Stage Beauty (2004)
Rupert Everett: King Charles II
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Quotes
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King Charles II : Why shouldn't we have women on stage? After all, the French have been doing it for years.
Sir Edward Hyde : Whenever we're about to do something truly horrible, we always say that the French have been doing it for years.
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King Charles II : My astronomers tell me that a star's light shines on long after it has died, even though it doesn't know it.
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King Charles II : Exile is a dreadful thing for one who knows his rightful place.
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King Charles II : Balance the scales, Kynaston. Give the girls a chance.
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King Charles II : Kynaston? How in hell did you get in here?
Ned Kynaston : A former fellow actor is your undercook and has long been a dear friend to me.
King Charles II : Then we'll have to execute him.
[Kynaston blanches]
Sir Edward Hyde : [groans] Ohhhh.
King Charles II : [sighs] A joke. A joke. Calm down, Kynaston.
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Ned Kynaston : I want to act.
King Charles II : Then act.
Ned Kynaston : I want to act as I did before.
King Charles II : You mean the girls' parts.
Ned Kynaston : If you will.
King Charles II : I won't.
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King Charles II : Act a man, Kynaston. How hard can it be?
Ned Kynaston : It is not a question of acting a man. I can act a man. There's no artistry in that. There are things that I can be as a woman that I cannot be as a man.