a golden retriever. It wasn't brains that brought me here; I assure you that.”
Jeremy Irons - John Tuld

“- Assistant Oscar: Do you know her?
- Kafka: Do you?
- Assistant Oscar: Well, we saw her naked once.”

Simon McBurney - Assistant Oscar
Jeremy Irons - Kafka

“- Alan Dershowitz: I'm not a hired gun. I've got to feel there's some moral or constitutional issue at stake.
- Claus von Bülow: But I'm absolutely innocent, and my civil liberties have been egregiously violated!
- Alan Dershowitz: I've got two black kids facing the electric chair for a crime they did not commit. They are innocent.”
Ron Silver - Alan Dershowitz
Jeremy Irons - Claus von Bülow

“And remember, this is all due to the g-g-g-g-g-g-gullibility of the New York Police Department!”

Jeremy Irons - Simon Gruber

“- Scar: Life's not fair, is it? You see, I... well, I shall never be king. And you... shall never see the light of another day. Hmm-hmm-hmm, adieu.
- Zazu: Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with your food?”

Jeremy Irons - Scar
Rowan Atkinson - Zazu

“- Aramis: Why are you so glum?
- Porthos: I expected action. There was no fighting, there was no killing. I was useless.
- Aramis: Porthos, I grow tired of this attitude. You're surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger. What more can a man want? The robins are singing, the pigeons are cooing. Can't you listen to their song?”
Jeremy Irons - Aramis
Gérard Depardieu - Porthos

“- Father Gabriel: You shouldn't have become a priest.
- Rodrigo Mendoza: But I am a priest, and they need me.
- Father Gabriel: Then help them as a priest! If you die with blood on your hands, Rodrigo, you betray everything we've done. You promised your life to God. And God is love!”

Jeremy Irons - Father Gabriel
Robert De Niro - Rodrigo Mendoza

“That's who the enemy is. Policemen and file clerks. Law and order, you might say.”
Jeremy Irons - Kafka