Poirot (TV Series)

Cards on the Table (2006)

Alexander Siddig: Shaitana

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Quotes 

• Mr. Shaitana : [gesturing grandly to his mansion]  It is modeled on the Alhambra!

  Ariadne Oliver : In Pontefract?

  Mr. Shaitana : [bemused]  In Spain.

  Ariadne Oliver : Oh, I thought you meant the picture house. Sorry.

• [Hercule Poirot attends a party at Mr. Shaitana's home] 

  Mr. Shaitana : My dear Monsieur Poirot, come in, come in. How simply divine to see you.

  Hercule Poirot : Monsieur Shaitana.

  Mr. Shaitana : I don't know if you know the famous Mrs. Oliver.

  Hercule Poirot : Ah, yes, of course I do. Enchante, Madame.

  Ariadne Oliver : Hello, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : I did not realize you accepted this kind of invitation, Madame.

  Ariadne Oliver : Oh, well, Mr. Shaitana can be awfully persuasive.

  Mr. Shaitana : We met at a literary dinner. Mrs. Oliver was the guest of honor.

  Ariadne Oliver : Oh, yes, it was the Crime Writers Circle, wasn't it? Come to think of it, what were you doing there?

• Mr. Shaitana : Dr. Roberts.

  Dr. Roberts : Good to see you, Shaitana. I'm not late, am I? An elderly patient called me out. She thought she had a tumor; I thought she was depressed.

  Mr. Shaitana : And what did you prescribe?

  Dr. Roberts : Champagne and oysters at Wilton's. She'll be right as rain by tomorrow.

  Ariadne Oliver : [to Poirot]  Remind me never to go to him if I'm poorly.

• Hercule Poirot : [referring to the gallery]  But I see that you yourself have lent a few pieces?

  Mr. Shaitana : Oh, one picks up trifles, here and there. I have a few interesting objects I could show you. I daresay I could even produce one or two things in your line, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Ah, so you have then, your private 'black museum,' no?

  Mr. Shaitana : Oh, no, no, no. I don't collect the artifacts of crime: the murderer's hammer, the poisoner's cup. I collect only the finest objects of their kind.

  Hercule Poirot : And what do you consider to be the finest objects, artistically speaking, in crime?

  Mr. Shaitana : Why, the human beings who commit them, Monsieur.

• Hercule Poirot : And what do you consider to be the finest objects, artistically speaking, in crime?

  Mr. Shaitana : Why, the human beings who commit them, monsieur.

• Mr. Shaitana : Typically a woman's weapon is poison, is it not, Poirot?