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Anthony Minghella Quotes

Total quotes: 22
“Sometimes, unfortunately, men fall prey to the temptations of the flesh.”
— Bishop of Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Season 1: The Big Bonanza
Tagged: Temptation, Sex
“You're the brother I never had. I'm the brother you never had. I would do anything for you, Dickie.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Brother, Loyalty
“Marge Sherwood: I don't believe a single word you've said.

Tom Ripley: You're shivering, Marge. Look at you, Marge. Can I hold you? Will you let me hold you?”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Distrust, shivering, Hold Me
“Tom Ripley: Nothing is more naked than your handwriting. See how nothing's quite touching the line? That's vanity.

Dickie Greenleaf: Well, we certainly know that that's true.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: handwriting, Vanity
“Marge Sherwood: Why do I think there's never been a Ripley rainy day?

Tom Ripley: What?

Marge Sherwood: [leans closer] I know it was you.”
— Marge Sherwood, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Rainy Day, suspicion
“I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: fake, real
“Now you'll find out why Ms. Sherwood shows up for breakfast, Tom. It's not love, it's my coffee machine.”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Love, Coffee
“Meredith: Dickie?

Tom Ripley: Hello Meredith!

Meredith: Oh my God! I hardly even recognized you.

Tom Ripley: Well, you spotted me so you get the reward.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Reward
“And that's the irony, Marge. I loved you. You may was well know it, Marge: I loved you. I don't know... maybe it's grotesque of me to say this now, so just write it on a piece of paper or something and put it in your purse for a rainy day. 'Tom loves me.' 'Tom loves me.'”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Irony, Love
“Tom Ripley: Don't you just take the past, and put it in a room in the basement, and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do.

Peter: God, yes. Though in my case, it's probably a whole building.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: The Past, Forgetting The Past, Moving On
“You know, without the glasses you're not even ugly.”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: glasses, ugly, Backhanded Compliments
“Marge Sherwood: Tom was telling me about his journey over. Made me laugh so hard I almost got a nosebleed.

Dickie Greenleaf: Is that good?

Marge Sherwood: Shut up.

Dickie Greenleaf: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm despicable. But I love you. Do you love me?”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: despicable, nosebleed
“Why is it when men play they always play at killing each other?”
— Marge Sherwood, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Misandry, toxic masculinity
“Dickie Greenleaf: How could it take an hour to find an ambulance?

Marge Sherwood: She was already dead, darling.

Dickie Greenleaf: I don't know why people say this country is civilized. It isn't. It's fucking primitive!”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: ambulance, primitive, civilized
“I could fuck this ice box, I love it so much.”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Fuck, ice box
“Tom Ripley: [imitating Dickie's father] 'Oh yes, jazz... it's just insolent noise.'

Dickie Greenleaf: I feel like he's here. Horrible. Like the old bastard is here right now! [pause in disbelief, Dickie moves in to hold Tom's hand] Brilliant. How do you know him ?”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Jazz, Noise, disbelief
“Dickie Greenleaf: We're all only children. What does that mean?

Tom Ripley: It means we've never shared a bath. I'm cold, can I get in?

Dickie Greenleaf: No.

Tom Ripley: I didn't mean with you in it.

Dickie Greenleaf: Okay, get in. I'm like a prune anyway.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Children, shared bath
“Dickie Greenleaf: You're so white! Have you ever seen a guy so white, Marge? Grey, actually.

Tom Ripley: It's just an undercoat.

Dickie Greenleaf: Say again?

Tom Ripley: You know, a primer.

Dickie Greenleaf: That's funny. Margie likes that 'cause she's so white. too.

Marge Sherwood: Yes, I do and you're not funny.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: white, paint, that's not funny
“Tom Ripley: That ring is superb.

Marge Sherwood: Oh, Tom, I love you! See?

Dickie Greenleaf: I had to promise, capital P, to never take it off. Otherwise I'd give it to you.

Marge Sherwood: Isn't it great? I found it in Naples. I had to bargain for it for about two weeks!

Dickie Greenleaf: Uh, I hope it wasn't cheap, Marge?

Marge Sherwood: Oh, it was!”
— Dickie Greenleaf, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: naples, wedding ring, wedding vow
“Dick? Dickie? I know you can hear me. What am I doing, chasing you around...? I was going to say I would count to three and if you didn't open the door, but I won't count any more. On you. I won't count on you any more. Whatever it is, whatever you've done or haven't done, you've broken my heart. That's one thing I know you're guilty of, and I don't know why, I don't know why, I just don't know why...”
— Marge Sherwood, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Chasing, Pursuing
“Don't you just take the past and put it in a room in a basement and lock the door and never go in there? That's what I do. And then you meet someone special and all you want to do is to toss them the key and say, 'Open up, step inside,' but you can't because it's dark. There's demons, and if anybody saw how ugly it is... I keep wanting to do that: fling the door open, just let light in and clean everything out.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Past, basement, Demons, ugly
“Freddie Miles: In fact the only thing that looks like Dickie is you.

Tom Ripley: Hardly.

Freddie Miles: Have you done something to your hair?

Tom Ripley: Freddie, do you have something you'd like to say?

Freddie Miles: What? I think I'm saying it. Something's going on. He's either converted to Christianity... or to something else.

Tom Ripley: I suggest you ask Dickie that yourself. Otello's is on delle Croce, just off the Corso.

Freddie Miles: Is it on 'delle Croce, just off the Corso?' You're a quick study, aren't you? Last time you didn't know your ass from your elbow, now you're giving me directions. That's not fair, you probably do know your ass from your elbow. I'll see you.”
— Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley
Tagged: Christianity, Conversion, quick study, ass from elbow
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