The Prestige Quotes
Cutter : Could I talk to Lord Caldlow in person?
Owens : Out of the question, I'm afraid. Although I suppose if, in the course of your deliveries, your paths were to cross... I can't help you speaking your mind.
Owens : Out of the question, I'm afraid. Although I suppose if, in the course of your deliveries, your paths were to cross... I can't help you speaking your mind.
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Gerald Root : Did you think you were unique, Mr Angier? I've been Caesar. I've played Faust. How hard could it possibly be to play the Great Danton?
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Cutter : You settled on a name yet?
Robert Angier : Yes I have. The Great Danton.
Cutter : Bit old-fashioned isn't it?
Robert Angier : No. It's sophisticated.
Robert Angier : Yes I have. The Great Danton.
Cutter : Bit old-fashioned isn't it?
Robert Angier : No. It's sophisticated.
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Olivia Wenscombe : I *have* fallen in love with him, Robert.
Robert Angier : Then I know how hard this has been for you.
Robert Angier : Then I know how hard this has been for you.
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Olivia Wenscombe : You married her. You had a child with her.
Alfred Borden : Yes. Part of me did. But the other part... the other part didn't. The part that found you, the part that's sitting here right now.
Olivia Wenscombe : You could be in some other cafe saying the same thing about me right now. It's inhuman to be so cold.
Alfred Borden : Yes. Part of me did. But the other part... the other part didn't. The part that found you, the part that's sitting here right now.
Olivia Wenscombe : You could be in some other cafe saying the same thing about me right now. It's inhuman to be so cold.
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Alfred Borden : Everything's going to be alright, because I love you very much.
Sarah : Say it again.
Alfred Borden : I love you.
Sarah : Not today.
Alfred Borden : What do you mean?
Sarah : Well some days it's not true. Maybe today you're more in love with magic. I like being able to tell the difference, it makes the days it is true mean something.
Sarah : Say it again.
Alfred Borden : I love you.
Sarah : Not today.
Alfred Borden : What do you mean?
Sarah : Well some days it's not true. Maybe today you're more in love with magic. I like being able to tell the difference, it makes the days it is true mean something.
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Alfred Borden : I love you.
Sarah : You mean it today.
Alfred Borden : Of course.
Sarah : It just makes it so much harder when you don't.
Sarah : You mean it today.
Alfred Borden : Of course.
Sarah : It just makes it so much harder when you don't.
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Alfred Borden : We both had half of a full life, which was somehow enough for us. But not for them.
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Cutter : I knew a sailor once, got tangled in the rigging. We pulled him out, but it took him five minutes to cough. He said it was like going home.
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Hotel Manager : I thought they might work for the government.
Robert Angier : No?
Hotel Manager : Worse. They work for Thomas Edison.
Robert Angier : No?
Hotel Manager : Worse. They work for Thomas Edison.
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Ackerman : We'll have to dress it up a little. Disguise it. Give them enough reason to doubt it.
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Nikola Tesla : I apologize for leaving without saying goodbye, but I seem to have outstayed my welcome in Colorado. The truly extraordinary is not permitted in science and industry. Perhaps you'll find more luck in your field, where people are happy to be mystified. You will find what you are looking for in this box. Alley has written you a thorough set of instructions. I add only one suggestion on using the machine: destroy it. Drop it to the bottom of the deepest ocean. Such a thing will bring you only misery.
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Cutter : I came here to beg Lord Caldlow to destroy that machine. I am not going to beg you for anything.
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Robert Angier : But here, at the turn, I must leave you Borden. Yes, you, Borden, sitting there in your cell, awaiting your death. For my murder.
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Judge : What a way to kill someone.
Cutter : They're magicians, your honor. Men who live by dressing up plain and simple truths to shock, to amaze.
Judge : Even without an audience?
Cutter : There was an audience. You see, this water tank was of particular significance to these two men. Particularly dreadful significance.
Cutter : They're magicians, your honor. Men who live by dressing up plain and simple truths to shock, to amaze.
Judge : Even without an audience?
Cutter : There was an audience. You see, this water tank was of particular significance to these two men. Particularly dreadful significance.
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[ after finding Gerald Root, Angier's new double ]
Cutter : He's perfect. He needs some work, but when I get through with him, he could be your brother.
Robert Angier : I don't need him to be my brother, I need him to be *me*!
Cutter : He's perfect. He needs some work, but when I get through with him, he could be your brother.
Robert Angier : I don't need him to be my brother, I need him to be *me*!
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Judge : How large do you think this tank was?
Cutter : Eh... 400, 500 gallons, maybe.
Judge : And how do you think he was able to move ta tank of this size?
Cutter : He's the magician. Why don't you ask him?
Cutter : Eh... 400, 500 gallons, maybe.
Judge : And how do you think he was able to move ta tank of this size?
Cutter : He's the magician. Why don't you ask him?
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[ Root is performing as Angier's double ]
Cutter : You can go back to being yourself now, Root. For nothing.
Gerald Root : I'd rather be him for now. I find it... amusing.
Cutter : You can go back to being yourself now, Root. For nothing.
Gerald Root : I'd rather be him for now. I find it... amusing.
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[ Borden is explaining how he used a double in his act ]
Alfred Borden : What I didn't count on was that, when I incorporated this bloke into my act, he had complete power over me.
Gerald Root : Complete power, you say?
Alfred Borden : What I didn't count on was that, when I incorporated this bloke into my act, he had complete power over me.
Gerald Root : Complete power, you say?
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Olivia Wenscombe : He says that it's even between you.
Robert Angier : Even? My wife for a few of his fingers?
Robert Angier : Even? My wife for a few of his fingers?
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Nikola Tesla : You're familiar with the phrase "man's reach exceeds his grasp"? It's a lie: man's grasp exceeds his nerve.
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Nikola Tesla : Mr. Angier, have you considered the cost of such a machine?
Robert Angier : Price is not an object.
Nikola Tesla : Perhaps not, but have you considered the *cost*?
Robert Angier : I'm not sure I follow.
Nikola Tesla : Go home. Forget this thing. I can recognize an obsession, no good will come of it.
Robert Angier : Why, haven't good come of your obsessions?
Nikola Tesla : Well at first. But I followed them too long. I'm their slave... and one day they'll choose to destroy me.
Robert Angier : If you understand an obsession then you know you won't change my mind.
Robert Angier : Price is not an object.
Nikola Tesla : Perhaps not, but have you considered the *cost*?
Robert Angier : I'm not sure I follow.
Nikola Tesla : Go home. Forget this thing. I can recognize an obsession, no good will come of it.
Robert Angier : Why, haven't good come of your obsessions?
Nikola Tesla : Well at first. But I followed them too long. I'm their slave... and one day they'll choose to destroy me.
Robert Angier : If you understand an obsession then you know you won't change my mind.
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Robert Angier : What knot did you tie?
Alfred Borden : I don't know.
Robert Angier : You don't know? [ Alfred walks off ]
Robert Angier : You don't *know*?
Alfred Borden : I don't know.
Robert Angier : You don't know? [ Alfred walks off ]
Robert Angier : You don't *know*?
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