Man of La Mancha (1972)
James Coco: Sancho Panza
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Quotes
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Sancho : Dying is such a waste of good health.
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Don Quixote : [about to attack the windmill] Ho, there, foul monster! Cease the knocking at thy craven knees and prepare to do battle!
Sancho Panza : [nearly simultaneously] Your Grace, I swear by my wife's little black moustache that's not a giant, it's only a...
[with a yell, Don Quixote charges off]
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Aldonza : All right, you're a squire. How does a squire squire?
Sancho Panza : Well, first, I ride behind him. Then he fights. And then I pick him up off the ground.
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Don Quixote : Dost not see? A monstrous giant of infamous repute whom I intend to encounter.
Sancho Panza : It's a windmill.
Don Quixote : A giant. Canst thou not see the four great arms whirling at his back?
Sancho Panza : A giant?
Don Quixote : Exactly.
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The Barber : [singing, of Don Quixote] I can hear the cuckoo singing in the cuckooberry tree.
Sancho Panza : [singing] If he says that that's a helmet, I suggest that you agree.
The Barber : [singing] But he'll find it is not gold and will not make him bold and brave.
Sancho Panza : [singing] Well, at least he'll find it useful if he ever needs a shave.
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Sancho Panza : Many a man has gone to bed feeling well, only to wake up the next morning and find himself dead.
Don Quixote : That's a proverb.
Sancho Panza : Yes, Your Grace.
Don Quixote : I don't approve of them.
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Captain of the Guard : If you need anything, just shout... If you're able.
Cervantes' Manservant : What did he mean by that?
Miguel de Cervantes : He meant to frighten us. I think they intend us to stay.
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Miguel de Cervantes : We are to appear before the Inquisition.
The Governor : Heresy?
Miguel de Cervantes : No, not exactly. You see, we were presenting an entertainment.
The Governor : An entertainment? How does an entertainment get into trouble with the Inquisition?
Cervantes' Manservant : Perhaps they found an entertainment is not always what it seems.
The Governor : [to the Manservant] But why are YOU here?
Cervantes' Manservant : Somebody has to stage-manage the stage.
The Governor : Ho, ho! These two have empty holes in their heads!
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Don Quixote : Victory.
Aldonza : Victory?
Sancho Panza : Victory.
Don Quixote : Victory!
Aldonza : Victory!
Sancho Panza : Victory?
Don Quixote : Victory! VIctory! Victory!
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Alonso Quijana : My friend.
Sancho Panza : Did your Grace say something?
Alonso Quijana : You are a fat pudding stuffed with proverbs.
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Don Quixote : Knowest thou what that really is?
The Barber : Uh-uh.
Don Quixote : The Golden Helmet of Mambrino. When worn by one of noble heart, it rendereth him invulnerable to all wounds. From what fallen knight didst thou steal it?
The Barber : I didn't steal it.
Don Quixote : Surrender it!
The Barber : Well, it cost me half a crown!
Don Quixote : Surrender it, or I'll split...
[the Barber screams as he drops the shaving basin]
Sancho Panza : I must say, Your Grace, it is worth half a crown.
Don Quixote : Peasant.
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Sancho Panza : Whether the stone hits the pitcher or the pitcher hits the stone, it's going to be bad for the pitcher.
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Sancho Panza : And she yells at me, "Where's all the gold and all the jewels you were going to bring back? Where's that kingdom you were going to conquer?" Well, I kept a dignified silence, your Grace, because there are some questions you just can't answer. Like when a man yells, "What are you doing with my wife?" That's a question you just can't answer.
