Phantom Thread (2017) quotes

Cast
Vicky Krieps.
Daniel Day-Lewis.
Lesley Manville.

Set in 1950’s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

Kiss me, my girl, before I’m sick.
– Reynolds Woodcock

Don’t pick a fight with me, you certainly won’t come out alive. I’ll go right through you and it’ll be you who ends up on the floor. Understood?
– Cyril

It’s comforting to think the dead are watching over the living. I don’t find that spooky at all.
– Reynolds Woodcock

Marriage would make me deceitful and I don’t ever want that.
– Reynolds Woodcock

What a model of politeness you two are.
– Reynolds Woodcock

I want you flat on your back. Helpless, tender, open with only me to help. And then I want you strong again. You’re not going to die. You might wish you’re going to die, but you’re not going to. You need to settle down a little.
– Alma

You see, to be in love with him makes life no great mystery.
– Alma

You are not cursed. You are loved by me.
– Alma

Reynolds has made my dreams come true. And I have given him what he desires most in return.
– Alma
And what’s that?
– Dr. Robert Hardy
Every piece of me.
– Alma
He’s a very demanding man, isn’t he? Must be quite a challenge to be with him.
– Dr. Robert Hardy
Yes. Maybe he is the most demanding man.
– Alma

Are you here? Are you always here? I miss you. I think about you all the time. I hear your voice say my name when I dream and when I wake up, there are tears streaming down my face. I just miss you, it’s as simple as that. I want to tell you everything. I don’t understand what you’re saying. I can’t hear your voice.
– Reynolds Woodcock

I feel as if I’ve been looking for you for a very long time.
– Reynolds Woodcock

It’s no business of ours what Mrs. Rose decides to do with her life but she can no longer behave like this and be dressed by the House of Woodcock.
– Alma

The tea is going out. The interruption is staying right here with me.
– Reynolds Woodcock

And who is this lovely creature making the house smell so nice?
– Cyril

For the hungry boy, my name is Alma.
– Alma

I still think he’s too fussy.
– Alma

You can sew almost anything into the canvas of a coat.
– Reynolds Woodcock

Mrs. Vaughan is satisfied with the dress.
– Alma
No one gives a tinker’s fucking curse about Mrs. Vaughan’s satisfaction!
– Reynolds Woodcock

When I was a boy, I started to hide things in the lining of the garments. Things only I knew were there. Secrets.
– Reynolds Woodcock

To keep my sour heart from choking. To break a curse. A house that doesn’t change is a dead house.
– Reynolds Woodcock

Sometimes I jump ahead in our life together, and I see a time near the end. I can predict the future, and everything is settled. And all our lovers and children and friends come back and are welcome. And we have large gatherings where everyone is laughing and playing games. I am older and I see things differently, and I finally understand you. I take care of your dresses, keeping them from dust and ghosts and time.
– Alma
Yes, but right now we’re here.
– Reynolds Woodcock
Yes, of course we are.
– Alma
And I’m getting hungry.
– Reynolds Woodcock