Cleopatra (1963)

Rex Harrison: Julius Caesar

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• Julius Caesar : You all look so impressive. Any one of you could be king.

  Pothinus : His Majesty King Ptolemy, kindred of Horus and Ra, beloved of Thoth...

  Julius Caesar : Et cetera, et cetera; you welcome me. And I, Gaius Julius Caesar, Consul of the Roman Senate, Pontifex Maximus, et cetera, et cetera, thank you.

• Julius Caesar : [speaking of the Grand Eunuch]  ... a position not acquired without some, shall we say, sacrifices?

• Julius Caesar : Two hours until dawn. We will hold where we are.

  Agrippa : And what happens at dawn?

  Julius Caesar : I thought you knew. The sun comes up.

• Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra]  You, a descendant of generations of inbred, incestuous, mental defectives!

• Julius Caesar : Ah, yes. I seem to recall some mention of an obsession you have about your divinity... Isis, is it not?

  Cleopatra : I shall have to insist that you mind what you say. I AM Isis. I am worshipped by millions who believe it. You are not to confuse what I am with the so-called divine origin which every Roman general seems to acquire together with his shield. It was, uh, Venus you chose to be descended from, wasn't it?

• Julius Caesar : Germanicus! A guard to escort Queen Cleopatra to her apartments.

  Germanicus : Guard!

  Cleopatra : The corridors are dark gentlemen, but you mustn't be afraid. I am with you.

• Julius Caesar : [after the execution of Pothinus]  Return Apollodorus's dagger to him, but clean it first. It has Pothinus all over it.

• Cleopatra : Catullus doesn't approve of you. Why haven't you had him killed?

  Julius Caesar : Because *I* approve of *him.*

• Cleopatra : We've gotten off to a bad start. I've done noting but rub you the wrong way.

  Julius Caesar : I'm not sure I want to be rubbed by you at all.

• Julius Caesar : When can you start?

  Canidius : Whenever you say.

  Julius Caesar : Then at once. And in Rome, Marc Antony is to speak for Caesar. There is to be no question about his authority to act in my name.

  Canidius : His word will be yours. And as always, Caesar's word will be law.

  Julius Caesar : Of course. And remind him to keep his legions intact. They make the law legal.

• Julius Caesar : I find I can tell more about the quality of merchandise by examining the back side first.

• Julius Caesar : Isis herself would surrender her place in heaven to be as beautiful as you.

  Cleopatra : You're not supposed to look at me. No one is.

  Julius Caesar : Well if they aren't looking, how can they know that I am.

• Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra]  Daughter of an idiotic flute-playing drunkard who bribed his way to the throne of Egypt. I've had my fill with the smug condescension of you worn-out pretenders, parading on the ruins of your past glories.

• Agrippa : Nothing bores me so much as an intellectual!

  Julius Caesar : Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.

• Cleopatra : You can do what you want with your time.

  Julius Caesar : Everything but make it stand still.

• Julius Caesar : Why are the eyes of a statue always without life?

• Rufio : "In obtaining her objectives, she has been known to use torture, poison... and even her own sexual talents, which are said to be considerable. Her lovers, I am told, are listed more easily by number than by name. It is said that she chooses in the manner of a man... rather than wait to be chosen after womanly fashion." Well, there's more reason than we thought... for not wanting to leave you two alone, eh, sir'?

  Julius Caesar : I'm sorry, Rufio, I wasn't listening.

• Julius Caesar : Trust? Not for a minute. "Trust." The word has always made me apprehensive. Like wine, whenever I've tried it, the aftereffects have not been good.

• Julius Caesar : [to Cleopatra]  Have you broken out of your nursery, young lady, to come irritate the adults?

• Theodotos : May I speak? You know that Achilles is trapped... between your own legions and the armies of Mithradates. To send His Majesty to fight them may mean his death.

  Julius Caesar : An occupational hazard for those who will be king.

• Marc Antony : There's not enough gold in Egypt to buy the honor of a Roman senator.

  Julius Caesar : More than enough, it seems, to buy his vote.

• Julius Caesar : This is opposition of a different sort. They weave it cleverly, lightly, like a cobweb. You know what happens when cobwebs are not regularly swept away.

• Julius Caesar : Well, there's no such thing as an unimportant war.

• Julius Caesar : One lifetime is not enough for such dreams, such ambitions.