Beauty and the Beast (I) (2017)

Emma Thompson: Mrs. Potts

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Potts : [hanging from a chandelier]  How do you like your tea? Hot enough or *boiling*?

  [sees her husband] 

  Mrs. Potts : [shocked]  Mr. Potts!

  [loses her grip, and falls, screaming] 

  Chip : Mama!

  [LeFou catches her] 

  Mrs. Potts : Thank you!

  [LeFou nods "You're welcome". He spots the villagers about to attack them and dodges them. Mrs. Potts boils one villager up with tea] 

  LeFou : Take that!

  [LeFou punches the other villager and turns to Mrs. Potts] 

  Mrs. Potts : Nicely handled!

  LeFou : Well, I used to be on Gaston's side. but we are so in a bad place right now...

  Mrs. Potts : You're too good for him anyway.

  LeFou : Yeah.

  Mrs. Potts : Should we get back to it, then?

  [LeFou nods enthusiastically and runs off with her to join the servants in driving off the villagers] 

• [Gaston, LeFou and the mob are in the castle. LeFou notices Mrs. Potts and Chip sleeping] 

  LeFou : [to Chip]  Well, hello there... You must be the talking teacup.

  [to Mrs. Potts] 

  LeFou : And you must be his grandmother.

  Mrs. Potts : [awakes, gasps]  Grandmother?

  [to the servants] 

  Mrs. Potts : Attack!

  [They attack the mob at the castle] 

• Belle : [to Lumiere]  What happens when the last petal falls?

  Lumière : The master remains a beast forever and we become...

  Mrs. Potts : [sadly]  Antiques!

  Lumière : Knick-knacks.

  Plumette : Lightly-used housewares.

  Cogsworth : Rubbish. We become rubbish.

  Belle : I want to help you. There must be some way to break the curse.

  Cogsworth : Well, there is one.

  [Lumiere hits him] 

  Mrs. Potts : It's not for you to worry about, lamb. We've made our bed, and we must lie in it.

• Mrs. Potts : [to Belle]  The master's *not* as terrible as he appears!

• Beast : [to Belle, gruffly]  You'll join me for dinner. That's not a request.

  Mrs. Potts : Gently, Master. The girl lost her father *and* her freedom in one day.

  Lumière : Yes, the poor thing is probably in there scared to death.

  Belle : [Unbeknownst to them, Belle has turned her pink gown into a rope so she can escape. The Beast knocks on her bedroom door again, softly this time; nervously]  Just a minute.

  Lumière : You see? There she is. Now remember: Be gentle.

  Mrs. Potts : Kind.

  Plumette : Mmm, charming.

  Cogsworth : Sweet!

  Lumière : And when she opens the door, give her a dashing, debonaire smile! Come, come, show me the smile!

  Cogsworth : [the Beast gives a wide smile, showing his monstrous teeth. The servants react in fright]  Oh, dear!

  Plumette : Oh, no!

  Beast : [his smile vanishes; he gathers himself and pretends to be gracious]  Will you join me for dinner?

  [He turns away and shakes his head at the servants as if to say, "This'll never work"] 

  Belle : You've taken me as your prisoner, and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you insane?

  Plumette : [the Beast becomes visibly enraged; the servants back away in fear]  Uh-oh! He's losing it!

  Cogsworth : Oh, dear!

  Beast : [pounds on Belle's door, yelling]  I told you to join me for dinner!

  Belle : And I told you no!

  Madame Garderobe : [awakens startled]  Oh, what time is it? What's happening?

  Belle : I'd *starve* before I ever ate with you!

  Beast : [roaring]  Well, be my guest! Go ahead and starve!

  [to Lumiere] 

  Beast : If she doesn't eat with me, then she doesn't eat *at all*!

  [storms off] 

  Beast : Idiots!

• Belle : [to the servants, about the Beast]  Why do you care about him so much?

  Mrs. Potts : We've looked after him all his life.

  Belle : But he's cursed you somehow. Why? You did nothing.

  Mrs. Potts : [ashamed]  You're quite right there, dear. You see, when the master lost his mother and his cruel father took that sweet, innocent lad and twisted him up to be just like him, we did nothing.

