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Emma (1996 theatrical film) Quotes

Emma (1996 theatrical film) is a television program that was first aired in 1970 . Emma completed its run in 1970.

It features Patrick Cassavetti as producer, Rachel Portman in charge of musical score, and Ian Wilson (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Emma (1996 theatrical film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Emma (1996 theatrical film) is 120 minutes long. Emma (1996 theatrical film) is distributed by Miramax Films.

The cast includes: Brian Capron as Mr. Knightley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma, Toni Collette as Harriet, Sophie Thompson as Miss Bates, Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse, Juliet Stevenson as Mrs. Elton, Denys Hawthorne as Mr. Woodhouse, Greta Scacchi as Mrs. Weston, Alan Cumming as Rev. Elton, Polly Walker as Jane Fairfax, Ewan McGregor as Frank Churchill, and Toni Collette as Harriet Smith.

Emma (1996 theatrical film) Quotes

Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma Woodhouse

  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "My, this weather --"
  • (Alan Cumming) "Miss Woodhouse, please. Fate has left us alone for a reason."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Mr. Elton. Why do you seize my hand."
  • (Alan Cumming) "I do not seize your hand so much as the opportunity to tell you that I am hoping, no, fearing; ready to die if you refuse me."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Good heavens. Go back."
  • (Alan Cumming) "Surely my ardent attachment to you, my love and devotion cannot help but have made an impression."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Mr. Elton. It is I, Miss Woodhouse."
  • (Alan Cumming) "Mm hmm."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "The party spirits have confused you. Allow me to deliver your message to Miss Smith, but you must direct no more of it to me."
  • (Alan Cumming) "Miss Smith? What sort of message would I want to send to her? Miss Smith?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Thank you for being so thoughtful."
  • (Alan Cumming) "No; thank you for thinking I am thoughtful."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightley. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook -- I tried not to think about him in the garden where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy to acertain his feelings for Harriet. I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden, they really are a drab little flower. And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I hope John advises him against it. After all we know nothing about her parents. They could be pirates."
  • (Greta Scacchi) "My dear, I like Harriet very much as, I might remind you, do you."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Was he handsome?"
  • (Polly Walker) "Many say he is."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Was he agreeable?"
  • (Polly Walker) "He was in no way disagreeable."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Was he a man of information?"
  • (Polly Walker) "All his statements seem correct."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Not one in a hundred men have "gentleman" so plainly written across them as Mr. Knightley."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I will not know how to behave when I see him."
  • (Greta Scacchi) "Let his behavior be your guide"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Oh, but if he seems happy, I will know that he's decided to marry Harriet, and I will not, I know I will not be able to let him tell me. But if he seems sad, I'll know that John has advised him against it. I love John. Or he may seem sad because he fears telling me he will marry my friend. How can John let him do that? I hate John."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Mr. Elton just dropped this off at my house. He claims it is a riddle for your collection, but I think it is something much better."
  • (Toni Collette) "Is it about sharks?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Good heavens, why would he write a riddle about sharks?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Has an invitation arrived for a party at the Coles?"
  • (Denys Hawthorne) "No, thank Heaven. The Coles are nice people, but we should have to go outside to get there."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "One does not like to generalize about so many people all at once, Mr. Knightley, but you may be sure that men know nothing about their hearts, whether they be six-and-twenty, or six-and-eighty."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I must throw a party for her. Otherwise everyone will feel at once how much I dislike her."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Now I need not call you Mr. Knightley. I may call you my Mr. Knightley."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Oh dear."
  • (Brian Capron) "What?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "What? Oh --"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Oh."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Something about the deer we need for the -- the -- venison stew."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "What's to be done?"
  • (Toni Collette) "Must something be done about it?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "How fascinating that any discordancy between us must always arise from my being wrong."
  • (Brian Capron) "Not fascinating, but true."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "The most beautiful thing in the world is a match well made."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Did I mention we are having a new drain installed?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I do not admire Mr. Knightley as I have so long thought."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I love him. So dearly, so greatly."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Mr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream."

Sophie Thompson as Miss Bates

  • (Sophie Thompson) "It left us speechless, quite speechless I tell you, and we have not stopped talking of it since."
  • (Sophie Thompson) "Mr. Elton, your sermon on Daniel in the lions' den was so inspiring, so powerful in all its particulars. It left us speechless, quite speechless, I tell you. And we have not stopped talking of it since."

Toni Collette as Harriet

  • (Toni Collette) "Is it a good letter or too short?"
  • (Toni Collette) "I think this disappoints you."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Harriet, it is a perfect end to my sad career as a matchmaker."

