The King's Speech Quotes
Lionel Logue : What was your earliest memory?
King George VI : I'm not... -here to discuss... -personal matters.
Lionel Logue : Why are you here then?
King George VI : Because I bloody well stammer!
King George VI : I'm not... -here to discuss... -personal matters.
Lionel Logue : Why are you here then?
King George VI : Because I bloody well stammer!
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Lionel Logue : Do you know any jokes?
King George VI : ...Timing isn't my strong suit.
King George VI : ...Timing isn't my strong suit.
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King George VI : [ Sees Logue is sitting on the coronation throne ] What are you doing? Get up! You can't sit there! GET UP!
Lionel Logue : Why not? It's a chair.
King George VI : No, that. It is not a chair. T-that... that is Saint Edward's chair.
Lionel Logue : People have carved their names on it.
King George VI : [ Simultaneously ] That... chair... is the seat on which every king and queen has... That is the Stone of Scone you ah-are trivializing everything. You trivialize...
Lionel Logue : [ Simultaneously ] It's held in place by a large rock. I don't care about how many royal arseholes have sat in this chair.
King George VI : Listen to me. *Listen to me!*
Lionel Logue : Listen to you? By what right?
King George VI : By divine right if you must, I am your king.
Lionel Logue : No you're not, you told me so yourself. You didn't want it. Why should I waste my time listening?
King George VI : Because I have a right to be heard. I have a voice!
Lionel Logue : [ pauses ] Yes, you do. [ Longer pause ]
Lionel Logue : You have such perseverance Bertie, you're the bravest man I know.
Lionel Logue : Why not? It's a chair.
King George VI : No, that. It is not a chair. T-that... that is Saint Edward's chair.
Lionel Logue : People have carved their names on it.
King George VI : [ Simultaneously ] That... chair... is the seat on which every king and queen has... That is the Stone of Scone you ah-are trivializing everything. You trivialize...
Lionel Logue : [ Simultaneously ] It's held in place by a large rock. I don't care about how many royal arseholes have sat in this chair.
King George VI : Listen to me. *Listen to me!*
Lionel Logue : Listen to you? By what right?
King George VI : By divine right if you must, I am your king.
Lionel Logue : No you're not, you told me so yourself. You didn't want it. Why should I waste my time listening?
King George VI : Because I have a right to be heard. I have a voice!
Lionel Logue : [ pauses ] Yes, you do. [ Longer pause ]
Lionel Logue : You have such perseverance Bertie, you're the bravest man I know.
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[ watching a clip of Hitler speaking ]
Lilibet : What's he saying?
King George VI : I don't know but... he seems to be saying it rather well.
Lilibet : What's he saying?
King George VI : I don't know but... he seems to be saying it rather well.
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Queen Elizabeth : [ Using the name "Mrs. Johnson" ] My husband's work involves a great deal of public speaking.
Lionel Logue : Then he should change jobs.
Queen Elizabeth : He can't.
Lionel Logue : What is he, an indentured servant?
Queen Elizabeth : Something like that.
Lionel Logue : Then he should change jobs.
Queen Elizabeth : He can't.
Lionel Logue : What is he, an indentured servant?
Queen Elizabeth : Something like that.
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Myrtle Logue : Will their Majesties be staying for dinner? [ Logue and Bertie look panic-stricken. Elizabeth comes to the rescue ]
Queen Elizabeth : We would love to, such a treat, but alas... a previous engagement. What a pity.
Queen Elizabeth : We would love to, such a treat, but alas... a previous engagement. What a pity.
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Lionel Logue : [ as George "Berty" is lighting up a cigarette ] Please don't do that.
King George VI : I'm sorry?
Lionel Logue : I believe sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you.
King George VI : My physicians say it relaxes the throat.
Lionel Logue : They're idiots.
King George VI : They've all been knighted.
Lionel Logue : Makes it official then.
King George VI : I'm sorry?
Lionel Logue : I believe sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you.
King George VI : My physicians say it relaxes the throat.
Lionel Logue : They're idiots.
King George VI : They've all been knighted.
Lionel Logue : Makes it official then.
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King George VI : If I'm King, where's my power? Can I form a government? Can I levy a tax, declare a war? No! And yet I am the seat of all authority. Why? Because the nation believes that when I speak, I speak for them. But I can't speak.
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Queen Elizabeth : [ to Winston Churchill, on the hold that Wallis Simpson seems to have on Edward VIII ] Apparently she has certain skills - acquired at an establishment in Shanghai.
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Lionel Logue : Do you know the "f" word?
King George VI : Ffff... fornication?
King George VI : Ffff... fornication?
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King George VI : David? I've been trying to see you.
King Edward VIII : I've been terribly busy.
King George VI : Doing what?
King Edward VIII : Kinging.
King Edward VIII : I've been terribly busy.
King George VI : Doing what?
King Edward VIII : Kinging.
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Lionel Logue : How do you feel?
King George VI : Full of hot air.
Lionel Logue : Isn't that what public speaking is all about?
King George VI : Full of hot air.
Lionel Logue : Isn't that what public speaking is all about?
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King George VI : [ as he prepares to broadcast his wartime speech ] However this turns out, I don't know how to thank you.
Lionel Logue : [ after a pause ] Knighthood?
Lionel Logue : [ after a pause ] Knighthood?
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King George VI : In this grave hour fuck fuck fuck perhaps the most fateful in our history bugger shit shit. [ singing ]
King George VI : I send to every household of my p-p-peoples... The letter'P' is always difficult.
