Biographical Films

"Jake Gyllenhaal - Homer Hickam"

"The train is moves was a track."

"Sometimes, one dream is enough to light up the whole sky."

"Cynthia Nixon - Eleanor Roosevelt"

"Kenneth Branagh - Franklin D. Roosevelt"

"The story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt before he became President."

"FDR brought us out of the Depression and through a world war. But the greatest challenge he faced was the one we never saw."

"A new movie by HBO Films."

"The greatest challenge FDR faced was the one we never saw."

""There but for the grace of God," they say, as if our bodies were who we are. Well it's not: our souls are who we are, only they don't know it."

"Franklin, I can't help you out of a hole if I climb in with you."

"Well, I want to say how proud I am to be a part of this community... community based not on birth rite or privilege, but on compassion and courage and -You know, I believe the true power of these waters is that they brought us all together. And our ability to help one another is what will make our victory over polio endure, because what... because what you have done, and what we will continue to do until this disease is defeated is to come together, like a family. Do what we do best. Lift each other up."

"[speaking at the schoolhouse graduation ceremony] Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Now, you know, at Groton where I graduated from high school, our beloved Headmaster encouraged his students to enter public life. I chose to attend Harvard for my undergraduate work and then Columbia for my law degree. Followed my Headmaster's advice and sought a career in public life, but circumstances beyond my control... [begins shaking] have made that very difficult. You know, I've given many speeches in my life. I don't know why I'm having such a hard time making this one."

"[tearfully, standing in the pool] I'm standing. I'm standing."

"[first time standing in the pool] I can't even stand! I can't even stand..."

"[During a speech] Now, they say! The best way to get rid of a man! Is to have him run for vice president! Well, I say! Ask my cousin Teddy! That's how they got rid of him!"

"[on his plans to run for office] When I can walk, I'll run."

"Kathy Bates - Helena Mahoney"

"Tim Blake Nelson - Tom Loyless"

"Jane Alexander - Sara Delano Roosevelt"

"David Paymer - Louis McHenry Howe"

"Andrew Davoli - Jake Perini"

"How can my little niece and nephew have grown up when I wasn't looking?"

"Mark my words. The reign of King Conroy is coming!"

"She starts on your watch, Lord Melbourne. Guard her well and keep her safe from harm."

"What do you call a man who waits for a rich woman to decide whether or not she wants him?"

"[to Victoria] For pity's sake, smile, woman. Anyone would think we had quarreled."

"[to her council] I am young, but I am willing to learn, and I mean to devote my life to the service of my country and my people. I look for your help in this. I know I shall not be disappointed. Thank you."

"[after being released from her corset] The untold luxury of being able to breathe again."

"The stars that burn brightest burn quickest."

"Too fast to live. Too young to die."

"[to director George Stevens] You know, you keep me waiting hours preparing for some scene. You never even get around to shooting. So I ain't working today. And you do it again, I'm gonna take two days, and then three."

"I'm not even interested in this glitzy glamour crap! All right! If you wanna wear monkey suits! That's fine! Not me!"

"[to Julie Harris, after the filming for East of Eden is finished] It's over. You know, this- this is like my family, and... I can't just let that go."

"[to Pier Angeli] Tell Vic Damone and your crazy mother, to stay out of our lives!"

"I'm playing the drums! Go to hell!"

"[voice over] I decided to move to New York. Every actor I cared about, Brando, Clift, even Whitmore, all worked in New York. New York was big and lonely. I loved it. Being a struggling actor in New York in the 1950s was the best, it was the right place at the right time. Stop worrying about my mother and father for a while. I was dead broke, didn't matter, cause I was home."

"I don't want to be just good. I want to be great."

"[voice over, opening lines] My mother made me promise to be an artist. She taught me that imagination can take a person anywhere. Mine took me from Indiana, to Broadway, to Hollywood. She was right."

"Princess Beatrice of York - a lady-in-waiting"

"Emily Eby - Lady Eliza"

"David Robb - Lord John Russell"

"Roddy Weaver - William IV's Chief Footman"

"Genevieve O'Reilly - Lady Flora Hastings"

"Rachael Stirling - the Duchess of Sutherland"

"Sophie Roberts - Lady Emma Portman"

"Danny Dalton - Prince Wilhelm of Prussia"

"Dave A. Hewitt - the Duke of Norfolk"

"Liam Scott - w:Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex"

"Johnnie Lyne-Pirkis - Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale"