Jim Broadbent movie quotes

“- Col: He's what she should run a mile away from.
- Fergus: Then why doesn't she?
- Col: Who knows the secrets of the human heart?”
Jim Broadbent - Col
Stephen Rea - Fergus

“- William 'Boss' Tweed: You're turning your back on the future.
- Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting: Not our future.”
Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed
Daniel Day-Lewis - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting

“- Zidler: You're a great actress, Satine. Make him believe that you don't love him.
- Satine: No!
- Zidler: Use your talent to save him! Hurt him, Satine. Hurt him to save him. There is no other way. The show must go on. We are creatures of the underworld. We can't afford to love.”
Jim Broadbent - Harold Zidler
Nicole Kidman - Satine

“- Hermione Granger: My parents are dentists.
- Professor Horace Slughorn: Fascinating. And is that considered a dangerous profession?
- Hermione Granger: No... Although, one boy did bite my father once.”
Emma Watson - Hermione Granger
Jim Broadbent - Professor Horace Slughorn

“Horrible thing, to stand with your toes at the edge of the precipice. You can say anything you like, as long as you make it sound like it was a joke.”
Jim Broadbent - John Bayley

“- William Schwenck Gilbert: No, sir. I can assure you, papa, that the very last person with whom I wish to have any communication at all is your estranged wife, the vicious woman who bore me into this ridiculous world.
- Gilbert's Father: How dare you, sir? Have you no respect?
- William Schwenck Gilbert: Don't misunderstand me, father. Nobody...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert
Charles Simon - Gilbert's Father

“- William Schwenck Gilbert: The traditional Japanese posture adopted by well-meaning, but misguided, underlings upon the departure of their august superiors.
- George Grossmith: Would that be a recognised Japanese attitude, sir?
- William Schwenck Gilbert: Not as yet, Grossmith, but I have every confidence that it shall become one.”

Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert
Martin Savage - George Grossmith

“Madam, I rather spend an afternoon in a Turkish bath with my mother than visit the dratted dentist.”
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“Nothing is impossible, Father, I often think of 6 impossible things before breakfast.”
Jim Broadbent - Mother

“- Mrs. Judd: You can't work on an empty stomach.
- William Schwenck Gilbert: I can't work at all, Mrs. Judd, if I'm being constantly pestered by interfering women with hot beef tea, cold compresses, mustard poultices, and excessive attacks of philanthropic zeal.”
Kate Doherty - Mrs. Judd
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“A Borrower is quiet, conscientious, and inconspicuous. We don't steal; we borrow.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock

“- Madame Gasket: Who are these losers?
- Fender: We, sir...
- Madame Gasket: I'm a woman.
- Fender: We've come to rescue our friend, you evil bag of bolts, and you shall be defeated by the very outmodes that you scorn and detest!”
Jim Broadbent - Madame Gasket
Robin Williams - Fender

“- Dad: Ciggy?
- Bridget Jones: No. No thanks. I've given up again.
- Dad: Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact that they might kill me before things actually get worse.”
Jim Broadbent - Dad
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones

“- William Schwenck Gilbert: Barker, what are you doing? Do you propose to join in?
- Richard Barker: My dancing days are long over, Mr. Gilbert.
- William Schwenck Gilbert: Over, Barker, but not forgotten.”
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert
Sam Kelly - Richard Barker

“- Eden Brent: There you are. Mr. Purcell, you have been stealing our dog yummies and eating them.
- Warner Purcell: Absolutely not. That's an outrageous suggestion.
- Eden Brent: Then let me see in your pockets.
- Warner Purcell: Would I eat dog food?
- Eden Brent: You'd eat anything that didn't eat you first, you big fat pot of helium.”
Tracey Ullman - Eden Brent
Jim Broadbent - Warner Purcell

“- Amsterdam Vallon: Suppose you back an Irish candidate, of my choosin', and I'll deliver all the Irish vote?
- William 'Boss' Tweed: That will only happen in the reign of Queen Dick.”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Amsterdam Vallon
Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed

“- Gilbert's Father: She is a veritable gorgon.
- William Schwenck Gilbert: She is indeed, and she has chosen her own path, and in so doing, she has turned her back on yourself and myself. And for that small mercy we should both of us be eternally grateful.”

Charles Simon - Gilbert's Father
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“- Gilbert's Father: A father should not have to seek permission to visit his own son!
- William Schwenck Gilbert: The son shouldn't be expected to be clairvoyant.”
Charles Simon - Gilbert's Father
Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“You have my sympathies, Lely. Unfortunately, your avocation as an actor compels you, on occasion, to endure the most ignominious indignities, to which Grossmith will doubtless testify.”

Jim Broadbent - William Schwenck Gilbert

“You know why he wears short sleeves? So they can see he's got nothing stashed. I hope that never becomes the fashion.”
Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed

“The appearance of law must be upheld, especially while it's being broken.”
Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed

“We're not vermin. We're not creeps. And we're not pests. We're Borrowers.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock

“We may be small but heaven help anyone who thinks he might squish us.”
Jim Broadbent - Pod Clock

“Faces are a doddle compared to tits and ass. No hairline.”
Jim Broadbent - Dr. Jaffe