I.Q. (1994)

Stephen Fry: James Moreland

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• Boris Podolsky : James! How's the rat business?

  James Moreland : Well, actually it's mostly students I'm experimenting on now.

  Kurt Godel : My God, the mazes must be enormous.

• Ed Walters : You see, you have a Lucas type four generator on a 12-volt system, and you know the British. They'd rather spend time gluing wood on a dashboard than getting the electrical system right.

  James Moreland : Fascinating, but what is wrong with the car?

  Ed Walters : [while looking at Catherine Boyd]  Well, my guess is your stroke is too short and you're getting premature ignition. Does it ever feel that way?

• James Moreland : [referring to Ed]  I was wrong about him. He is not an idiot-savant at all. He is the real thing. He is an idiot-idiot!

• James Moreland : Now, the mouse has learned that the red lever will give him an electrical stimulus in the brain that's something akin to sexual climax; and the blue lever will dispense him food. Now, this one here hasn't eaten for three days...

  James Moreland : [the mouse goes to the red lever, triggering the light]  Now, why would he do that?

  [Albert Einstein, dumbfounded, doesn't say anything but looks at James with a look that doesn't really need an explanation] 

• James Moreland : [referring to Ed]  I mean, it's not as if he has never shown signs of *normal* intelligence.

  Catherine Boyd : Think of that! Nuclear fusion.

  James Moreland : I suppose these things happen. Idiot-savant, you know. A mental patient plays perfect chess. A nine year old from Alabama suddenly starts speaking in iambic pentameter...