Land of the Blind (2006)

Tom Hollander: Maximilian II

Quotes 

• Maximilian II : They'll remember you as a murderer.

  Thorne : They'll remember me as a surgeon! A surgeon who cut a cancer from the body of the State!

• Maximilian II : [attempts to insult Thorne]  We fucked your wife before we killed her you know. She loved it. She squealed like the pig that she was. She dug her nails into my back, screaming for more.

• Editor : Sir, will you have someone come in and refill my water dish?

  Maximilian II : Of course, Walter.

• Maximilian II : [has just stabbed his advisor to death with a pen]  I wish I hadn't had to do this, but it's bad business to let failure go unpunished. It sends a bad message to the rest of the staff.

• Maximilian II : I am Maximilian the Second! I am the savior of the nation, I am the guardian of the people, I am the master of all the crawls upon the earth and swims in the sea. And you fuckers have fucked me in the ass for the last time! I would like him

  [Thorne] 

  Maximilian II : eliminated, with extreme prejudice, like... like... Marlon Brando! Got it?

• Maximilian II : Chuck, I thought you were out on the islands.

  Pool : Ah well, Helen gave me the weekend off, sir.

  Maximilian II : What a ball-buster.

• Maximilian II : You're not a basketball fan, are you Ted?

  Jones : Only during the playoffs, sir.

  Maximilian II : Because you're a big fag, that's why hm? Big fag... Naw I'm kidding, Ted, I'm kidding.