The Pianist Quotes
Man Waiting to Cross : And the Germans claim to be intelligent! You know what I think, I think they are totally stupid. I have a family to feed. I spend half my time here, waiting for them to let us through. Why do they think I come here, to listen to the music?
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Henryk Szpilman : Ah, more Jewish police. You mean you want me to beat up Jews and catch the Gestapo spirit? I see.
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Henryk Szpilman : I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us.
Itzak Heller : Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, selling books on the street?
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, please.
Itzak Heller : Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, selling books on the street?
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, please.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : You've got to give me something to do.
Yehuda : You're an artist, Wladek. You do enough.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : I want to help. I want to do something.
Yehuda : You're too well known, Wladek. And you know what? You musicians don't make good conspirators. You're too... too... musical! [ laughs ]
Yehuda : You're an artist, Wladek. You do enough.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : I want to help. I want to do something.
Yehuda : You're too well known, Wladek. And you know what? You musicians don't make good conspirators. You're too... too... musical! [ laughs ]
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Yehuda : [ introducing Wladek ] Majorek, this is the greatest pianist in Poland, maybe the whole world.
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Yehuda : Majorek used to be in the army. Brilliant man. The only thing I've got against him is he's not a socialist.
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Yehuda : [ regarding the underground newspapers ] These will start the uprising. Majorek hides them in his underpants, and leaves them in toilets.
Majorek : As many toilets as I can find. Germans never use Jewish toilets. They're too clean for them.
Majorek : As many toilets as I can find. Germans never use Jewish toilets. They're too clean for them.
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Henryk Szpilman : What's the matter with you all, huh? You lost your sense of humor?
Wladyslaw Szpilman : That's not funny.
Henryk Szpilman : Well, you know what's funny? You're funny, with that ridiculous tie.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ getting angry ] What're you talking about my tie for? What does my tie have to do with anything? I need this tie for my work!
Henryk Szpilman : [ mocking ] Oh, your work.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : Yes, that's right, I work!
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, yes, your work. Playing the piano for the parasites in the ghetto.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : Parasites...
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, parasites. They don't give a damn about people suffering.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : And you blame me for their apathy, right?
Henryk Szpilman : [ accusing ] I do, because I see it everyday. They don't even notice what's going on around them.
Father : I blame the Americans.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ visibly upset ] For what, for my tie?
Wladyslaw Szpilman : That's not funny.
Henryk Szpilman : Well, you know what's funny? You're funny, with that ridiculous tie.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ getting angry ] What're you talking about my tie for? What does my tie have to do with anything? I need this tie for my work!
Henryk Szpilman : [ mocking ] Oh, your work.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : Yes, that's right, I work!
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, yes, your work. Playing the piano for the parasites in the ghetto.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : Parasites...
Henryk Szpilman : Yes, parasites. They don't give a damn about people suffering.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : And you blame me for their apathy, right?
Henryk Szpilman : [ accusing ] I do, because I see it everyday. They don't even notice what's going on around them.
Father : I blame the Americans.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ visibly upset ] For what, for my tie?
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : It's a funny time to say this, but... [ trailing off ]
Halina : What?
Wladyslaw Szpilman : I wish I knew you better.
Halina : What?
Wladyslaw Szpilman : I wish I knew you better.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ taking off his watch ] Here, sell this. Food is more important than time.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : Its too small. There's 400,000 of us in Warsaw.
Henryk Szpilman : No, there's 360,000. So it will be easy.
Henryk Szpilman : No, there's 360,000. So it will be easy.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : What does my tie have to do with anything? I need it for work.
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Itzak Heller : What do you think you're doing Szpilman? I saved your life. Now go! Get out!
Itzak Heller : [ Szpilman begins to run ] Don't run!
Itzak Heller : [ Szpilman begins to run ] Don't run!
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Captain Wilm Hosenfeld : What is your name? So I can listen for you.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : My name is Szpilman.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld : Spielmann? That is a good name, for a pianist.
Wladyslaw Szpilman : My name is Szpilman.
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld : Spielmann? That is a good name, for a pianist.
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Wailing Woman : Why did I do it? Why did I do it? Why did I do it?
Halina : She's getting on my nerves. What did she do, for God's sake?
Father : She smothered her baby.
Halina : She's getting on my nerves. What did she do, for God's sake?
Father : She smothered her baby.
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Dorota : I'll get a doctor.
Dorota's Husband : You can't, it's too dangerous.
Dorota : I'll get Doctor Laczek, we can trust him.
Dorota's Husband : Dorota, don't be ridiculous, he's a pediatrician.
Dorota : He's still a doctor.
Dorota's Husband : You can't, it's too dangerous.
Dorota : I'll get Doctor Laczek, we can trust him.
Dorota's Husband : Dorota, don't be ridiculous, he's a pediatrician.
Dorota : He's still a doctor.
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Wladyslaw Szpilman : What are you reading?
Henryk Szpilman : "If you prick us, do we not bleed? It you tickle us, we we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ seeing that it is Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice ] Very appropriate.
Henryk Szpilman : "If you prick us, do we not bleed? It you tickle us, we we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?"
Wladyslaw Szpilman : [ seeing that it is Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice ] Very appropriate.
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