Anastasia (1997)
Meg Ryan: Anastasia
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Quotes
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Anastasia : Men are such babies.
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Anastasia : [after waking up, flailing her arm and smacking Dimitri in the nose] Oh, sorry. I thought you were someone el - oh, it's you. Well, that's okay, then.
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[Anya and Dimitri have been arguing on the train - Vlad enters the compartment]
Anastasia : Oh, thank goodness it's you!
[points to Dimitri]
Anastasia : Will you please remove him from my sight?
Vladimir : [to Dimitri] What have you done to her?
Dimitri : Me? It's *her*!
Anastasia : HA!
[leaves]
Vladimir : Oh! An unspoken attraction!
Dimitri : *Attraction*? To that skinny little brat? Have you lost your mind?
Vladimir : I was only asking a simple question...
Dimitri : Attraction... ridiculous!
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[Dimitri and Anya are waltzing]
Dimitri : That, uh, that dress looks really good on you.
Anastasia : Do you think so?
Dimitri : Yeah. I mean, it looked nice on the hanger but it's even better on you. Y-you, you should wear it!
Anastasia : I *am* wearing it!
Dimitri : Oh, oh yes, I was just, um, trying to give you a... a...
Anastasia : Complement?
Dimitri : Yeah.
Vladimir : [singing] It's one, two, three/ And suddenly/ I see it at a glance/ She's radiant/ And confidant/ And born to take this chance/ I taught her well/ I planned it all/ I just forgot/ Romance/ Vlad, how could you do this?/ How will we get through this?/ I never should have let them/ Dance!
Anastasia : I feel a little... dizzy.
Dimitri : Kind of... light-headed?
Anastasia : Yeah...
Dimitri : Me too. Probably from all the spinning.
[they stop dancing]
Dimitri : Maybe we should stop.
Anastasia : [quietly] We *have* stopped.
Dimitri : Anya, I...
Anastasia : Yes?
[they lean in...]
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Anastasia : [singing] Yes, let this be a sign, / Let this road be mine, / Let it lead me to my past, / And bring me home - at last!
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Dimitri : Look I think we got off on the wrong foot.
Anastasia : Well, I think we did, too. But I appreciate your apology.
Dimitri : Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying that...
Anastasia : Please don't talk anymore, it's only going to upset me.
Dimitri : Fine, I'll be quiet if you be quiet.
Anastasia : Alright, I'll be quiet.
Dimitri : Fine.
Anastasia : Fine.
Dimitri : Fine.
Anastasia : Fine... So you think you're gonna miss it?
Dimitri : Miss what? Your talking?
Anastasia : No! Russia.
Dimitri : Nope.
Anastasia : But it was your home.
Dimitri : It was a place I once lived. End of story.
Anastasia : Then you must plan on making Paris your true home.
Dimitri : What is it with you and homes?
Anastasia : Well for one thing it's something every normal person wants. And for another thing... it's thing where ya just...
Dimitri : What?
Anastasia : Forget it!
[grunts in frustration]
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Dowager Empress Marie : You're a very good actress, best yet in fact. But I've had enough.
[starts to walk away]
Anastasia : Peppermint?
Dowager Empress Marie : Oil for my hands.
Anastasia : Yes... I spilled a bottle. The carpet was soaked and it forever smelled of peppermint - like you. I used to lie on that rug and oh how I missed you while you were away...
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Dowager Empress Marie : [looking through her memory box] Oh look! The drawing you gave me! Remember?
Anastasia : Oh yeah... Olga made me so mad; she said it looked like a pig riding a donkey!
[laughs]
Anastasia : She was right.
Dowager Empress Marie : [nostalgically] Ah, your laughter. Once again, I hear my Nicky, your dear father.
[retrieves a tiara from her dresser]
Dowager Empress Marie : But you have the beauty of your mother, Alexandra - Empress of all Russia.
[ceremoniously places tiara on Anastasia's head]
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[Dimitri is going to announce Anya to the Dowager; Anya stops him]
Anastasia : Dimitri?
Dimitri : Yes?
Anastasia : [a bit nervous] Look, we've been through a lot together...
Dimitri : [getting excited] Uh-huh?
Anastasia : [very nervously] And... I just wanted to...
Dimitri : [very excitedly] Yes?
Anastasia : Well...
[loses her nerve]
Anastasia : thank you, I guess. Yes. Thank you for everything.
[both turn away from each other. Dimitri turns back]
Dimitri : Anya, I...
Anastasia : [quickly turns to face him, excited] Yes?
