Rosemary Harris movie quotes

“I believe there's a hero in all of us, that keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die with pride.”
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“My sister Pam and I were raised on the North West Frontier of India, on the border with Afghanistan.”
Rosemary Harris

“You must try to find joy in your life.”

Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors

“I have seen the collapse of government after government, and they all think they can last a thousand years. Each new one always declares the last one criminal and corrupt, and always promises a future of justice and freedom.”
Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors

“Kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us.”

Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“I never thought of acting as a career. I thought of it as a job that paid me a living, and it was something I loved doing.”
Rosemary Harris

“If it’s the theatre and the stage that really interests you, you should work on your voice, develop its range and flexibility and most important of all – projection.”
Rosemary Harris

“- Norman Osborn: A bit of a slob, isn't he?
- Aunt May: All brilliant men are.”

Willem Dafoe - Norman Osborn
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“- Peter Parker: Can I do anything for you?
- Aunt May: You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman, you know.”
Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“- Emmanuel Sonnenschein: There's too much salt in this soup.
- Valerie: Then the cook must be in love.
- Gustave: You must have made the soup then.
- Valerie: What do you mean by that, Gustave?
- Gustave: You and Ignatz kissing in the museum garden yesterday, and Tuesday.”
David de Keyser - Emmanuel Sonnenschein
Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors
James Frain - Gustave Sonnenschein

“A man needs to put his wife before himself. Can you do that?”

Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“I don't think it's for us to say whether a person deserves to live or die.”
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“He meant the world to us and he wouldn't want us living one second with revenge in our hearts. It's like a poison. It can take you over. Before you know it, turn us into something ugly.”

Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“You start by doing the hardest thing: you forgive yourself. I believe in you. You're a good person. And I know you'll find a way to put it right. In time.”

Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer.”
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

- Uncle Ben: And the Lord said, "Let there be light". And voilà! There is light. Forty soft, glowing watts of it.
- Aunt May: Good boy. God will be thrilled, just don't fall on your ass.

Cliff Robertson - Ben Parker
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

“Politics has made a mess of our lives.”
Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors

“- Peter Parker: I can't help thinking about... the last thing I said to him. He tried to tell me something important, and I threw it in his face.
- Aunt May: You loved him. And he loved you. He never doubted the man you'd grow into; how you were meant for great things. You won't disappoint him.”

Tobey Maguire - Peter Parker
Rosemary Harris - May Parker

I left your grandfather once. I fell in love with another man. Your grandfather and I hadn't been getting along. He wasn't the sort of person I hoped he'd be. The other man was passionate, a wonderful lover. That is important, darling. He gave me an old medallion engraved with: "I love you".

Rosemary Harris - Valerie Sors

“Do Nazis answer prayers, Herr Lieberman? No, that is God's business and I have thanked Him every night since He pushed Emil under that car. He could have done it sooner, but I thank Him anyway.”
Rosemary Harris - Mrs. Doring