The Royal Tenenbaums Quotes

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Medical Student: [about Dudley] Can the boy tell time? Raleigh: Oh, my Lord, no.

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Raleigh: You don't love me any more, do you? Margot: I do, kind of. I can't explain it right now.

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Royal: Everyone's against me. Pagoda: It's your fault, man. Royal: I know but dammit, I want this family to love me.

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Royal: Can we get somebody over here to kill these mice for us? Margot: No. They belong to Chas. Or anyway he invented them. Royal: Get him to stick them in a fucking cage or something.

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[Richie tells his father Royal he's in love with Margot, his adopted sister] Royal: Margot Tenenbaum? Richie: Yeah. Royal: Well, since when? Richie: Since always. Royal: Does she know? Richie: Uh-huh. Royal: Well, what does she feel about that? Richi...

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Royal: I've always been considered an asshole for about as long as I can remember. That's just my style. But I'd really feel blue if I didn't think you were going to forgive me. Henry Sherman: I don't think you're an asshole, Royal. I just think you'...

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Eli: Did I hit the dog? Chas: Yeah. Eli: Is he dead? Chas: Yeah. Eli: I need help.

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Royal Tenenbaum's epitaph: Royal O'Reilly Tenenbaum 1932-2001 Died Tragically Rescuing His Family From The Wreckage Of A Destroyed Sinking Battleship

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Chas: I've had a rough year, dad. Royal: I know you have, Chassie.

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[last lines] [the family is gathered at the cemetery] Narrator: Among the few possessions he left to his heirs was a set of Encyclopedia Britannica in storage at the Lindbergh Palace Hotel under the names Ari and Uzi Tenenbaum. No-one spoke at the fu...

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Ethel: How long have you been a smoker? Margot: 22 years. Ethel: Well, I think you should quit.

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[after the fire drill] Chas: Four minutes, forty-eight seconds. We're all dead. Burned to a crisp.

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Dudley Heinsbergen: You wanna play some word games, or do some experiments on me or anything? Raleigh: [lying on the couch, depressed after hearing about Margot's adultery] No.

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Raleigh: [Into tape recorder, softly] Dudley suffers from a rare disorder combining symptoms of amnesia, dyslexia, and color-blindness, with a highly acute sense of hearing. Dudley Heinsbergen: [from adjoining room] I'm not color blind, am I? Raleigh...

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Royal: You know, Richie, this illness, this closeness to death... it's had a profound affect on me. I feel like a different person, I really do. Richie: Dad, you were never dying. Royal: But I'm going to live.

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Royal: [Points to Henry] He's not your father. Margot: Neither are you.

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Narrator: Margot Tenenbaum was adopted at age 2. Her father had always noted this when introducing her. Royal: [at a dinner party] This is my adopted daughter, Margot Tenenbaum.

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Royal: [laying some flowers on the grave of his mother - Helen O'Reilly Tenenbaum, 1899-1954] She was a tough old broad, wasn't she? Chas: I wouldn't know. Excuse me. [he starts to head off with his sons Ari and Uzi to visit their mother's grave] Roy...

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