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Cate Blanchett's Famous Lines
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Movie/TV title:

Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Character name:

Irina Spalko
Col. Dr. Irina Spalko
Agent Irina Spalko
Irina Spalko's Quote(s):

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"You are a ha
rd man to read, Dr. Jones."

Irina Spalko to Indiana Jones
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"Object we seek: rectangular storage container measuring two meters, by one half meter, by sixty-six centimeters. Contents o
f box: mummified remains. This is not all familiar to you?"

Irina Spalko, asking Indiana Jones
about the crate in Hangar 51

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"And now I am become death,
the destroyer of worlds."

Irina Spalko, quoting Robert Oppenheimer
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The Skull does not speak to everyone, it seems. Surely you're not afraid, Dr. Jones? You've spent your whole life searching for answers. Think of the truth, behind those eyes."

Irina Spalko to Indiana Jones

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Indiana Jones: "Careful, you may get exactly what you wish for."
Irina Spalko: "I usually do."

Indiana Jones and Irina Spalko

flixster.actor.standard.02.162659162 - flixster"Imagine. To peer across the world and know the enemy's secrets. To place our thoughts into the minds of your leaders; have your teachers teach the true version of history; your soldiers attack on our command. We will be everywhere at once, more powerful than a whisper, invading your dreams, thinking your thoughts for you while you sleep. We will change you, Dr. Jones, all of you, from the inside. We will turn you, into us. And the best part? You won't even know it's happening."

Irina Spalko, outlining her master plan

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"You fight like a young man!
Eager to begin, quick to finish!"

Irina Spalko to Mutt Williams

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"First time? Your wound, I mean."

Irina Spalko, after injuring Mutt below his right eye

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"Do svidaniya, Dr. Jones..."

Irina Spalko, bidding goodbye to Indiana Jones
before trying to ram him off a cliff

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"How fortunate our ability in failing to kill you, Dr. Jones.
You've become of service to us once again."

Irina Spalko to Indiana Jones

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"We will do this,
wha
t is expression, old fashioned way...
You will tell us"

Irina Spalko to Indiana Jones

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Character name:

Daisy

Daisy's Quote(s):

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Daisy: Benjamin, Where are you going?
Benjamin: Off to sea, I'll send you a postcard.
Daisy: Write me a postard from everywhere.

Daisy: I dream about being with you.
Benjamin: Go back to New York Daisy, go and dance, enjoy the company of people your own age, you will
only be your own age once, don't let anybody take that away from you...including me.

Daisy: This is my life now!

Daisy: Will you love me when I'm forty-five...and fifty and sixty...when you're thirty and twenty-five and twenty...?
Benjamin: I told you I'm going to love you forever. Nothing is going to change that.

Daisy: We're almost the same age. We're meeting in the middle.

Benjamin: I was thinking how nothing lasts. And what a shame that is.
Daisy: Some things last.


Daisy: You used to be odd. Now you make me curious.

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Movie/TV title: The Lord Of The Ring



Character name: Galadriel


Quote(s):
Fellowship of the Ring 2001

Galadriel: The one ring to rule them all.

Galadriel: It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for a new ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, the ring ensnared another bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But then something happened that the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...

Galadriel: I know what it is you saw, for it is also in my mind.
[telepathically]
Galadriel: It is what will come to pass, If you should fail. The Fellowship is breaking, it has already begun. He will try to take the Ring, you know of whom I speak. One by one, it will destroy them.
Frodo: [telepathically] If you ask it of me, I will give you the One Ring.
Galadriel: You offer it to me freely? I do not deny that my heart has greatly desired this.
[starts to grow dark]
Galadriel: In the place of a Dark Lord you would have a Queen! Not dark but beautiful and terrible as the Morn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!
[she stops]
Galadriel: I have passed the test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.
Frodo: I cannot do this alone.
Galadriel: You are a Ring-bearer, Frodo. To bear a Ring of Power is to be alone.
[pulls out her hand]
Galadriel: This is Nenya, the Ring of Adament. And I am it's keeper. This task was appointed to you, and if you do not find a way, no one will.
Frodo: I know what I must do, it's just that... I'm afraid to do it.
Galadriel: Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

Galadriel: We shall not meet again, Elessar.

[first lines]
Galadriel: The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power. But they were, all of them, deceived, for another Ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master Ring, to control all others. And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. One Ring to rule them all.

Galadriel: It betrayed Isildur to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth, and for two and half thousand years the Ring passed out of all knowledge. Until when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there, it consumed him. The Ring brought to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind. And in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forest of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power perceived. Its time had now come.

Galadriel: The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true.

Galadriel: For the time would soon come when hobbits would shape the fortunes of all.

Galadriel: For you, Samwise Gamgee, Elven rope, made of Hithline.
Sam: Thank You M'Lady... Have you ran out of those nice shiny daggers?

Galadriel: I give you the light of Eärendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
Two Towers 2002

Gandalf: You cannot pass!
Frodo: Gandalf!
Gandalf: I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. Go back to the shadow. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun! You shall not pass!
Galadriel: The power of the enemy is growing. Sauron will use his puppet Saruman to destroy the people of Rohan. Isengard has been unleashed. The Eye of Sauron now turns to Gondor, the last free kingdom of men. His war on this country will come swiftly. He senses the Ring is close. The strength of the Ringbearer is failing. In his heart, Frodo begins to understand. The quest will claim his life. You know this. You have foreseen it. It is the risk we all took. In the gathering dark, the will of the Ring grows strong. It works hard now to find its way back into the hands of men. Men, who are so easily seduced by its power. The young captain of Gondor has but to extend his hand, take the Ring for his own and the world will fall. It is close now, so close to achieving its goal. For Sauron will have dominion over all life on this Earth, even unto the ending of the world. The time of the elves is over. Do we leave Middle-Earth to its fate? Do we let them stand alone?

