25 quotes found
"What is a lobby boy? A lobby boy is completely invisible, yet always in sight. A lobby boy remembers what people hate. A lobby boy anticipates the client's needs before the needs are needed. A lobby boy is, above all, discreet to a fault. Our guests know that their deepest secrets, some of which are frankly rather unseemly, will go with us to our graves. So keep your mouth shut, Zero."
"You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant... oh, fuck it."
"[to Mme. Celine's corpse] You're looking so well, darling, you really are... they've done a marvelous job. I don't know what sort of cream they've put on you down at the morgue, but... I want some."
"Rudeness is merely an expression of fear. People fear they won't get what they want. The most dreadful and unattractive person only needs to be loved, and they will open up like a flower."
"If I die first, and I almost certainly will, you will be my sole heir. There's not much in the kitty, except a set of ivory-backed hairbrushes and my library of romantic poetry, but when the time comes, these will be yours. Along with whatever we haven't already spent on whores and whiskey."
"Mr Moustafa: When the destiny of a great fortune is at stake, men's greed spreads like a poison in the bloodstream. Uncles, nephews, cousins, in-laws of increasingly tenuous connection. The old woman's distant relations had come foraging out of the woodwork."
"The Author: [having finished listening to Mr Moustafa's story; last lines] A week later, I sailed for a cure in South America, and began a long, wandering journey abroad. I did not return to Europe for many years. It was an enchanting old ruin... [his voice turns into that of his older self] ...but I never managed to see it again."
"Ralph Fiennes - Monsieur Gustave H."
"Tony Revolori - Young Zero Moustafa"
"Adrien Brody - Dmitri Desgoffe und Taxis"
"Willem Dafoe - J.G. Jopling"
"Jeff Goldblum - Deputy Vilmos Kovacs"
"Saoirse Ronan - Agatha"
"Edward Norton - Inspector Henckels"
"F. Murray Abraham - Old Zero Moustafa"
"Mathieu Amalric - Serge X."
"Jude Law - The Author as a Young Man"
"Harvey Keitel - Ludwig"
"Bill Murray - Monsieur Ivan"
"Léa Seydoux - Clotilde"
"Jason Schwartzman - Monsieur Jean"
"Tilda Swinton - Madame Céline Villeneuve Desgoffe und Taxis (Madame D.)"
"Tom Wilkinson - The Author as an Old Man"
"Owen Wilson - Monsieur Chuck"
"Bob Balaban - M. Martin"