Casanova (2005 TV serial) Quotes

Casanova is a TV program that appeared on TV in 2005 on BBC Three. Casanova ended in 2005.

Casanova lasted 3 episodes. It features Red Production Company as producer, and Murray Gold as composer. Casanova is created by Russell T Davies.

Casanova is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Casanova is 174 mins (3 parts) long.

The cast includes: David Tennant as Giacomo Casanova, Rupert Penry-Jones as Grimani, Rose Byrne as Edith, Peter O'Toole as Older Casanova, Laura Fraser as Henriette, Shaun Parkes as Rocco, Nina Sosanya as Bellino, and Laura Fraser as Priest.

Casanova Quotes

Rose Byrne as Edith

• (Rose Byrne) "Is it true, Sir? All those stories about the old days?"

• (Rose Byrne) "She's still out there, Sir. She's still out there."

• (Rose Byrne) "But you're not like that."
• (Peter O'Toole) "I'm Casanova."

• (Rose Byrne) "She's on her way. She's almost here. She's here."

• (Rose Byrne) "Is it all going to be like this?"
• (Peter O'Toole) "Like what?"
• (Rose Byrne) "Pornography."
• (Peter O'Toole) "No. Pornography's over there, second shelf on the left."

Rupert Penry-Jones as Grimani

• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Giacomo Casanova. I arrest you in the name of the great Council of Venice for offences against the Government and Church."
• (Laura Fraser) "Jack."
• (David Tennant) "Henriette."

• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "How can the church maintain its authority when the language itself is beyond reason? For example; in the Latin, can anyone explain to me why the word for vagina is masculine and the word for penis feminine, he had no answer."
• (David Tennant) "Well I suppose you could say it's because the slave always takes its name from the master."

• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "I have considerable influence within the English court, I can demand an audience with King George the second himself. So go on, try your tricks, and you will fail, I'll see to that."
• (David Tennant) "You're just dying to kiss me."

• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "-- Who the hell are you?"
• (David Tennant) "Right. Yes. Hello. Giacomo Casanova. Nice to meet you. Hello."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Giacomo Casanova of?"
• (David Tennant) "-- of? -- the Casanova family. Obviously."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "And that would be Mr and Mrs Casanova and all the little Casanovas?"
• (David Tennant) "That's me, yes. Nice to meet you. I've said that, haven't I? Still. Still true."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "-- It's very good to meet a man of learning, Giacomo. And you, more than anyone, will appreciate the delicacy in the precise latin; manus, the hand --"
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Pudnas, the fist --"
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "and percutio -- to punch."
• (David Tennant) "Oof."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Nice indeed to meet you, peasant. Now, fetch me some wine."

• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Oh, it's that man again."
• (David Tennant) "Are you following me? People'll talk."

David Tennant as Giacomo Casanova

• (David Tennant) "Now you see the puzzle is, if I were married to Henriette, and separated by hundreds of miles, I'd do anything to be with her. To hell with the job, I'd resign, I'd walk barefoot. Yet you seem decidedly static, why is that? I don't suppose you're having problems? In the marital bed, perhaps? Dare I suggest on your side of the bed. Bit of trouble with the old --"
• (David Tennant) "If you need advice, I'm very good."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "How could you possibly advise me? You're a con-man, I'm an ambassador. I have a wife, you have whores. I have children, you have a bastard."
• (David Tennant) "Look, if you want a measuring contest I'll drop my pants right now and I'll win."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "You talk like a pervert."
• (David Tennant) "No, I'm just not scared of what's down there, that's all. Tell me, is cock fighting illegal in this country? 'Cause that's what this is."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "You sound more in love with men than women."
• (David Tennant) "Men I understand. I know what men think about, all day long. Those stupid little inches, driving you mad every waking hour. I know exactly what's going on in your head. Is it big? Is it big enough? Is it hard enough, will it work every time on demand; cause that's the only thing, that is the only bastard question; am I any good in bed? Is every other man better than me? Is every other man bigger and faster and slower and longer and deeper and harder; what am I doing wrong? How do I find out, cause no one ever talks about it, no one ever says. How can I ever find out what I'm doing wrong?"
• (David Tennant) "Ask me."