Dimitri : [nervous] I... I'm, um...
Anastasia : [very excited] Ye-es?
Dimitri : [also loses his nerve] I want to wish you good luck, I guess.
Anastasia : [disappointed] Oh.
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Anastasia : [voiceover, during a shot of Anya's farewell letter] Dear Grandmama, wish me luck. We'll be together in Paris again soon.
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Anastasia : [after overhearing Dimitri's conversation with Marie and learning his plans] That was all a lie, wasn't it?
Dimitri : No, no...
Anastasia : You used me? I was just part of your con to get her money?
Dimitri : No. No, no, no. Look, it may have started out that way, but everything's different now, because you really are Anastasia. You are!
Anastasia : Now stop it! From the very beginning, you *lied*! And I not only believed you, I actually...
[grunts in disbelief]
Dimitri : Anya, please! When you spoke of the hidden door in the wall opening, and the little boy, listen to me, that was...
Anastasia : No! I don't want to hear about anything that I said I remembered; you just leave me alone!
[Dimitri grabs Anya's arm, she slaps him and storms away]
Dimitri : [yelling in protest] Anya, please, you have to know the truth!
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Anastasia : [singing] Years of dreams just can't be wrong!
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Anastasia : [Looking at a photo of her family] I remember now how much I loved them.
Dowager Empress Marie : They would not want us to live in the past, not now that we have found each other.
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Anastasia : [imitating Comrade Phlegmenkoff after leaving the orphanage] "Be grateful, Anya." I *am* grateful - grateful to get away!
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Dimitri : [after making a deal with Anya] May I present... Her Royal Highness, the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Anastasia : Pooka, we are going to Paris!
Dimitri : Uh, the dog stays.
Anastasia : I'm talking about the dog goes.
Dimitri : No, the dog is not going.
Anastasia : I say he's going.
Dimitri : I'm allergic to dogs.
Bartok : [after hearing Dimitri and Anya argue] Anastasia? Yeah, just one problem there, fella. Anastasia's dead. All the Romanovs are dead. They're dead. Dead, dead, dead. Am I right, my friend?
[to the "relic"]
Bartok : I mean, how could that be Ana...!
[screaming, clinging to the "relic", whimpers and hanging upside down]
Bartok : Oh, come on. Am I supposed to believe that thing woke up after all these years, just because some guy claims she's a Romanov? OK, OK, I get the message! Enough already with the glowing and the smoke people!
[sighs]
Bartok : If that thing's come back to life, that must mean... Anastasia's alive.
Dimitri : Just leave the dog.
Anastasia : I am not leaving the dog!
Bartok : And that's her!
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Anastasia : One ticket to Paris, please.
Ticket Agent : Exit visa.
Anastasia : Exit visa?
Ticket Agent : No exit visa, NO TICKET!
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Anastasia : This is for Dimitri!
[smashes his reliquary with her foot]
Rasputin : Give it back!
Anastasia : This is for my family!
[smashing his reliquary again]
Rasputin : [grabs her gown] I'll tear you to pieces!
Anastasia : And this--this is for you!
Rasputin : No!
Anastasia : Dasvidaniya!
[began to crush his reliquary and it explodes, unleashing the minions, who turn against Rasputin, and in the process, he crosses over, disintegrates to a skeleton, then to dust, ending the Romanov curse forever]
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Anastasia : Sophie wants to take us shopping for the ballet! Shopping in Paris, can you believe it?
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[after Rasputin is destroyed, Anya checks on Dimitri, who was struck in the head by a rock]
Anastasia : Dimitri?
[He doesn't move or open his eyes, and Anya looks away and starts to cry; Her dog, Pooka, howls in despair; Suddenly, Dimitri moves his arm and gets up; Anya gasps and quickly turns, accidentally hitting him in the face]
Dimitri : Ouch!
Anastasia : DIMITRI!
[She happily hugs him]
Dimitri : Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Let go, let go!
Anastasia : Sorry.
Dimitri : Yeah, I know, I know. "All men are babies."
[groans]
Anastasia : I thought you were going back to St. Pete...
Dimitri : I was.
Anastasia : You didn't take the...
Dimitri : I couldn't.
Anastasia : Why?
Dimitri : Because, I...
[Anya puts her fingers on his lips, quieting him and they lean in for a kiss, but Pooka barks and hands them Anya's tiara; He takes it]
Dimitri : Oh.
[They both get up]
Dimitri : They're waiting for you.
[Anya takes the tiara and looks at Dimitri as she finally discovers the truth]