Miranda Richardson movie quotes

“- Virginia Woolf: Leonard thinks it's the end of civilization: People who are invited at 4 and arrive at 2:30.
- Vanessa Bell: Oh God.
- Virginia Woolf: Barbarians.”
Nicole Kidman - Virginia Woolf
Miranda Richardson - Vanessa Bell

“- Prince Chululongkorn: But royal palace is centre of whole universe.
- Anna Leonowens: Well, I suppose we think that of all our homes really, whether you live in a palace or not.”

Allen D. Hong - Prince Chululongkorn
Miranda Richardson - Anna Leonowens

“Your aunt is a very lucky woman Angelica. She has two lives. The life she is living, and the book she is writing.”

Miranda Richardson - Vanessa Bell

“You don't own the truth about how we get through this, Miss Brittain. Your opinion is just that, an opinion, and you'd do well to remember it.”
Miranda Richardson - Miss Lorimer

“- Anna Von Hagen: We put them in cattle cars and shipped them east. Always east.
- Charlie Maguire: To the Ukraine, you mean? To the resettlement camps?
- Anna Von Hagen: Ja, we resettle them. In the air.”

Jean Marsh - Anna Von Hagen
Miranda Richardson - Charlie Maguire

“You can't please all the people all the time.”
Miranda Richardson

“London keeps me grounded.”
Miranda Richardson

“You can have a laugh in Los Angeles, or you can weep in Los Angeles, depending on your attitude towards it.”
Miranda Richardson

“- Jude: What do you think of the hair?
- Fergus: It suits you.
- Jude: Aye. I was sick of being a blonde. I needed a tougher look, and you know what I mean.”
Miranda Richardson - Jude
Stephen Rea - Fergus

“- Tuptim: For your room, Mrs. Anna.
- Anna Leonowens: Oh, how lovely!
- Anna Leonowens: Oh, you must have something in return.
- Tuptim: Oh no, Mrs. Anna, you will be punished for giving book to servant!
- Anna Leonowens: Oh, nonsense, I'm a teacher.”

Armi Arabe Abiera - Tuptim
Miranda Richardson - Anna Leonowens

“- Caroline Dester: I want to just sit and not talk and not have to be the centre of attention all the time. You know what that's like don't you?
- Rose Arbuthnot: No.”
Polly Walker - Caroline Dester
Miranda Richardson - Rose Arbuthnot

“Being royal requires you to sacrifice who you are for who you must be.”
Miranda Richardson - Queen Rosalind

“- Anthony Findlater: She eats like a bird...
- Ruth Ellis: Really? My son tells me birds eat twice their own weight every day.”

Tom Chadbon - Anthony Findlater
Miranda Richardson - Ruth Ellis

“Escaped French prisoners are all very well in their place, but their place is not my drawing-room.”
Miranda Richardson - Susan Gilchrist

“- Madame Giry: [about the Phantom] He's a genius. He's an architect and designer, he's a composer and magician... a genius, monsieur!
- Raoul: But clearly, Madame Giry, genius has turned to madness.”
Miranda Richardson - Madame Giry
Patrick Wilson - Raoul

“- Soren: Miss Paige, the Queen would like to see you immediately. [Soren and Paige walk down hallway to the Queen's office] Don't worry, I'll be by your side the entire time.
- Queen: Soren, get out.
- Soren: Yes, Your Majesty.”
Ben Miller - Soren
Miranda Richardson - Queen Rosalind

- Anna Von Hagen: It was a real problem for me, making a career in Hollywood.
- Charlie Maguire: Why?
- Anna Von Hagen: Jews. They controlled all the studios, you know - they even tried to keep me out of Broadway. The public wanted me, you see... and then "they" started the war.
Jean Marsh - Anna Von Hagen
Miranda Richardson - Charlie Maguire

“Why do you care all of a sudden? Because he's dead? Where were you when he was alive?”

Miranda Richardson - Gloria Carter

“What do you think you're gonna do? Come in here and fix things? You don't fix things, Jack. You break things. Remember?”

Miranda Richardson - Gloria Carter

- Mrs. Tweedy: Imagine. In less than a fortnight, every grocers' in the county will be stocked with box upon box of Mrs. Tweedy's Homemade Chicken Pies.
- Mr. Tweedy: Just "Mrs."?
- Mrs. Tweedy: Woman's touch. Makes the public feel more comfortable.
Miranda Richardson - Mrs. Tweedy
Tony Haygarth - Mr. Tweedy

“- Blondie O'Hara: Those aren't customers, those are voters. They ship 'em from all over the state. Each of 'em vote ten, twelve times. Used to get their names outta the cemetary, but I don't even think they bother anymore.
- Johnny Flynn: [to crowd of men] You'll be exercising your God-given right to vote. However, you'll be voting the way I...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Blondie O'Hara
Steve Buscemi - Johnny Flynn
Miranda Richardson - Carolyn Stilton

“- Charlie Maguire: They killed all the Jews.
- Xavier March: No, we didn't. We resettled them. We gave them their own piece of land.”
Miranda Richardson - Charlie Maguire
Rutger Hauer - SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

“- Dil: A girl has to have a bit of glamour.
- Jude: Oh, absolutely. As long as she can keep it.”
Jaye Davidson - Dil
Miranda Richardson - Jude

“- David Blakeley: I want you to marry me.
- Ruth Ellis: Why? Are you pregnant?”
Rupert Everett - David Blakeley
Miranda Richardson - Ruth Ellis