• (Unnamed) "I find all forms of theatre vulgar."
• (David Tennant) "Yes, absolutely, good point. Even puppet shows?"

• (David Tennant) "You're with the wrong man."
• (Laura Fraser) "I know."
• (David Tennant) "You still haven't said -- do you love me?"
• (Laura Fraser) "Yes -- yes. Completely. But I need him."
• (David Tennant) "Then, thank you for tonight."
• (Laura Fraser) "Thank you for the dance."

• (David Tennant) "Why are you doing this?"
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "You've dishonored my name."

• (David Tennant) "Never lose your heart, Jack. Never let them take it."

• (David Tennant) "Why the disguise?"
• (Nina Sosanya) "I was penniless."
• (David Tennant) "I've been penniless, I didn't change sex. Well -- there was one night, but I was VERY drunk --"

• (David Tennant) "Do you know what 'Casanova' means in the original Latin?"
• (Nina Sosanya) "No."
• (David Tennant) "It means 'lucky bastard'."

• (David Tennant) "It's practically the distillation of my life so far; I've become famous simply for being outrageous."
• (Shaun Parkes) "And you can make a living out of that?"
• (David Tennant) "Rule Brittania."

• (David Tennant) "Bless me father, for I have sinned. Again. Um, I don't know where to start, um. It's money, father, er, love of money is a sin, isn't it?"
• (Laura Fraser) "A grave sin."
• (David Tennant) "I, I don't love it as such, but I need it, is that a sin?"
• (Laura Fraser) "In too great a measure then, yes."
• (David Tennant) "It's not for me. You see, there's this woman, um, and I suppose you can include lustful thoughts while you're at it --"
• (David Tennant) "Er, there's this woman, but she's engaged, and all this went on behind her fiancé's back. Um, not literally."
• (David Tennant) "Although I have actually done that -- But anyway, um, first of all I was with another woman, and I slept with her, sorry, er, well, I slept with her lots of times so, very sorry. Um, but before that she was a man. I was going to sleep with a man, sorry. But it turned out she had a false penis down her trousers."
• (David Tennant) "So, I slept with her, without the false penis obviously, um,"
• (David Tennant) "although we did find a way of using it -- But never mind that. You see, I, I was just trying to be honest, like the sisters told me, um. Oh yeah, two sisters. I slept with them, both at the same time, er, er, lots of times, I suppose I should, I should mention that."
• (Laura Fraser) "Oh dear God."
• (David Tennant) "I know, I know, but at least I didn't sleep with their mother."
• (David Tennant) "Although I have actually done that, um, I suppose you should put that on the list. Two sisters, and a mother, and -- oh and those nuns -- two nuns, you might know them."
• (David Tennant) "So, all in all, it's been a bit of a time, really, and I've ended up penniless. So, what do you think I should do, father?"
• (David Tennant) "Father? Father?"

• (David Tennant) "I wonder if he's an idiot. I talk and talk and he gives nothing back."
• (Shaun Parkes) "Well, maybe if it wasn't all about you --"
• (David Tennant) "Well I don't know anyone else."

• (Unnamed) "You'll be a fugitive. You'll be exhalt from Venice for the rest of your life."
• (David Tennant) "I'll come back."

• (David Tennant) "I'm a spy."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "How d'you mean a spy?"
• (David Tennant) "A spy. I spy. That's me, the spy. Of course, being a spy I really shouldn't say I'm a spy or I'm spied by a spy."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "I suppose you can prove it?"
• (David Tennant) "What? You want me to spy on something? Um, look, there's a canal, I spied it. Look, it's still there. Ooh, and again."

