Lord Rathbone Quotes in Shanghai Knights (2003)

Roy: [about Lin] Put her down! Put her down!

Lord Rathbone: Or what, Mr. O'Bannon?

[American accent]

Lord Rathbone: Are you gonna kick my ass?

[normal voice]

Lord Rathbone: I've read about all your ridiculous exploits. I mean, just, how does it feel to kill a mummy with your bare hands? Only a nation of uneducated rednecks would be amused by such cowboy drivel.

Roy: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy. What's with the personal attacks? You don't see me making any comments about your pasty complexion or your snotty accent, or even your filthy, smutty sex books! Yeah, I saw your book. It disgusted me...

[Wu Chow whacks him on the side of the head with a cane]

Roy: AH! Why is it always the head with you people?

Lord Rathbone: Perhaps you could explain to me how Looney Lin managed to escape from the confines of Scotland Yard under the watch of the most respected police force in the world.

Doyle: Yes, of course, it's absolutely fascinating. She picked the lock using a deck of rather risqué playing cards. Then scaled the walls with a mop, a fork, and various pilfered undergarments. I've got to hand it to the Chinese, they're awfully ingenious, Lord, aren't they?

Lord Rathbone: Does your incompetence know no bounds?

Lord Rathbone: [Startled] Must you keep doing that?

Wu Chow: I was told that I should never be seen or heard.

Roy: I'm guessing by your hasty retreat, that you're still 20th in line for the throne.

Lord Rathbone: [irritated] 10th!

[repeated line]

Lord Rathbone: One more.

Roy: Well, what's in it for you?

Lord Rathbone: Your looking at the future king of England.

Roy: You're, like, 20th line to the throne.

Lord Rathbone: 10th. But my friend here is about to change all that.