Gods and Monsters (1998)

Brendan Fraser: Clayton Boone

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Quotes 

• James Whale : Ma'am, may I introduce Mr Clayton Boone, my gardener.

  Clayton Boone : How do you do? Clay Boone.

  Princess Margaret : Quite. I adore gardens.

  James Whale : He's never met a princess, only queens.

• James Whale : [while sketching Boone]  Oh, that shirt, Mr. Boone.

  Clayton Boone : Hmm?

  James Whale : Yes, I-I am sorry. It's just too white. It's too distracting. Would it be asking you too much to take it off?

  Clayton Boone : [nervous]  Well, I'm not wearing an undershirt today.

  James Whale : Oh, pish posh, I'm not your Aunt Tillie.

• Clayton Boone : You must think the whole world is queer.

• Clayton Boone : No, I don't have a girlfriend.

  James Whale : Why not?

  Clayton Boone : You have to kiss some ass to get a piece of it.

• Hannah : Poor Mr. Jimmy. There is much good in him, but he will suffer the fires of hell.

  Clayton Boone : Oh yeah?

  Hannah : That is what the priests tell me. His sins of the flesh will keep him from heaven.

  Clayton Boone : Hell, everybody's got those.

  Hannah : No. His is the worst. The unspeakable. The deed no man can name without shame. What is the good English? All I know is bugger, he's a bugger, men who bugger each other...

  Clayton Boone : A homo?

  Hannah : *Yes*, you *know*...

• Clayton Boone : Well, um, w-what were some of your movies?

  James Whale : Oh, this and that. The only ones that you may have heard of are the Frankenstein movies.

  Clayton Boone : Frankenstein? And, um, uh, Bride of Frankenstein? And the Son of? And the other ones too?

  James Whale : Uh, no, I-I just directed the first two. The others were done by hacks.

• Clayton Boone : I am NOT... your monster.

• Betty : I bet he's some fruit just pretending to be famous so that he can get in the big guy's pants.

  Clayton Boone : What makes you say that?

  Betty : Just thinking out loud.

  Clayton Boone : Well, why don't you just keep your dirty thoughts to yourself?

  Betty : Alright then, he's interested in you for your conversation. We all know what a great talker you are.

  Clayton Boone : Fuck you.

  Betty : Not anymore you don't.

• Clayton Boone : The monster's lonely. He wants a friend. A girlfriend. Somebody. What's so sick about that?

• James Whale : I suppose you'd like the top down?

  Clayton Boone : If that's all right with you.

  James Whale : Nothing would please me more.

• James Whale : There was a time when this place was full of pricks. Big, hard, arrogant pricks.

  Clayton Boone : Enough already. Isn't it bad enough that you tell me you're a fucking homo? You have to rub it in my face?

• Clayton Boone : What was that all about?

  [referring to conversation between Whale and Cuckor] 

  James Whale : Oh, don't worry. Nothing of any importance. Just two old men slapping each other with lilies.

• Betty : Sounds screwy to me. I can't imagine a real artist wanting to spend time looking at that kisser.

  Clayton Boone : Oh, yeah? Well, this kisser wasn't so bad that you couldn't lay under it a couple of times.

• [last lines] 

  Michael Boone : [viewing James Whale's illustration of Clayton as Frankenstein's monster]  Is this for real?

  Dana Boone : Clay, take out the trash before it rains.

  Clayton Boone : Come on.

• Clayton Boone : [speaking about joining the marines]  It was a chance to be a part of something important. Something that's, that's bigger than yourself.

  James Whale : So, what happened?

  Clayton Boone : Didn't have the guts for it... Literally. My appendix *burst*... They gave me a medical discharge. And the only thing I can think is how the hell am I gonna tell my father?

  [pauses] 

  Clayton Boone : And you know what happened when I finally did tell him?

  [pauses] 

  Clayton Boone : He laughed at me.

  [pauses] 

  Clayton Boone : Well, that's the breaks, huh? So... no war stories for this pup.

  James Whale : That's where you're wrong, Clayton... You just told me one... A very good story indeed.