War & Peace (TV Series)

Part One: Name Day (1972)

Anthony Hopkins: Pierre Bezukhov

Quotes 

• Pierre Bezukhov : If you want me to ruin you, I will. I'll take every ruble you've got.

  Anatole Kuragin : It's my father you'll ruin, not me. It's his money I play with.

• Pierre Bezukhov : What are you here for?

  Anatole Kuragin : Now what do you think I'm here for?

  Pierre Bezukhov : I don't know.

  Anatole Kuragin : Well, my father covers every possibility. I'm here in case your father doesn't die. Well, how'd it look, Pierre, if by some miracle your father recovered and I wasn't here paying my respects, eh? Well, how'd it look? It would look callous, wouldn't it?

  Pierre Bezukhov : Yes.

  Anatole Kuragin : Well, of course it would, you idiot. It would look as if I didn't care whether he lived or died. And then, if he had left me something, he might change his mind and leave me out altogether.