Wilde (1997)

Michael Sheen: Robbie Ross

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Quotes 

• John Gray : I'm not good enough for him anymore. I'm just the son of a carpenter, while Bosie...

  Robbie Ross : Oscar's only ever been smitten before. He was smitten with me. He was smitten with you...

  John Gray : I wasn't smitten.

  [long pause] 

  John Gray : I loved him.

  Robbie Ross : Well, now he's fallen in love.

  John Gray : I'm halfway to hellfire and I'm not joking.

  Robbie Ross : Someone else was a carpenter's son.

  [John looks at Robbie, confused] 

  Robbie Ross : I've given in and become a Catholic. I find Confession wonderfully consoling.

  John Gray : I can't go to Confession when I want to kill Bosie... and myself...

• Constance Lloyd Wilde : If I'd only spoken up...

  Robbie Ross : It wouldn't have made any difference.

  Constance Lloyd Wilde : Perhaps not. But at least I wouldn't blame myself now.

• Oscar Wilde : Robbie is Canadian. You can tell by his youth.

  Ada : Have you been brought to England to mature, Mr. Ross?

  Robbie Ross : That was the idea. But it doesn't seem to be working. I've lived here since I was three and you see the pitiful result.

  Oscar Wilde : Robbie comes from a long line of imperial governors. His grandfather was Prime Minister of Upper Canada. Or was it Lower Canada? The British take their class system wherever they go. They apply it even to continents.

  Ada : Are you planning to govern a continent?

  Robbie Ross : Oh, no. I don't even plan to govern myself.