King George VI : I send to every household of my p-p-peoples... The letter'P' is always difficult.
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King George VI : All that work down the drain. My own brother, I couldn't say a single word to him in reply.
Lionel Logue : Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me?
King George VI : 'Cos you're b... bloody well paid to listen.
Lionel Logue : Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.
King George VI : St... stop trying to be so bloody clever.
Lionel Logue : What is it about David that stops you speaking?
King George VI : What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about it the whole bloody time?
Lionel Logue : Vulgar, but fluent; you don't stammer when you swear.
King George VI : Oh, bugger orf!
Lionel Logue : Is that the best you can do?
King George VI : Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.
Lionel Logue : Oh, a public school prig could do better than that.
King George VI : Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!
Lionel Logue : Yes!
King George VI : Shit!
Lionel Logue : Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue!
King George VI : Because I'm angry!
Lionel Logue : Do you know the f-word?
King George VI : F... f... fornication?
Lionel Logue : Oh, Bertie.
King George VI : Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!
Lionel Logue : Yes...
King George VI : Balls, balls...
Lionel Logue : ...you see, not a hesitation!
King George VI : ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tit
Lionel Logue : Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me?
King George VI : 'Cos you're b... bloody well paid to listen.
Lionel Logue : Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl.
King George VI : St... stop trying to be so bloody clever.
Lionel Logue : What is it about David that stops you speaking?
King George VI : What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about it the whole bloody time?
Lionel Logue : Vulgar, but fluent; you don't stammer when you swear.
King George VI : Oh, bugger orf!
Lionel Logue : Is that the best you can do?
King George VI : Well... bloody bugger to you, you beastly bastard.
Lionel Logue : Oh, a public school prig could do better than that.
King George VI : Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!
Lionel Logue : Yes!
King George VI : Shit!
Lionel Logue : Defecation flows trippingly from the tongue!
King George VI : Because I'm angry!
Lionel Logue : Do you know the f-word?
King George VI : F... f... fornication?
Lionel Logue : Oh, Bertie.
King George VI : Fuck. Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck and fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! Bugger, bugger, buggerty buggerty buggerty, fuck, fuck, arse!
Lionel Logue : Yes...
King George VI : Balls, balls...
Lionel Logue : ...you see, not a hesitation!
King George VI : ...fuckity, shit, shit, fuck and willy. Willy, shit and fuck and... tit
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Lionel Logue : You still stammered on the 'W'.
King George VI : Well I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.
King George VI : Well I had to throw in a few so they knew it was me.
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Lionel Logue : [ Bertie is lying on the floor, and Elizabeth is sitting on his chest ] Take a good deep breath... [ Bertie inhales ]
Lionel Logue : And up goes Her Royal Highness... Now exhale slowly... [ Bertie exhales ]
Lionel Logue : And down goes Her Royal Highness...
Queen Elizabeth : This is actually quite good fun, Bertie.
Lionel Logue : And up goes Her Royal Highness... Now exhale slowly... [ Bertie exhales ]
Lionel Logue : And down goes Her Royal Highness...
Queen Elizabeth : This is actually quite good fun, Bertie.
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King George V : In the past all a King had to do was look respectable in uniform and not fall off his horse. Now we must invade people's homes and ingratiate ourselves with them. This family is reduced to those lowest, basest of all creatures, we've become actors!
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Lionel Logue : Surely a prince's brain knows what its mouth is doing?
King George VI : You're not well acquainted with princes, are you.
King George VI : You're not well acquainted with princes, are you.
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Myrtle Logue : [ see the Queen at her dining table, stunned ] Y - you...?
Queen Elizabeth : It's 'Your Majesty' the first time. After that, it's 'ma'am', as in 'ham'. Not 'ma'am', as in 'palm'.
Queen Elizabeth : It's 'Your Majesty' the first time. After that, it's 'ma'am', as in 'ham'. Not 'ma'am', as in 'palm'.
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King George VI : Logue, we can't stay here all day.
Lionel Logue : Yes, we can.
King George VI : Logue.
Lionel Logue : I need to wait for the right moment.
King George VI : Logue, you're being a coward.
Lionel Logue : You're damn right.
King George VI : Get out there, now!
Lionel Logue : Yes, we can.
King George VI : Logue.
Lionel Logue : I need to wait for the right moment.
King George VI : Logue, you're being a coward.
Lionel Logue : You're damn right.
King George VI : Get out there, now!
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Lionel Logue : Would I lie to a prince of the realm to win twelve pennies?
King George VI : I have no idea what an Australian might do for that sort of money.
King George VI : I have no idea what an Australian might do for that sort of money.
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[ first lines ]
Title Card : 1925 / King George V reigns over a quarter of the world's people. He asks his second son, the Duke of York, to give the final closing speech at the Empire Exhibition in Wembley, London.
Title Card : 1925 / King George V reigns over a quarter of the world's people. He asks his second son, the Duke of York, to give the final closing speech at the Empire Exhibition in Wembley, London.
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Archbishop Cosmo Lang : Let the microphone do the work, sir.
Archbishop Cosmo Lang : Let the microphone do the work, sir.
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Dr. Blandine Bentham : Cigarette smoking calms the nerves and gives you confidence.
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King George VI : Waiting for me to... commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait.
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King George VI : If we were equals, I wouldn't be here. I'd be at home with my wife, and no one would give a damn.
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King George VI : Don't I have any rights?
Lionel Logue : Many privileges. Not the same thing.
Lionel Logue : Many privileges. Not the same thing.
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