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The Phantom (Erik)
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: [reaches for his ears] My God! The place really is haunted; what is that?
- Gerard Carriere: Well, without looking, I would say with confidence it must be Carlotta.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Who?
- Gerard Carriere: The new star.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: She can't sing!
- Gerard Carriere: [chuckles] Well, obviously she doesn't know that.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Well, someone should tell her.
- Gerard Carriere: She's married to the new manager.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Good God. This means she's probably going to sing all the time. What kind of horror are you leaving me in?
- Gerard Carriere: Erik, what are we going to do about all of this?
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: I know what to do about it. I'll kill them both.
- Gerard Carriere: Oh, come on, now!
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: I'm teasing; probably the only one I need to kill is her.
- Gerard Carriere: Erik!
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: What has happened to your sense of humour?
- Gerard Carriere: My humour?
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: You're right. I'm sorry. I'm just not used to killing people; it threw me off a bit.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Did you know my mother well?
- Gerard Carriere: [pause, then] Yes.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Did you love her?
- Gerard Carriere: [long pause, then] Yes, I loved her.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: And she let you see my face.
- Gerard Carriere: She thought your face was absolutely and flawlessly beautiful.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: What did you think of it?
- Gerard Carriere: Well I - I thought it could have been better.
- [pauses, then]
- Gerard Carriere: I'm your father.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: [nods knowingly] I wondered when you'd say.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: [Gerard looks stunned; Erik continues] You see, my eyes are the only part of my face I can look at in a mirror without wishing to break the glass. But they're not her eyes. They're yours.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Father?
- Gerard Carriere: Yes?
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: I'm sorry for what I've put you through.
- Gerard Carriere: Well, actually, there never was a day I'd have given any of it up for anything.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Oh, I like that story. Tell me another fairy tale.
- Gerard Carriere: It's true.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Why?
- Gerard Carriere: Because you have your mother's soul.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: [about Christine] Now, listen to me. For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a child, I have dreamed of her. Now, people are born for many things, Gerard. I was born to live, if one can call this living, down here. But until now, I have never known quite why. I was born so that she could save me, for that's what she's done. She is the reason I was born! I love her, Gerard! And I believe in time, with any luck, she will learn to love me. It would be a cruel God indeed to have sent her otherwise.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: I'd thought about being buried in my lagoon. Then I thought, no, float up and scare some poor child downstream.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: All in all, not all that bad - being born I mean. Because I could hear music, and I heard Christine.
- Gerard Carriere: She didn't mean to hurt you.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: I know that. She just asked for too much of me, that's all. Not her fault - thought she loved me.
- Gerard Carriere: She does.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: She did. But only for a moment. Still, a moment such as that is worth living for, wouldn't you say? I do regret one thing, though.
- Gerard Carriere: What's that?
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Not having killed the Comte de Chagny.
- Gerard Carriere: But why?
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: Because he doesn't love music, so how can he possibly love her?
- Gerard Carriere: He loves her.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: If you say so.
- Gerard Carriere: She was just unprepared for you.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: She was unprepared for ugliness. And for that brief, sweet moment, so was I.
- Christine Daee: Let me see your face.
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: You have asked, I'm afraid, the only thing in my power that I cannot grant. Please don't ask it again.
- Count Philippe de Chagny: Let her go! I beg you, please, let her go!
- Erik The Phantom of the Opera: She sang for me tonight; she's mine!