The Madness of King George (1994)

Ian Holm: Willis

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• Dr. Willis : If the King refuses food, He will be restrained. If He claims to have no appetite, He will be restrained. If He swears and indulges in MEANINGLESS DISCOURSE... He will be restrained. If He throws off his bed-clothes, tears away His bandages, scratches at His sores, and if He does not strive EVERY day and ALWAYS towards His OWN RECOVERY... then He must be restrained.

  George III : I am the King of England.

  Dr. Willis : NO, sir. You are the PATIENT.

• Dr. Willis : I have You in my eye, sir. And I shall KEEP You in my eye until You learn to behave and do as You're told.

  George III : I am the King. I tell, I am not TOLD. I am the VERB, sir, not the OBJECT.

• Pitt : I used to sit with my father when he was ill. I used to read him Shakespeare.

  Dr. Willis : I have never read Shakespeare.

  [Pitt and Thurlow stare at him in shock] 

  Dr. Willis : I am a clergyman.

• Thurlow : [to Dr. Willis]  King Lear; do you think that is wise?

  Dr. Willis : I did not know what the play was about.

• George III : By your dress, sir, and general demeanor, I'd say you were a minister of God.

  Dr. Willis : Oh, that's true, Your Majesty, I was once in the service of the Church. Now I practice medicine.

  George III : Well, I'm sorry for it. You've quitted a profession I've always loved and embraced one I most heartily DETEST.

  Dr. Willis : Our Savior went about healing the sick.

  George III : Yes... but He had not seven hundred pounds a year for it.

  [laughs] 

  George III : Well, that's not bad for a madman.

• Willis : The state of monarchy and the state of lunacy share a frontier. Some of my lunatics fancy themselves kings. He - he's the King.

• Willis : I have you in my eye, Sir. And I shall keep you in my eye until you learn to do as you're told.

  George III : I am the King. I tell, I'm not told. I am the verb, Sir. I am not the object.

• Willis : I have a hospital in Lincolnshire.

  George III : Lincolnshire. Yes, I know Lincolnshire. Fine sheep there. Admirable sheep. Pigs, too. But I know of no hospitals.

• Greville : We do not use the word lunatic, sir, in relation to His Majesty.

  Willis : Oh. Well, who's to say what's normal in a King? Hmm? Deferred to, agreed with, acquiesced in. Who can flourish on such a - daily diet of compliance?

• Willis : You must behave! Or, endeavor to do so.

  George III : Must! Must? Whose must is this? Your must or my must? Get away from me, you scabby, bum sucker. Lincolnshire lick-fingers!

• Willis : I see you, Sir.

  George III : No, sir! You do not see me. Nobody sees me. I am not here.