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"Phillipe, please, steady. [enters the gate and sees Maurice's hat on the ground] Papa."

"That's funny, I'm sure there was someone... I-I-Is there anyone here?"

"He's no monster, Gaston. You are!"

"[gasps] No... no! No, please... Please don't leave me... [she sobs softly, laying her face against his chest] I love you..."

"Yes... but you must promise to stay here forever."

"The castle is your home now, so you can go anywhere you like, except the west wing. [Belle: What's in the West--] [growls] It's forbidden?!"

"[LeFou: So, how'd it go?] I'll have Belle for my wife. Make no mistake about that."

"Take whatever booty you can find, but remember, the Beast is mine!"

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this monster."

"What's the matter, Beast? Too kind and gentle to fight back?"

"Ma chère, mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride pleasure and greatest pride that I welcome you tonight. And now, we invite you to relax. Let us pull up a chair as the dining room proudly presents...your dinner."

"Don't you see? She's the one. The girl we have been waiting for. She has come to break the spell!"

"Couldn't keep quiet, could we? Just had to invite him to stay, didn't we? Serve him tea, sit in the master's chair, pet the pooch."

"Dinner is served."

"How would you like a nice spot of tea, sir? It'll warm you up in no time."

"Well, you can start by making yourself more presentable. Straighten up, try to act like a gentleman."

"Mama. There's a girl in the castle."

"You guys gotta try this thing."

"If no one will help me, then I'll go back alone. Yes, is that everything? I don't care what it takes. I'll find that castle and somehow, I... I'll get her out of there."

"Hitch up Philippe, girl. I'm off to the fair!"

"Tavern Man: Maurice?"

"Monsieur D'Arque: So you want me to throw her father in the asylum unless she agrees to marry you? [They both nod in agreement] Oh, that is despicable. I love it!"

"Dick: Is it a big beast?"

"Stanley: With a long, ugly snout?"

"Walter: And sharp, cruel fangs?"

"Well, [originally] when we were planning the big elaborate dance sequence that would include a moving camera craning up to the ceiling on the characters that would really have more of a live action feel to them—there was always this nagging doubt in our minds that it wasn't going to work at all (laughs). We had sort of a back-up plan just in case, if none of this works we'll just turn off all the lights and Bella and the Beast will be dancing in a little spotlight in a darkened room like an ice skating show (laughs). Fortunately, when we got the first piece of test film back, it was amazingly breathtaking, made a big sigh of relief because we knew it was going to work."

"We actually designed all the camera movement first and animated the characters to match that."

"We created computer generated stand-ins, the ballroom was sort of a chicken-wire kind of thing and Bella & the Beast were represented by these box and egg sort of things."

"You have to make all the same decisions that a live action director would have to make. Everything from where to put the camera to what the emotional tone of the scene is going to be, in addition to answering all the questions about costume design and weather and color and all the numerous elements that go into making the scene. We're there every step of the way from the very first crude character designs and early storyboards to how loud the footsteps of the Beast should be as he's walking across the marble floor. We shepherd the process from beginning to end."

"Paige O'Hara – B. la Belle the Beauty"

"Rex Everhart – Maurice"

"Robby Benson – Master B. le Bête the Beast/Prince Adam"

"Richard White – Gaston"

"Jerry Orbach – Monsieur Lumière the Candelabra"

"David Ogden Stiers – Narrator, Sir Cogsworth the Clock"

"Angela Lansbury – Mrs. Potts the Teapot"

"Mary Kay Bergman – Claudette Bimbette, Laurette Bimbette"

"Kath Soucie – Paulette Bimbette"

"Jesse Corti – Monsieur LeFou"

"Bradley Pierce – Chip Potts the Teacup"

"Kimmy Robertson – Fifi Plumette Featherduster"

"Hal Smith – Philippe B. the Horse"

"Jack Angel – Tavern Man, Tom"

"Phil Proctor – Dick"

"Bill Farmer – Stanley"

"Patrick Pinney – Walter"

"Mickie McGowan – French Peasant Woman"

"Carole Jeghers – Woman holding the baby"