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The Quotable Matthew MacFadyen
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Matthew MacFadyen's Famous Lines

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Movie/TV title
:Enigma

Character name
:Lt.Cave

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Baxter: What? Sacrifice a convoy to get back into Shark? Of course I would. How many men has Stalin had to sacrifice so far? A million? Two million? It's called "the greater good."
Cave: Spoken like someone who isn't in the middle of the North Atlantic at this moment.

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Movie/TV title
:Maybe Baby

Character name
:Nigel

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Nigel: Wooly thinking is for sheep; the fox gets the cream!

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Movie/TV title
:Death at a Funeral

Character name
:Daniel

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Daniel: [glances into the coffin just presented to him] Who is this?
Undertaker: Pardon me?
Daniel: This is not my father.

[repeated line]
Daniel: My father was an exceptional man...

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Movie/TV title
:The Reckoning

Character name
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King's Justice

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Movie/TV title
:In My Father's Den

Character name
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Paul Prior

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Paul Prior: My mum - she was very religious. She had these little sermons about the beauty God hides away in little corners... My dad didn't believe in anything - he was an atheist.

Andrew: You know, sometimes I look at you and all I see is him. Just him. I find that quite disheartening
Paul Prior: Yeah, well, at least I didn't marry my mother.


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Movie/TV title:Little Dorrit

Character name:
Arthur Clennam
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Movie/TV title:Spooks

Character name:Tom Quinn

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Danny Hunter: Standby for lift.
Tom Quinn: What? You see that bag? She could have ten devices in there. You still want to go and give her a hug?

Mary Kane: That was unfortunate.
Tom Quinn: Really. Really? Well, here's something else really unfortunate, you'll be on death row by the time you give birth. We found the pregnancy kit by the way, in your rubbish. Blue. Congratulations.

Tom Quinn: I am in no mood to schmooze Christine Dale. I rather bite her head off.

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Movie/TV title:Ashes to Ashes

Character name:
Gil Hollis

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Movie/TV title:Pride & Prejudice

Character name:Mr Darcy


Quote(s):
Mr. Darcy: So this is your opinion of me. Thank you for explaining so fully. Perhaps these offences might have be overlooked had not your pride been hurt by my honesty...
Elizabeth Bennet: My pride?
Mr. Darcy: ...in admitting scruples about our relationship. Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?
Elizabeth Bennet: And those are the words of a gentleman. From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.
[they look at each other for a long time as though about to kiss]
Mr. Darcy: Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.


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Movie/TV title
:Frost/Nixon

Character name:John Birt


Quote(s):
David Frost: I've had an idea for an interview: Richard Nixon.
John Birt: You're a talk show host. I spent yesterday watching you interview the Bee Gees.
David Frost: Weren't they terrific?



Matthew MacFadyen Quotes
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"The other day, I was somewhere terribly glamorous - Brent Cross, I think it was - and a guy came up to me and said, 'I've blown your cover."
I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me. I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.
[On approaching the character of Mr. Darcy for Pride and Prejudice:] I find Darcy very sympathetic, I find it heartbreaking that he's seen as very haughty and proud - and he is those things - but he's a young man who is still grieving for his parents. He's from an ancient family and has this huge responsibility, but it seemed to me that he's still trying to work out who he is and how to be in the world. I found that very interesting, and I found him very sympathetic.
[When asked if modern viewers will view Mr. Darcy differently.] I think looking at it now, Darcy would seem much more snobbish in our understanding of the word than he would then. To somebody like Darcy, it would have been a big deal for him to get over this difference in their status, and to be able to say to Lizzie that he loved her. We would think it was incredibly snobbish and elitist, but it wasn't for him. It would have been a big admission, and he would have found it very vulgar. It's a bigger divide than it would have been then is what I'm saying.





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