• Agathe : [narrates]  Then one night, an unexpected intruder arrived at the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm. As a gift, she offered the prince a single rose.

  [Beggar woman offers the rose to the prince. He laughs and so does the rest of the party] 

  Agathe : Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince turned the woman away.

  [the Prince grabs the rose and shortly afterwards, he throws it to the ground] 

  Agathe : But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within.

  [Beggar woman looks deeply towards the Prince] 

  Agathe : When he dismissed her again, the old woman's outward appearance melted away...

  [Beggar woman turns into Agathe as she picks up the rose] 

  Agathe : to reveal a most beautiful enchantress.

  [Everyone backed up in terror. The Prince bent down on his knees for forgiveness. The people at the party were screaming and running away. Chip runs into the ballroom] 

  Agathe : The prince begged her for forgiveness. But it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart.

  Mrs. Potts : Chip! Chip!

  Agathe : As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there.

  [the servants were standing there in the ballroom watching the prince turn into a beast. The Beast slashed the portrait of the prince with his claws] 

  Agathe : As days bled into years, the prince and his servants were forgotten by the world, for the enchantress had erased all memory of them from the minds of the people they loved. But the rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose. If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fall, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?

• [the castle staff turn into regular objects] 

  Lumière : [holds her in his arms]  Plumette? Plumette! Oh, my darling, Plumette. Oh, no.

  Madame Garderobe : Maestro, you were so brave. Goodbye, mi amor.

  Maestro Cadenza : Amore. No! Don't leave me.

  [Froufrou falls down] 

  Mrs. Potts : Chip! Chip! Have you seen Chip? He ran off. Where is my little boy?

  Cogsworth : Lumiere, I... I can't... speak...!

  Lumière : [sadly]  It's alright, Cogsworth.

  Cogsworth : I can't... Lumiere... my friend... it was an honor to serve... with you.

  Lumière : The honor... was mine.

• Jean the Potter : [sees his wife]  Darling?

  Mrs. Potts : [gasps]  Mr. Potts!

  Jean the Potter : Beatrice!

  [kisses her] 

  Jean the Potter : I remember! I do!

  [hugs and kisses his wife and his son Chip] 

• [the Beast enters the dining room and sees a dinner plate on his side. He sits down and sees another plate set up across from him. He pushes away the plate in a fit of rage] 

  Beast : [roars]  *Lumiere*!

  [Lumière and Cogsworth get startled] 

  Lumière : [turns to Cogsworth]  Be calm. Let me do the talking.

  [the Beast bursts through the door] 

  Beast : You're making her dinner?

  Lumière : We thought you might appreciate the company.

  Cogsworth : Master, I just want to assure you that I had no part of this hopeless plan. Preparing her dinner, designing a gown for her, giving her a suite in the East Wing...

  Beast : You gave her a bedroom?

  Cogsworth : No, no, no! *He* gave her the bedroom.

  Lumière : Well, this is true. But, if this girl is the one who can break the spell, then maybe you can start by using dinner to charm her.

  [turns to Cogsworth, bonks] 

  Lumière : Good thinking, Cogsworth.

  Cogsworth : What?

  Beast : That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard. Charm the prisoner.

  Lumière : But you must try, master. With every passing day, we become less human.

  Beast : She's the *daughter* of a common thief. What kind of person do you think that makes her?

  Mrs. Potts : Now you can't judge people by who their father is, now can you?

  [the Beast sighs] 

• Cogsworth : Well, Master, I have had my doubts, but everything is moving like clockwork. True love really does win the day!

  Beast : I let her go.

  Cogsworth : [shocked]  You what?

  Lumière : Master, how could you do that?

  Beast : I had to.

  Cogsworth : But why?

  Mrs. Potts : Because he loves her.

  Lumière : Then why are we not human?

  Cogsworth : Because she doesn't love him. And now, it's too late.

  Plumette : [hopefully]  But she might come back.

  Beast : No. I set her free. I'm sorry I couldn't do the same for all of you. Now, go. Our time is almost past.

• Mrs. Potts : [to Belle]  How lovely to make your acquaintance!

• Mrs. Potts : Oh, those days in the sun, what I'd give to relive just one, undo what's done / And bring back the light...