Cruella (2021)
Emma Thompson: The Baroness
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Quotes
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Cruella de Vil : You killed my mother!
Baroness : You need to be more specific.
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Baroness : She killed my dogs. And made a coat.
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Baroness : [to Cruella] Let me give you some advice. If you need to talk about power, you don't have it.
Cruella de Vil : Well, I don't have it, which is why I need to talk about it, which is why I'm here. Am I going to have to catch you up a lot, or can you keep up?
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Baroness : You can't care about anyone else. Everyone else is an obstacle. You care what an obstacle wants or feels, you're dead. If I cared about anyone or thing, I might have died like so many brilliant women with a drawer full of unseen genius and a heart full of sad bitterness. You have the talent for your own label. Whether you have the killer instinct is the big question.
Cruella de Vil : I hope I do.
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Baroness : You can't care about anyone else. Everyone else is an obstacle. You care what an obstacle wants or feels, you're dead.
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Baroness : [to Anita] No one is interested in what you write, my dear. Just in how I look.
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Baroness : Time for my nine-minute power nap.
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Baroness : We need to sue her for defamation, false imprisonment, vandalism. Something.
Roger : Well, having been through the statute and talked to the police, I don't know we have a legal avenue for...
Baroness : I need you to stop talking, Roger.
Roger : You do?
Baroness : So I have a gap to fire you. There's a gap. You're fired.
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[repeated line]
Baroness : Here's to me.
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Baroness : [about her growling Dalmatians] Aren't they gorgeous. And vicious. My favorite combination.
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Baroness : [upon discovering that Cruella has ruined her fashion trends] That little!
