King Henry II:
Here's my royal foot up your royal buttocks!
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
I can do nothing. I'm as useless as a woman.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
I'm suddenly very intelligent. It probably comes from making love to that French girl last night.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
Let us drink, gentlemen. Let us drink, till we roll under the table in vomit and oblivion.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
So what in most people is morality, in you it's just an exercise in... what's the word?
Thomas a Becket: Aesthetics.
King Henry II: Yes, that's the word. Always "aesthetics."
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
Thomas a Becket: Aesthetics.
King Henry II: Yes, that's the word. Always "aesthetics."
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
The die is cast, Thomas, make the most of it. And if I know you, I'm sure you will.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
There. That's the Great Seal of England. Don't lose it; without the seal, there's no more England, and we'll all have to pack up and go back to Normandy.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Henry II:
Your body, madam, was a desert that duty forced me to wander in alone. But you have never been a wife to me!
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
King Louis VII of France:
My dear man, crowned heads are free to play a little game of courtesy, but nations owe one another none.
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
--Peter O'Toole (as King Henry II) in Becket
