Pu Yi, at 15 Quotes in The Last Emperor (1987)

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Words are important.

Pu Yi, at 15: Why are words important?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: If you cannot say what you mean, your majesty, you will never mean what you say and a gentleman should always mean what he says.

Pu Yi, at 15: Who is this George Washington?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: A famous American, your majesty. A revolutionary general, the first American president.

Pu Yi, at 15: Ah, like Mr. Lenin in Russia?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: Not quite.

Pu Yi, at 15: Does he have a car?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: He lived a long time ago, your majesty.

Pu Yi, at 15: *I* want a car.

Pu Yi, at 15: Is it true, Mr. Johnston, that many people out there have had their heads cut off?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: It is true, your majesty. Many heads have been chopped off. It does stop them thinking.

Pu Yi, at 15: Where are your ancestors buried?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: In Scotland, your majesty.

Pu Yi, at 15: But then, where's your skirt? In your country, men wear short skirts, do they not?

Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: No, your majesty, Scotmen do not wear skirts. They wear kilts.

Pu Yi, at 15: [in heavily accented English] I know that you know that I know that you know that that is a dialogue between Confucius and Chuang Tzu.