Phillippe Quotes in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Phillippe: I wear the mask. It does not wear me.

Aramis: Perhaps you should take his offer. We're dead anyway.

Porthos: He's right, D'Artagnan.

Phillippe: Wait. Bargain me to Louis for all your lives. You've done your best. Please let me go.

D'Artagnan: No, I cannot do it. Even if I could give up my king, I could never give up my son.

[they all look at him, thunderstruck]

Phillippe: Your son?

D'Artagnan: I loved your mother. I love her still. You are my son. I never knew you existed. And I never felt pride as a father... until this moment.

Phillippe: You were the one in the mask.

Athos: No, wait. With a king it is so.

[meaning the way Philippe is holding the goblet]

Athos: [he shows him, pinching the goblet between thumb and forefinger]

Athos: Servants have touched the goblet of the King, therefor he will touch it as little as possible. Again.

[Phillippe tries it and the goblet slips from his fingers, crashing onto his plate and spilling onto everything]

Phillippe: I am sorry!

Athos: No. No! Do not be sorry! There are no mistakes when you are the King! You must never apologize. The King cares for nothing and for no one.

Phillippe: Is that the kind of king you wish me to be? Or do you say this to me because your son is dead?

[Athos is silent, he shoves back from the table and turns away]

Phillippe: Forgive me, I would never mean to disrespect...

Athos: I am not... I am not angry with you. Do you understand? Good. Of course we wish you to be a good king. But first you must pass as Louis, and Louis is cold and cruel. The eyes of this King say that he cares for nothing at all but himself. You eyes ask too much. You shouldn't care about... about me... you shouldn't care...

[his voice breaks]

Athos: You mustn't ask about my son...

[he leaves the room, weeping]

Phillippe: Put this man away where no one will hear his insanity. Let him be fed by a deaf-mute but feed him well.

Phillippe: I've worn that mask so long I don't feel safe without it.

Aramis: We are offering you the chance to be King.

Phillippe: No, you are offering me the chance to pretend to be King.