Michael Collins (film) Quotes

Michael Collins (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Michael Collins ended its run in 1970.

It features Stephen Woolley as producer, Elliot Goldenthal in charge of musical score, and Chris Menges as head of cinematography.

Michael Collins (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Michael Collins (film) is 133 minutes long. Michael Collins (film) is distributed by Warner Bros..

The cast includes: Liam Neeson as Michael Collins, Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan, Aidan Quinn as Harry Boland, Charles Dance as Soames, Gerard McSorley as Cathal Brugha, and Stephen Rea as Ned Broy.

Michael Collins (film) Quotes

Liam Neeson as Michael Collins

• (Unnamed) "They call us murderers."
• (Liam Neeson) "War is murder. Sheer, bloody murder. Had you been here the past year, you'd know that."

• (Liam Neeson) "So that's what all the bother was about."

• (Liam Neeson) "I want peace and quiet. I want it so much I'd die for it."

• (Liam Neeson) "There was a man in west Cork who proposed to five sisters."
• (Julia Roberts) "I suppose they all refused."
• (Liam Neeson) "Then the father died and he proposed to the mother."
• (Julia Roberts) "Are you trying to tell me something?"
• (Liam Neeson) "I was working up to a proposal."

• (Liam Neeson) "We have a weapon more powerful -- than any in the whole arsenal of the British Empire. That weapon -- is our refusal."

• (Liam Neeson) "If they shut me up, who will take my place?"

• (Liam Neeson) "There is one weapon that the British cannot take away from us: we can ignore them."

Charles Dance as Soames

• (Charles Dance) "Sufficient unto the day the evil thereof, hey boy?"
• (Stephen Rea) "Yes, sir."
• (Charles Dance) "Or is it Broy?"
• (Stephen Rea) "Broy, sir. Good night, sir."

• (Charles Dance) "The problem with the Irish is that they'll sing at the drop of a hat, but ask them to talk and they won't."

Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan

• (Julia Roberts) "So which one of you gunslingers is going to ask me to dance?"

Aidan Quinn as Harry Boland

• (Aidan Quinn) "Oh, did you hear there's a butterfly been seen in West Clair? Its wings are green, white, and yellow."
• (Liam Neeson) "Oh, God."
• (Aidan Quinn) "The lads say it's a sign."
• (Liam Neeson) "Sign? My -- f*** it."
• (Aidan Quinn) "I'm tellin' ya."
• (Liam Neeson) "You know the problem with butterflies?"
• (Julia Roberts) "What's that?"
• (Liam Neeson) "They only last one day."
• (Aidan Quinn) "Aye, but what a day, Mick."

• (Aidan Quinn) "What happens next time?"
• (Liam Neeson) "Next time, Harry, we won't play by their rules. We'll invent our own."

Gerard McSorley as Cathal Brugha

• (Gerard McSorley) "The Minister is as usual exceeding his brief."
• (Liam Neeson) "And what is my brief, Cathal?"
• (Gerard McSorley) "Intelligence."
• (Liam Neeson) "Bulls***. I'm Minister for Gun-Running, Daylight Robbery, and General Mayhem."

Stephen Rea as Ned Broy

• (Stephen Rea) "Let me go. I know exactly where I'm going. I can walk. I can walk."

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