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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (7/??)

"You shall not side with the great against the powerless." Have you heard those words, gentlemen? Do you recognize their source? From that same source I add this injunction, it is this: "What you do to the least of them, you do to me."

As Sir Robert Morton in The Winslow Boy (1999)

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (5/??)

Believe me when I tell you that he may talk sentimentally, but he will act rationally.

As Mr Knightley in Emma (1996)

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (3/??)

But they shall never deflower me.

As Sir Thomas More in The Tudors (2007-08)

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (4/??)

That was, even for you, Father, a singularly callous remark.

As Fisk Jr in Dean Spanley (2008)

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (2/??)

You have lived so long abroad, Mrs Cheveley, that you seem unable to realize you are talking to an English gentleman.

As Sir Robert Chiltern in An Ideal Husband (1999)

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (6/??)

If you’re expecting me to save people’s jobs, tell them to update their resumes.

As Dr Matt Proctor in Miami Medical

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Disdain, Disgust, or Merely Discontent? | The Grumpier Side of Jeremy Northam’s Acting (1/??)

“Stick to sums.” 

As Wigram in Enigma (2001)