Brian Capron as Mr. Knightley

  • (Brian Capron) "Badly done, Emma."
  • (Brian Capron) "Better be without sense than misapply it as you do."
  • (Brian Capron) "Emma, how could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates? How can you be so insolent to a woman of her age and situation? I had not thought it possible?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "How could I help saying it? I daresay she did not understand me."
  • (Brian Capron) "Oh, I assure you, she felt your full meaning. She cannot stop mentioning it. I wish you could have heard her honor your forbearance in putting up with her when her society is so irksome."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I know there is no better creature in all the world, but you must allow that blended along side of the good there is an equal among of ridiculous in her."
  • (Brian Capron) "Were she prosperous, or a woman equal to your age and situation, I would not quarrel with any liberties of manner. But she is poor. Even more so than when she was born, and should she live to be an old lady, she will sink further still, her situation being in every way below you should secure your compassion. Badly done, Emma. Badly done. She has watched you grow from a time when her notice of you was an honor to this, humbling her and laughing at her in front of people who would be guided by your treatment of her. It is not pleasant for me to say these things, but I must tell you the truth while I still can, proving myself your friend by the most faithful counsel, trusting that some time you will do my faith in you greater justice that you do it now."
  • (Brian Capron) "Is it not a brother's job to find fault with his sister?"
  • (Brian Capron) "I can think of nothing less appealing than an evening of watching other people dance. Go on."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Then you shall have to dance yourself."
  • (Brian Capron) "I have no taste for it. I'd rather fetch that stick."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I'll try to remember to bring it to the ball."
  • (Brian Capron) "I just want to stay here where it's cozy."
  • (Brian Capron) "Maybe it is our imperfections which make us so perfect for one another."
  • (Brian Capron) "Men of sense, whatever you may say, do not want silly wives."
  • (Brian Capron) "The truest friend does not doubt -- but hope."
  • (Brian Capron) "Emma, how could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates? How can you be so insolent to a woman of her age and situation? I had not thought it possible?"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "How could I help saying it? I daresay she did not understand me."
  • (Brian Capron) "Oh, I assure you, she felt your full meaning. She cannot stop mentioning it. I wish you could have heard her honour your forbearance in putting up with her when her society is so irksome."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "I know there is no better creature in all the world, but you must allow that blended alongside of the good there is an equal among of ridiculous in her."
  • (Brian Capron) "Were she prosperous, or a woman equal to your age and situation, I would not quarrel with any liberties of manner. But she is poor. Even moreso than when she was born, and should she live to be an old lady, she will sink further still. Her situation being in every way below you should secure your compassion. Badly done, Emma. Badly done. She has watched you grow from a time when her notice of you was an honour to this, humbling her and laughing at her in front of people who would be guided by your treatment of her. It is not pleasant for me to say these things, but I must tell you the truth while I still can, proving myself your friend by the most faithful counsel, trusting that sometime you will do my faith in you greater justice that you do it now."
  • (Brian Capron) "You must be happy that she settled so well."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Indeed. One matter of joy in this is that I made the match myself. People said Mr. Weston would never marry again, and what a triumph."
  • (Brian Capron) "Triumph? You made a lucky guess."
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Have you never known the triumph of a lucky guess? Had I not promoted Mr. Weston's visits and given encouragement where encouragement was needed, we might not have had a wedding today."
  • (Denys Hawthorne) "Then please, my dear, encourage no one else. Marriage is so disrupting to one's social circle."
  • (Brian Capron) "Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend."
  • (Brian Capron) "I rode through the rain. I'd; I'd ride through worse than that if I could just hear your voice telling me that I might, at least, have some chance to win you."
  • (Brian Capron) "I just want to stay here where it's cozy."

Alan Cumming as Rev. Elton

  • (Alan Cumming) "Were I not an old married man, I should gladly do the job. But my dancing days are over."
  • (Alan Cumming) "I love -- I simply love --"
  • (Gwyneth Paltrow) "Could this be? The declaration?"
  • (Alan Cumming) "celery root."

Juliet Stevenson as Mrs. Elton

  • (Juliet Stevenson) "I do not profess to be an expert in the field of fashion (though my friends say I have quite the eye) but I can tell you, there is a shocking lack of satin."

Denys Hawthorne as Mr. Woodhouse

  • (Denys Hawthorne) "Must the church be so drafty, Mr. Elton? It is difficult to surrender one's soul when one is worried about one's throat."
  • (Greta Scacchi) "Perhaps some tea and cake would revive you, Mr. Woodhouse."
  • (Denys Hawthorne) "Cake. Surely you're not serving cake at your wedding, Miss Taylor. Far too rich, you put us all at peril. Where is Mr. Perry, the apothecary? I'm sure he will support me."
  • (Greta Scacchi) "Ah, he is over there, Mr. Woodhouse, having some cake."
  • (Denys Hawthorne) "What?"

Ewan McGregor as Frank Churchill

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Greta Scacchi as Mrs. Weston

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