"The whole world is drunk and we're just the cocktail of the moment, pallie. One of these days, everybody's gonna wake up with a heck of a hangover, down two aspirin with a glass of tomato juice, and wonder what the hell all the fuss was about."

"[on Frank] He's crazy. We're all crazy."

"I figure, if power doesn't mean that you have the opportunity to work with the people that you love, [points to his group] then you haven't really got any."

"[at the Sands Hotel, on Frank and Dean to the audience] Look at these two, ladies and gentlemen, the Italian bookends! Pretty soon they'll be telling you what wonderful work the Mafia's been doing."

"Ava Gardner: [to Frank] I love it when you sing, cos you're honest when you sing. You're an angel when you sing. [pause] Why don't you just sing?"

"Veronica Cartwright - Rocky Cooper"

"Eddie Izzard as Albert Edward, Prince of Wales ("Bertie")"

"O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Anthony Ray Hinton"

"Michael Wawuyo - Andrew Mukooza"

"Adam Kotz - David Merrit"

"Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga - Masanga"

"David Ashton - Garrigan Sr."

"Simon McBurney - Stone"

"David Oyelowo - Dr. Junju"

"Barbara Rafferty - Mrs. Garrigan"

"Stephen Rwangyezi - Jonah Wasswa"

"Almost all aberrations of nature are possible."

"Dr. Merrit: [to Nicholas] You know, the interesting thing is, 80% of the locals prefer the witch doctor to us. Sometimes I just think we're just skimming the surface of an ocean."

"Kerry Washington - Kay Amin"

"James McAvoy - Dr. Nicholas Garrigan"

"Forest Whitaker - Idi Amin"

"Gillian Anderson - Dr. Sarah Merrit"

"Cleopatra Koheirwe - Joy"

"They take you to a tree and hang you by your skin. Each time you scream the evil comes out of you. Sometimes, it can take three days for your evil to be spent. Pull him up."

"[about Nicholas] You see, Jonah? This is the sort of man a president needs around him. Someone who is not afraid to speak his mind."

"You see. You are a doctor and a philosopher. Yes, I do have a good life now. Please, please. Sit here. I come from a very poor family, I think you should know this. My father left me when I was a child. The British Army; became my home. They took me as a cleaner, in the kitchens, cleaning pots. They used to beat me. [imitating British] "Beat this wall, Amin." "Dig the latreen, Amin." And now, here I am. The President of Uganda. And who put me here, huh? It was the British."

"I am the father of this nation, Nicholas. And you have most... grossly... offended your father."

"Look at you. Is there one thing you have done that is good? Did you think this was all a game? 'I will go to Africa and I will play the white man with the natives.' Is that what you thought? We are not a game, Nicholas. We are real. This room here, it is real. I think your death will be the first real thing that has happened to you."

"This is Africa. You meet violence with violence. Anything else, and you're dead."

"David Strathairn - Franklin D. Roosevelt (voice)"

"Samuel West - Anthony Eden"

"David Schofield - Clement Attlee"

"Ronald Pickup - Neville Chamberlain"

"Stephen Dillane - Viscount Halifax"

"Ben Mendelsohn - George VI of the United Kingdom"

"You gave me some advice once. Perhaps I can give you some. Go to the people. Let them instruct you. Quite silently, they usually do. But tell them... the truth unvarnished."

"Nicholas Jones - Sir John Simon"

"You know what? I feel angry. In this moment I'm aware of feeling—bloody angry."

"Kristin Scott Thomas - Clementine Churchill"

"(to Winston) You are strong because you are imperfect. You are wise because you have doubts. From this uncertainty the wisest words will come."

"Turning once again to the question of invasion, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast, when an absolute guarantee against invasion could have been given to our people. I have, myself full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny. If necessary, for years. If necessary, alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government, every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous states have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end! We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender. And if - which I do not for a moment believe - this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old!"

"Those who never change their mind never change anything."

"Here is a woman who's always tired, for she lives a life where too much is required."

"I'm getting the job only because the ship is sinking. It's not a gift, it's revenge."

"(on the toilet) Please tell the Privy Seal that I am currently sealed in the privy and I can only deal with one shit at a time."

"(exiting the bathroom naked) Miss? I'm coming out in a state of nature!"

"The deadly danger here is this romantic fantasy of fighting to the end. What is "the end" if not the destruction of all things? There's nothing heroic in going down fighting if it can be avoided. Nothing even remotely patriotic in death or glory if the odds are firmly on the former. Nothing inglorious in trying to shorten a war we are clearly losing."

"Nations which go down fighting rise again, and those that surrender tamely are finished."