Knives Out (2019)

Christopher Plummer: Harlan Thrombey

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Quotes 

• [Marta and Harlan are playing "Go"] 

  Harlan Thrombey : I don't know how you beat me at this every time.

  Marta Cabrera : I'm not trying to beat you. I'm creating a beautiful pattern.

  Harlan Thrombey : That's elder abuse. I'm calling the AARP.

  Marta Cabrera : Don't make me get the belt, Abuelo.

• Harlan Thrombey : [Talking to his caretaker, Marta Cabrera, about his grandson, Ransom Drysdale]  There's so much of *me* in that kid. Confident. Stupid. I don't know... protected. Playing life like a game without consequences.

  [Grabs a knife out of a nearby display stand] 

  Harlan Thrombey : Until you can't tell the difference

  [pauses and takes the knife out of its sheath] 

  Harlan Thrombey : between a stage prop... and a real knife.

  [Stabs the table in front of him with the knife blade; the knife remains upright] 

• Harlan Thrombey : Why do men instinctively pull at loose threads on their parachutes?

• Harlan Thrombey : Close the book with a flourish.