“That’s the thing about unhappiness. All it takes is for something worse to come along and you realize it was actually happiness after all.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.comTagged: Unhappiness, Worse, come along, Happiness
“To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.comTagged: hardest, Job, Energy, impartial, Natural
“Too much knowledge can be a dangerous thing.”— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.comTagged: Knowledge, dangerous, Advice
“Who we are is not what we wear or what glitters. It’s the spirit that defines us.”— Peter Morgan, Tom Edge, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Matt Smith, imdb.comTagged: wear, glitters, Spirit, Define
“Too much character, an excess of character.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.comTagged: character, excess, Too Much
“What kind of marriage is this? What kind of family? You’ve taken my career from me, you’ve taken my home. You’ve taken my name. I thought we were in this together.”— Peter Morgan, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Matt Smith, imdb.comTagged: Marriage, Family, Career, Home, name
“He hasn’t found happiness. He’s found marriage, the very opposite of happiness.”— Peter Morgan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, Ben Daniels, imdb.comTagged: Happiness, Marriage, Opposite
“A sick king is no good to anyone. There must be no weakness. No vulnerability.”— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.comTagged: Sick, king, no good, Weakness, vulnerability
“You understand, the titles, the dukedom. They’re not the job. She is the job. She is the essence of your duty. Loving her. Protecting her. Of course, you’ll miss your career. But doing this for her, doing this for me, there may be no greater act of patriotism. Or love.”— Peter Morgan, King George VI, Jared Harris, imdb.comTagged: Understand, Titles, dukedom, Job, Protection
“Monarchy is God’s sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.comTagged: God, Grace, dignify, Earth, Ideal
“I am aware that I am surrounded by people who feel that they could do the job better, strong people with powerful characters, but for better or worse, the crown has landed on my head.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Elizabeth II, Claire Foy, imdb.comTagged: aware, Job, better, Strong, Powerful
“No man should be punished for love.”— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.comTagged: Man, punished, Love
“People have to be angry at someone. But as leader, one cannot simply react to everything.”— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.comTagged: angry, leader, React, react to everything
“Where there is heroism there will always be hope.”— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.comTagged: Heroism, Hope, Optimistic
“We’re all dying. That’s what defines the condition of living.”— Peter Morgan, Sir Winston Churchill, John Lithgow, imdb.comTagged: Dying, defines, condition, Living, Life
“With this family, when you’re in, you’re never quite sure that you’re in. But when you’re out, there’s no doubt at all. You’re out.”— Peter Morgan, Duke of Windsor, Alex Jennings, imdb.comTagged: Family, out, in, Doubt
“While you mourn your father, you must also mourn someone else. Elizabeth Mountbatten. For she has now been replaced by another person, Elizabeth Regina. The two Elizabeths will frequently be in conflict with one another. The fact is, the Crown must win. Must always win.”— Peter Morgan, Queen Mary, Eileen Atkins, imdb.comTagged: Mourn, Death, Replaced, Person, Win
“Who wants transparency when you can have magic? Who wants prose when you can have poetry? Pull away the veil and what are you left with? An ordinary young woman of modest ability and little imagination. But wrap her up like this, anoint her with oil, and hey, presto, what do you have? A goddess.”— Peter Morgan, Duke of Windsor, Alex Jennings, imdb.comTagged: Transparency, Magic, Prose, Poetry, Questions