• (David Tennant) "This blessed plot, this sceptred isle, this England. What do you think?"
• (Shaun Parkes) "Bloody freezing."
• (David Tennant) "Yeah that's one thing, what else? Jack; anything? Anything, Jack? Then pay attention both of you, English lesson. The currency's different here, they spend guinea's. Scratching in public is forbidden, that's for you Rocko. But not that; look over there, observe."
• (Shaun Parkes) "That's disgusting."
• (David Tennant) "Uh, that's England. They don't piss in doorways like we do, they do it right out in the open."
• (Shaun Parkes) "These English are crazy."
• (David Tennant) "And the food tastes different. I'm told the milk is terrible. Oh. And a lot of the men are homosexual -- that might have something to do with the milk -- might not."

• (David Tennant) "This is beginning to scare me."

• (Unnamed) "Wait a minute. Did you say Casanova? The man who escaped from prison? Climbed over the roof?"
• (David Tennant) "That's me."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, sweet lord. You're famous."

• (David Tennant) "Now, mine doesn't do that --"

• (Unnamed) "That smell's the tannery; God help you in summer. If there's one good thing, the rats can't climb this high, but the water can; that roof hasn't got long."
• (David Tennant) "You're not exactly selling it."

• (David Tennant) "Excuse me, but I haven't actually been introduced to the Lady."
• (Rupert Penry-Jones) "Henriette. Henriette Marianne Del Bitasse. My fiancé."

• (David Tennant) "As they say in these parts, 'ta'."

• (David Tennant) "That's my name, people call me Jack. Can't we change his name?"
• (Shaun Parkes) "No."
• (David Tennant) "Lorenzo, or Caesar, Marco, Stefano, Giovanni -- Alison?"
• (Shaun Parkes) "No."

Laura Fraser as Henriette

• (Laura Fraser) "The man of parts."
• (David Tennant) "Many parts."
• (Laura Fraser) "Is that how you win over the ladies? Cheap innuendo?"
• (David Tennant) "No, you just make all my best lines rubbish."

• (Laura Fraser) "If you're going to pretend in this city then you only have to remember one thing; they're all pretending; high born, low born, the people in between, everyone's wishing they were someone else. All you have to do is lie with conviction."

Shaun Parkes as Rocco

• (Shaun Parkes) "She took off her engagement ring. She took the diamond and she used it. She scratched in the window. And she left you a message."

• (Shaun Parkes) "Morning. You look like s***."
• (David Tennant) "What? I look like you?"
• (Shaun Parkes) "Watch your lip."

• (Shaun Parkes) "Its all bollocks that stuff."
• (David Tennant) "Ah, but since you were born under the sign of a ram, with you're tangent in the ascendant, I knew you were going to say that."
• (Shaun Parkes) "Very funny."
• (David Tennant) "And that."
• (Shaun Parkes) "You can't just --"
• (David Tennant) "And that."
• (Shaun Parkes) "Don't you --"
• (David Tennant) "And that."
• (Shaun Parkes) "It's not --"
• (David Tennant) "And."
• (Shaun Parkes) "If you --"
• (David Tennant) "And --."

• (Shaun Parkes) "Casanova and Son."

Peter O'Toole as Older Casanova

• (Peter O'Toole) "If you know my reputation, then you must have expected this."

• (Peter O'Toole) "Gentlemen --"
• (David Tennant) "Gentlemen."
• (Peter O'Toole) "I'm sure we can sort this out amicably --"
• (David Tennant) "I'm sure we can sort this out amicably."
• (Peter O'Toole) "Look at it this way --"
• (David Tennant) "Look at it this way; if you could do what I could do, then you would do it too."
• (Peter O'Toole) "But you can't."
• (David Tennant) "But you can't. I can, and I have, and I'll do it again. So, you should be happy for me, just a little tiny bit, don't you think? And you, sir, just consider; you love your wife. I love your wife. Aren't we both on the same side? If you think about it, I'm -- I'm, um -- what was it?"
• (Peter O'Toole) "I'm hungry."

Nina Sosanya as Bellino

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