Casanova (TV Mini Series)
Episode #1.1 (2005)
David Tennant: Casanova
Quotes
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Grimani : How can the church maintain its authority when the language itself is beyond reason? For example; in the Latin, can anyone explain to me why the word for vagina is masculine and the word for penis feminine, he had no answer.
Giacomo Casanova : Well I suppose you could say it's because the slave always takes its name from the master.
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Giacomo Casanova : I'm a spy.
Grimani : How d'you mean a spy?
Giacomo Casanova : A spy. I spy. That's me, the spy. Of course, being a spy I really shouldn't say I'm a spy or I'm spied by a spy.
Grimani : I suppose you can prove it?
Giacomo Casanova : What? You want me to spy on something? Um, look, there's a canal, I spied it. Look, it's still there. Ooh, and again.
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Rocco : Its all bollocks that stuff.
Giacomo Casanova : Ah, but since you were born under the sign of a ram, with you're tangent in the ascendant, I knew you were going to say that.
Rocco : Very funny.
Giacomo Casanova : And that.
Rocco : You can't just...
Giacomo Casanova : And that.
Rocco : Don't you...
Giacomo Casanova : And that.
Rocco : It's not...
Giacomo Casanova : And.
Rocco : If you...
Giacomo Casanova : And!...
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Giacomo Casanova : This is beginning to scare me.
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Henriette : Quite the gentleman.
Giacomo Casanova : Quite the lady.
Henriette : Quite bored of this. Goodbye.
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Landlord : That smell's the tannery; God help you in summer. If there's one good thing, the rats can't climb this high, but the water can - that roof hasn't got long.
Giacomo Casanova : You're not exactly selling it.
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Angela Tosello : I find all forms of theatre vulgar.
Giacomo Casanova : Yes, absolutely, good point. Even puppet shows?
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Older Casanova : [writing] Gentlemen...
Giacomo Casanova : Gentlemen!
Older Casanova : [writing] I'm sure we can sort this out amicably...
Giacomo Casanova : I'm sure we can sort this out amicably!
Older Casanova : [writing] Look at it this way...
Giacomo Casanova : Look at it this way; if you could do what I could do, then you would do it too!
Older Casanova : [writing] But you can't.
Giacomo Casanova : But you can't! I can, and I have, and I'll do it again! So, you should be happy for me, just a little tiny bit, don't you think? And *you*, sir, just consider; you love your wife. *I* love your wife! Aren't we both on the same side? If you think about it, I'm... I'm, um... what was it?
Older Casanova : I'm hungry.
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[first lines]
Giacomo Casanova : Bollocks!
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Grimani : ...Who the hell are you?
Giacomo Casanova : Right! Yes! Hello! Giacomo Casanova! Nice to meet you. Hello.
Grimani : Giacomo Casanova of...?
Giacomo Casanova : ...of...?... the Casanova family. Obviously.
[grins and snorts]
Grimani : And that would be Mr and Mrs Casanova and all the little Casanovas?
Giacomo Casanova : That's me, yes! Nice to meet you. I've said that, haven't I? Still. Still true.
[smile]
Grimani : ...It's very good to meet a man of learning, Giacomo. And you, more than anyone, will appreciate the delicacy in the precise latin; manus, the hand...
[holds up his right hand]
Grimani : Pudnas, the fist...
[clenches hand]
Grimani : and percutio... to punch!
[punches Giacomo in the face]
Giacomo Casanova : Oof!
[falls over]
Grimani : Nice indeed to meet you, peasant. Now, fetch me some wine.
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Giacomo Casanova : Excuse me, but I haven't actually been introduced to the Lady.
Grimani : Henriette. Henriette Marianne Del Bitasse. My fiancé.
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Giacomo Casanova : How you reach those notes in the upper fifth, with perfect... Oh, go on. You're a girl, are you? Go on, you can tell me.
Bellino : I'll take that as a compliment on my voice, Sir.
Giacomo Casanova : Oh... but you're a girl.
Bellino : I was inspected by the bishop.
Giacomo Casanova : Yeah, well. The bishop's been celibate for 53 years. He wouldn't know the difference.