"Allow me to be frank at the commencement. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be …"

"When I wake in the country, I dream of being in London. When I get here, it's full of people like you. (Speaking of t…"

"I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater."

"The theatre is my drug, and my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality."

"But life is not a succession of urgent nows. It's a listless trickle of why should I's."

"I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life."

"Here he lies at the last. The deathbed convert. The pious debauchee. Could not dance a half measure, could I? Give me…"

"[Handing Rochester his winnings] No one likes a clever bastard."

"Johnny Depp - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester"

"John Malkovich - Charles II of England"