Stephen Fry movie quotes

- Cheshire Cat: What do you call yourself?
- Alice: Alice.
- Cheshire Cat: "The" Alice?
- Alice: There's been some debate about that.
- Cheshire Cat: I never get involved in politics.
Stephen Fry - Cheshire Cat
Mia Wasikowska - Alice in Wondeland

“- White Queen: Hatter's counting on you.
- Cheshire Cat: We all are.”
Anne Hathaway - Mirana
Stephen Fry - Cheshire Cat

“- Sarah Johnson: There they are, in bed, together!
- Peter Morton: With Maggie on top?
- Sarah Johnson: Like she was in a rodeo!”

Alphonsia Emmanuel - Sarah Johnson
Stephen Fry - Peter Morton

“I do believe in anything, provided it is incredible. That's why I intend to die a Catholic, though I never could live as one.”
Stephen Fry - Oscar Wilde

“- Mad Hatter: [to Time] Is it true that you heal all wounds?
- March Hare: [sits next to Time and elbows him] Time is on my side!
- Mad Hatter: Why is it that you wait for no man?
- Mallymkun: [covers one eye] I just can't find the time!
- [Cheshire appears behind Time]
- Mallymkun: Cheshire! Where have you been? You're late.
- Cheshire Cat:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Johnny Depp - The Mad Hatter
Paul Whitehouse - Thackery
Barbara Windsor - Mallymkun
Stephen Fry - Cheshire Cat

“- James Moreland: I mean, it's not as if he has never shown signs of normal intelligence.
- Catherine Boyd: Think of that! Nuclear fusion.
- James Moreland: I suppose these things happen. Idiot-savant, you know. A mental patient plays perfect chess. A nine year old from Alabama suddenly starts speaking in iambic pentameter...”

Stephen Fry - James Moreland
Meg Ryan - Catherine Boyd

“- Mybug: We met in London.
- Amos Starkadder: Aye, the Devil's city. The stinking pit of whoredom.”
Stephen Fry - Mybug
Sir Ian McKellen - Amos Starkadder

“I believe I am what is commonly termed bisexual, which is by the by because actually I no longer sleep with men or women. But if I did, I promise you, you'd be right up there on my wish list, together with Michelle Pfeiffer and... River Phoenix.”

Stephen Fry - Peter Morton

“- Peter Morton: Did you bring a surfboard?
- Andrew: No, that's just Carol.”
Stephen Fry - Peter Morton
Sir Kenneth Branagh - Andrew

“The Encyclopedia Galactica, in its chapter on Love states that it is far too complicated to define. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of love: Avoid, if at all possible. Unfortunately, Arthur Dent has never read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.”
Stephen Fry - Narrator

“A man who no more knows his destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East India company.”
Stephen Fry - The Guide

“The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.”
Stephen Fry

“Nudity is a deep worry if you have a body like a bin bag full of
yoghurt, which I have.”

Stephen Fry

“I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking
about oneself.”

Stephen Fry

“- Ed Walters: You see, you have a Lucas type four generator on a 12-volt system, and you know the British. They'd rather spend time gluing wood on a dashboard than getting the electrical system right.
- James Moreland: Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?
- Ed Walters: Well, my guess is your stroke is too short and you're getting...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tim Robbins - Ed Walters
Stephen Fry - James Moreland

“- Lord Alfred Douglas: You like to write about dukes and duchesses, but you know nothing about them. You're the biggest snob I've ever met, and you think you're so daring because you fuck the occasional boy.
- Oscar Wilde: Bosie, please... You're killing me...
- Lord Alfred Douglas: You just about do when you're at your best. You're amusing,...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jude Law - Lord Alfred Douglas
Stephen Fry - Oscar Wilde

“Space, says the introduction to the guide, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind bogglingly big it is. And so on.”
Stephen Fry - Narrator

“- Boris Podolsky: James! How's the rat business?
- James Moreland: Well, actually it's mostly students I'm experimenting on now.
- Kurt Gödel: My God, the mazes must be enormous.”
Gene Saks - Boris Podolsky
Stephen Fry - James Moreland
Lou Jacobi - Kurt Gödel

“What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue: Consider yourself lucky that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your present circumstances seems more likely, consider yourself lucky that it won't be troubling you much longer.”
Stephen Fry - The Guide

- Andrew: Let's try to be nice to each other. Cause it's New Year's fucking Eve, isn't it? New Year's fucking Eve, in Peter's fucking mansion, where Peter gets to be the lord of the manor, and I get to regret ever leaving England!
- Peter Morton: Andrew I know this isn't you speaking, this is "drunk you".

Sir Kenneth Branagh - Andrew
Stephen Fry - Peter Morton

“- Maggie Chester: You slept with Sarah, I know you did!
- Peter Morton: Oh, my dear, the Archbishop of Canterbury has slept with Sarah! And that was years ago.”

Emma Thompson - Maggie Chester
Stephen Fry - Peter Morton

“It is beautiful. It is fine. It is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it. It is intellectual. And it repeatedly exists between an elder and a younger man when the elder has intellect and the younger man has all the joy, hope and glamour of life before him. That it should be so, the world does not understand. The...” (continue)(continue reading)

Stephen Fry - Oscar Wilde

“In the beginning the universe was created. This made a lot of people angry and has widely been considered as a bad move.”
Stephen Fry - The Guide

“It's funny, with both my parents gone, I suddenly have this overwhelming urge to act maturely.”

Stephen Fry - Peter Morton

“The best drink in existance is the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which, is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon... wrapped around a large gold brick.”
Stephen Fry - The Guide