“The Crown” quotes
Title The Crown
Director Peter Morgan
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Director Peter Morgan
Genre Drama, History, Biography
Plot – This show focuses on the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times as she finds herself leading the world's most famous monarchy at just twenty-five years old. Prepare for an inside look at the world of power and privilege behind the locked doors of the Buckingham Palace.
All actors – Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Imelda Staunton, Matt Smith, Tobias Menzies, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Elizabeth Debicki, Charles Edwards, Marion Bailey, Victoria Hamilton, Helena Bonham Carter, Vanessa Kirby, Pip Torrens, Sam Phillips, Erin Doherty, Will Keen, Josh O'Connor, Lizzy McInnerny, Chris Gordon, James Hillier, Nick Owenford, John Lithgow, Jeremy Northam, Harry Hadden-Paton, Clive Francis, Teddy Lewis, Billy Jenkins, Nicholas Rowe, Daniel Ings, Ben Miles, Penny Downie, Greg Wise, Dame Eileen Atkins, Gillian Anderson
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“To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human.”
“The first 10 years of marriage are just an overture. That there’s often a crisis at 10 years, but then you work it out and settle in and it’s only then that it really gets into its stride.”
“In the first flush of a romantic love, we’re all blind. We see only what we want to see.”
“Monarchy is God’s sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God.”
“Look, I’m strong. You know that. And I can cope with the truth. I just demand to know the truth. It’s when people don’t tell me the truth that I can’t bear it.”
“It is better to be patient and get what you desire in the right time, than have high office thrust upon you when you are not ready.”
“I learned very early on that it’s wise not to take things for granted.”
“People have to be angry at someone. But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.”
“They say listening is important in any marriage.”
“No man should be punished for love.”
“To do nothing is often the best course of action, but I know from personal experience how frustrating it can be. History was not made by those who did nothing.”
“Where there is heroism there will always be hope.”
“I am Queen, but I am also a woman. And a wife.
”“In an increasingly complex world, we all need certainty.”
“It’s really one of the great paradoxes of being in a position where I have to talk to a great many people, but deep down, I’m happiest with animals.”
“Would you like to know the principle, perhaps only advantage, of being the Chief Patron of the English Bowling Association? My fellow patrons are frequently too old or too ill to meet.”
“That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.”
“We’re all dying. That’s what defines the condition of living.”
“In any marriage it’s important to find things that really bind you together, as a couple.”
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