Galadriel: The time of the Elves is over. Do we leave Middle-earth to its fate? Do we let them stand alone?


Return of the King 2003

Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.
Elrond: [in Elvish] The Sea calls us home.
Bilbo: [smiling] I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure!
[Bilbo climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel follows with Celeborn]
Gandalf: Farewell, my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
[Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting]
Gandalf: It is time, Frodo.
Sam: What does he mean?
Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved... But not for me.
Sam: [weeping] You don't mean that. You can't leave.
Frodo: [hands Sam the Red Book] The last pages are for you, Sam.

Galadriel: The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.
Elrond: I Aear c?n ven na mar.
[Elvish: The Sea calls us home]
Bilbo: I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure.
[Climbs on board with Elrond. Galadriel gets on boat with Celeborn]
Gandalf: Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep... not all tears are an evil.
[Heads to the ship, then turns around, waiting]
Gandalf: It is time, Frodo.
Sam: What does he mean?
Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me.
Sam: You don't mean that. You can't leave.

Galadriel: This task was appointed to you, Frodo of the Shire. If you do not find a way, no one will.

Galadriel: And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Earendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out.
Frodo: Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima
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Cate Blanchett Quotes

Cate Blanchett

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"It's part of my job [as an actor]. You can't play Veronica Guerin [puts on heavy Strine] sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing an accent - unless it's a farce - is that it's not slapped on."
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On working on Ron Howards' The Missing: "I loved making it, I had a ball - cowboys and Indians. This is the thing, I love doing things which I'd never envisaged before. And so getting me on the back of a horse, with Tommy Lee Jones and shooting guns and chasing Indians, it's just not something that I would have expected myself to be doing."
Cate Blanchett


I had never done anything with blue screen before, or prosthetics, or anything like that. "Lord of the Rings" was like stepping into a videogame for me. It was another world completely. But, to be honest, I basically did it so that I could have the ears. I thought they would really work with my bare head."
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"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state."
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"Thank you.I so didn't expected this.I wore a really tight dress that's very ungracious walking up those stairs.Thank you very much, I sort of don't know where to begin. Playing Katharine Hepburn, I absolutely did not expect to be standing here in front of you all. But Hepburn aside, I actually would like to say, as an actor coming from another country to this country, I am so astounded and amazed, and grateful, at the power of the SAG union and what it does for its members. And I hope that other countries, mine own included, you know, is inspired by that - I think it's incredible.
Cate Blanchett
On her SAG acceptance speech Feb. 5, 2005


"The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?'"
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"There's this sense that of course you want to be famous. When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame."
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"If you know you are going to fail,
then fail gloriously!"

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"You know, when you see yourself on a big screen, I tend to watch from behind my hands. There is absolutely the regret. You always get that at the end of every project. That's what's great about theater: at least every night you get the chance to go out and re-offend. I'm endlessly disappointed, which is what propels me into the next project, probably, not to repair the damage but to kind of hopefully keep developing. Otherwise there's no reason to keep doing it, is there?"
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On her hair color: "Look, it's one of the great mysteries of the world, I cannot answer that question. I think I'm vaguely blonde. To be perfectly frank, I don't know."
Cate Blanchett


"I'm one of those strange beasts
who really likes a corset."
Cate Blanchett


"It's not just women on film, 18-year-old girls feel pressure to do preventative injecting. I see someone's face, someone's body who'd had children and I think they're the song lines of your experience, and why would you want to eradicate that? I look at people sort of entombing themselves and all you see is their little pin holes of terror... and you think, just live your life, death is not going to be any easier just because your face can't move."
Cate Blanchett
On her dislike for Botox


"Absolutely not. I'm an actress."
Cate Blanchett
When asked if she would
ever appear on Neighbours


"Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them."
Cate Blanchett


"I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction. I suppose I find the freedom in anonymity actually enables you to engage in the world, which for me is the cornerstone of an actor's tool"
"Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it."
Cate Blanchett


"Thank you to Martin Scorsese - I hope my son will marry your daughter."
Cate Blanchett


Actresses can get outrageously precious about the way they look. That's not what life's about. If you starve yourself to the point where your brain cells shrivel, you will never do good work. And if you're overly conscious of your arms flapping in the wind, how can you look the other actor in the eye to respond to them?"
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"It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career."
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"You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually."
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"If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state"
Cate Blanchett
On Her thoughts on models


"I certainly think that when I flick through all the magazines at the hairdresser's I like to see and am drawn to images that have an intelligence and mind at work behind them."
Cate Blanchett


"I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?"
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"You can't be trying to make a film that pleases all people, you know, so it's not a concern of mine"
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"I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory."
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"I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me. "
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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre'.
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Quotes About Cate Blanchett
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"She's very subtle, yet boiling away inside.
And I admire the fact that she's very private.
You need to have that mystery."

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