Father: Well, to tell you the truth, I thought it would be worse.
Man Waiting to Cross: A bridge, a shmidge.
Henryk Szpilman: I thought you only recruited boys with rich fathers. Look at my father, look at us. Itzak Heller: Yes, I'm looking at you, and that's why I'm here. Your whole family can have a better life. You want to go on struggling for survival, ...
Yehuda: [introducing Wladek] Majorek, this is the greatest pianist in Poland, maybe the whole world.
Yehuda: Majorek used to be in the army. Brilliant man. The only thing I've got against him is he's not a socialist.
Wladyslaw Szpilman: What does my tie have to do with anything? I need it for work.
