Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Ben Hardy: Roger Taylor
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Quotes
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[Freddie invites Roger over to his new mansion]
Freddie Mercury : What do you think?
[Roger looks at Freddie's mustache]
Roger Taylor : Gayer.
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Roger Taylor : You're a legend, Fred.
Freddie Mercury : You're bloody right I am! We're all legends.
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[from trailer, recording operatic section of Bohemian Rhapsody]
Roger Taylor : [singing in high pitch] Galileo!
Freddie Mercury : Do it again.
Roger Taylor : [singing in high pitch] Galileo!
Freddie Mercury : One more.
Roger Taylor : HOW MANY MORE GALILEOS DO YOU WANT?
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Roger Taylor : [singing in high pitch] Galileo!
Freddie Mercury : Higher!
Roger Taylor : If I go higher, only dogs will hear it!
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Roger Taylor : [debating which song is better; Sweet Lady or I'm in Love with my Car] "You call me sweet like I'm some kind of cheese"
Brian May : It's good.
Roger Taylor : WOW!
Brian May : Is that, you know, "with my hands on your grease gun". That's very subtle isn't it?
Roger Taylor : It's a METAPHOR Brian!
John Deacon : It's just a bit weird Roger. What exactly are you doing with that car?
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Roger Taylor : What are you doing later?
Kashmira Bulsara : Homework...
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Roger Taylor : ...Who even is Galileo?
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Roger Taylor : [after singing Galileo in high pitch several times] My balls are in my chest.
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Freddie Mercury : I also write songs. Might be of interest to you. Just a bit of fun, really.
Roger Taylor : You're five minutes too late.
Brian May : Our lead singer just quit.
Freddie Mercury : Then you'll need someone new.
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Brian May : [after Tim tells Brian and Roger he's leaving Smile for another band]
[sarcastically]
Brian May : Humpy Bong?
Tim Staffell : Humpy Bong. They're going places! They're gonna be big!
Roger Taylor : Humpy Bong? Are you joking?
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Roger Taylor : [knocks on the door to Freddie's flat and barges in] Your phones off the hook.
[points to lady companion]
Roger Taylor : This is Crystal.
Cheryl : CHERYL!
Roger Taylor : Oh, that's right. My mistake.
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[arguing over Queen's musical direction]
Roger Taylor : Drum loops? Synthesizers?
Freddie Mercury : If you say so.
Roger Taylor : It's not us.
Freddie Mercury : Us?
Roger Taylor : It's not Queen!
Freddie Mercury : [yelling angrily] Queen is whatever I say it is!
Roger Taylor : [stepping up to Freddie] Well, you can play your own bloody drums, then!
[Freddie shoves him away]
Brian May : Fred...
Roger Taylor : [getting right back in Freddie's face] Okay, let's see how good a boxer you really are!
Brian May : [trying to keep them apart] Roger! Take it easy, take it easy! Take it easy.
[gently pushing Freddie away]
Brian May : All right, Muhammad Ali.
[while this is going on, John picks up his bass and begins playing the opening riff for "Another One Bites the Dust"; everyone stops to look at him]
Brian May : That's... that's, that's quite... that's quite a cool riff, actually.
Freddie Mercury : Hm. You wrote that?
[John glares at him and keeps playing]
Freddie Mercury : That's really good.
[John stops]
John Deacon : Yes, it will be... if you all can just shut up and play.
[Brian pats Freddie on the shoulder]
Freddie Mercury : [nodding at Roger] He started it.
Brian May : Oh, shut up.
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Freddie Mercury : I've been hideous. I know that, and... I deserve your fury. I've been conceited... selfish. Well, an asshole, basically.
Roger Taylor : Strong beginning.
Freddie Mercury : Look, I'm happy to strip off my shirt and flagellate myself before you. Or rather, I could ask you a simple question.
Roger Taylor : I'm good with the flagellation.
Freddie Mercury : What's it gonna take for all of you to forgive me?
Brian May : Is that what you want, Freddie? I forgive you. Is that it? Can we go now?
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Freddie Mercury : What's going on?
Roger Taylor : You'd know if you were on time.
Freddie Mercury : I'm a performer darling, not a Swiss train conductor.
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Roger Taylor : [on learning Freddie has signed a solo deal] I don't believe this. How much?
[Freddie looks away]
Roger Taylor : What did they pay you?
[Freddie remains quiet]
Roger Taylor : I wanna know how much they paid you...
Freddie Mercury : Four million dollars!
[band reacts with shock and disbelief]
John Deacon : That's more than any Queen deal.
Freddie Mercury : Look, the routine is killing us. I mean, you must all want a break from all the arguments. Whose song gets on the album, whose song's the single, who wrote what, who gets a bigger slice of the royalties, what's on the B side, all of it. You must need a break.
Brian May : Freddie, we're a family.
Freddie Mercury : No, we're not! We're not a family! You've got families, children, wives. What have I got?
John Deacon : You've got four million dollars. Perhaps you can buy yourself a family.
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Freddie Mercury : I won't compromise my vision any longer.
Roger Taylor : Compromise? Are you joking? You were working at Heathrow before we gave you a chance!
Freddie Mercury : [spins around to face the room] And without me, you'd be a dentist, drumming 12/8-time blues on the weekend at the Crown and Anchor. And you... well, you would be Dr. Brian May, author of a fascinating dissertation on the cosmos that no one ever reads. And Deacy? For the life of me... nothing comes to mind.
John Deacon : I studied electrical engineering. Does that meet your standard?
Freddie Mercury : [scoffs] Perfect.
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Roger Taylor : We have a problem with the people around you.
Freddie Mercury : [reassuring his bandmates] Paul is out. I fired him.
Brian May : On what pretext?
Freddie Mercury : Villainy.