Five Children and It (2004)

Alexander Pownall: Horace

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Quotes 

• Cyril : Hello, Horace.

  Horace : I was taught never to talk to strangers.

  Cyril : But we're your cousins.

  Horace : Yes, but you're strange.

• Uncle Albert : Rule Three: Laundry three times a week. Very important, you know. The British Empire was built on clean pants. Clean pants and...

  Horace : Mint sauce?

  Uncle Albert : Don't be ridiculous, Horace. Rule four: Never, ever go into... the greenhouse.

  Robert : The greenhouse.

• Martha : These are the children I was telling you about. Your nephews and nieces.

  Uncle Albert : Impossible. They're not due 'till Friday. Isn't that right, Horace

  Horace : Yes, Father. Not due 'till Friday.

  Robert : Today is Friday.

  Uncle Albert : Can't be.

  [sniffs] 

  Uncle Albert : Smell that. That's Thursday.

• Robert : Horace, it's time we got to know one another.

  Horace : No, it isn't.

  Robert : I used to think that myself, but here we are. I'll start.

  [walking into the basement] 

  Robert : Oh, great. Just what my day was missing. A tour of a dark smelly basement.

  Horace : This is where I keep my monster collection.

• Horace : Be careful. Don't get too close. You might get savaged.

  Robert : By a dead star fish with an onion stuck on it.

  Horace : It's not. It's called Megastarrium. And it's a monster. They're all monsters. Look!

  Robert : That was scary. Very scary.

• Robert : I was hoping you could teach me the more finer points of monster...

  Horace : Monster Mastery.

  Robert : Please?

  Horace : You're in for a treat.

• Horace : What are you whispering about? And what's it?

• Horace : [after melting the doll in acid]  Excellent!

• Horace : I don't need friends, but I do need test subjects for my experiments.

• Horace : I know you've got a secret, and when I catch you, I'll get it out of you.

• Horace : Oh, Robert. You're just in time for the dissection.

• Psammead : What a delicious monster collection you have.

  Horace : Now I have you to complete it.

• Horace : It can talk!

  Psammead : You should hear me sing.