The Favourite (2018)

Nicholas Hoult: Harley

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Quotes 

• Harley : Might I remind you, you are not the queen.

  Lady Sarah : No, she has sent me to speak for her. She is unwell.

  Godolphin : What says she?

  Lady Sarah : That Harley is a fop and a prat and smells like a ninety-six-year-old French whore's vajuju.

• Harley : Must the duck be here?

  Godolphin : Fastest duck in the city. Horatio is a prize worth stealing, he does not leave my side.

  Harley : Keep him away from me or I will pull his liver out and eat it with a cornichon.

• Harley : You are in favour. But favour is a breeze that shifts direction all the time.

• Harley : I wish to make a statement to the Queen.

  Lady Sarah : State it to me. I love a comedy. Is there cake?

• Harley : So what's been happening?

  Abigail : The queen and Lady Marlborough are to race lobsters, and then eat them.

  Harley : Do you want to get punched?

• Harley : It is important to make new friends, is it not?

  Abigail : Yes. If that's what's actually happening here, and not veiled threats under the guise of civility.

• Abigail : You want something. To fuck me?

  Harley : I will leave that to my friend Masham, who is completely cuntstruck by you.

• Masham : This wig is ridiculous.

  Harley : A man must look pretty.

• Harley : You do not care? I thought you were on our side.

  Abigail : I'm on my side. Always.

• Queen Anne : Oh it is fun to be queen sometimes!

  Harley : One can only imagine.

• Harley : [after he pushes Abigail down]  Are you all right?

• Harley : You are in favour. But favour is a breeze that shifts direction all the time. Then in an instant you're back sleeping with a bunch of scabrous whores wondering whose finger's in your arse. You cannot have too many friends in court. I need a friend Abigail, one with cute ears and wide eyes. I am often blind-sided by the distorted situation at court.

• Harley : Going to ride that one are we?

  Masham : She does make my blood hot.

• Harley : A new era of peace and prosperity. A new day. A door to a new future. As metaphors abound.