The Remains of the Day (1993)

Christopher Reeve: Lewis

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• Lewis : You are, all of you, amateurs. And international affairs should never be run by gentlemen amateurs. Do you have any idea of what sort of place the world is becoming all around you? The days when you could just act out of your noble instincts, are over. Europe has become the arena of realpolitik, the politics of reality. If you like: real politics. What you need is not gentlemen politicians, but real ones. You need professionals to run your affairs, or you're headed for disaster!

• Stevens : Quite recently, you were kind enough to suggest that I go on a little holiday. That I take a trip around the country.

  Lewis : Absolutely. Certainly. Take a break. See the world. When did you last see the world, Stevens, tell me?

  Stevens : Well, in the past, the world always used to come to this house, in a manner of speaking, if I may say so, sir.

  Lewis : You may say so.

• Lewis : Burned again?

  Stevens : Yes, I'm sorry sir. The rule of the kitchen here has always been that the cook cooks the cook's breakfast while her assistant toast's the toast.

  Lewis : Well, why don't we just get her a popup toaster?

  Stevens : Mr Lewis, we need not a new gadget, but, a revised staff plan, sir.