The King (2019) quotes

Director
David Michôd.

Cast
Timothée Chalamet.
Sean Harris.
Joel Edgerton.

Hal, wayward prince and heir to the English throne, is crowned King Henry V after his tyrannical father dies. Now the young king must navigate palace politics, the war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life.

A king has no friends. Only followers and foe.
– Sir John Falstaff

Who are you?
– Lord Chamberlain
I am I. Who are you?
– Sir John Falstaff
What is your purpose here?
Lord Chamberlain:
I think you just woke me up from it, didn’t you?
– Sir John Falstaff

An event as pivotal as this one should be amply equipped to penetrate the fog of time elapsed.
– Hal

War is bloody and soulless.
– Sir John Falstaff

Promise can never be an end in itself.
– William

You shall suffer the indignity of serving me, the wayward son you so revile.
– Hal

I will disembowel you right here with mine own hand.
– Hal

Well then, boy, let us make famous that field out there. This little village of Agincourt, that will forever mark the site of your callow disgrace.
– The Dauphin

All men are born to die. We know it. We carry it with us always. If your day be today, so be it!
– Hal

If this be your intention, i say you let it be known plainly, and that you desist from this timorous slither, in which you presently engage.
– Hal

Please. Please, speak English. I enjoy to speak English. It is simple and ugly.
– The Dauphin of France

I will disembowel you right here with mine own hand.
– Hal

And where is the fearsome old warrior Falstaff about whom I’ve heard so much? You’ve been mute since we crossed the sea. I seem to be serving as my own chief tactician, my own commander, my own counsel. Where is the fearsome old warrior Falstaff?
– Hal
I speak only when there’s something to be said. Too often have I seen men of war invent work for themselves – work that leads to nothing but vainglory and slaughtered men. I’m not that man.
– Sir John Falstaff