Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Michael Hordern: Thomas Boleyn

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• Thomas Boleyn : Mary, I have always loved you. All those things are true. The King was generous to me because you were - generous to him. But you're a fool; because, you gave him everything and asked for nothing. What His Majesty is denied, he goes mad to obtain. What he gets freely, he despises. You have lost him. I can't help you. Go now and cause no trouble.

• Mary Boleyn : He's finished with me. Has he? Tell me the truth!

  Thomas Boleyn : One never gets used to these things. There is always a hell to go through, when a girl gives herself so completely.

  Mary Boleyn : You know why I gave myself to the King. Since I opened my bedroom door to the King, you've lived well by it.

• King Henry VIII : When may I smell this pretty posy of yours?

  Thomas Boleyn : If you mean Anne, Sir, she is still at her mirror. A new dress, nervous fingers. If you could give her half an hour, perhaps?

  King Henry VIII : We have this whole day, Thomas.

• King Henry VIII : Your two daughters, Thomas, are they friends?

  Thomas Boleyn : Yes.

  King Henry VIII : And do they exchange confidences, do you think? Do they whisper together at night secrets about me, perhaps?

  Thomas Boleyn : Who knows, Your Grace? The one you have had, the other you desire.