Poirot (TV Series)

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (1991)

David Suchet: Hercule Poirot

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Quotes 

• Hercule Poirot : Firstly, I am not a 'bloody little Frog!' I am a bloody little Belgian!

• [last lines] 

  Hercule Poirot : I am learning, Hastings. It is more English, yes, the humbleness? So, I am learning. I shall be the most humble person in the world. No one will match Hercule Poirot for his humbility.

• Hercule Poirot : You think it is wrong, Hastings, to enjoy the compliments, or the 'buttering,' as you say?

  Captain Hastings : No, but, uh, do you have to show it quite so much? Not English.

  Hercule Poirot : Perhaps it is Belgian. Hastings, why should I be the hypocrite, to blush when I am praised, and to say like you, "It is nothing." Hmph! I have the order, the method, and the psychology. There, I admit it. I am the best. I am Hercule Poirot.

• Colonel Curtiss : [commenting on Poirot's presence at a murder scene]  I think it's a godsend. I mean, you're a detective.

  Hercule Poirot : I am THE detective, Colonel Curtiss.

• Hercule Poirot : Chief Inspector Japp, I must ask you to trust me as you have never trusted me before.

  Chief Inspector Japp : Here we go.

• Lady Chatterton : You're not dancing, Monsieur Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Oh, no, no, no, Lady Chatterton. This music is for the young people with the limbs that are supple.

• Captain Hastings : I didn't know you were so keen on opera, Poirot.

  Hercule Poirot : Generally, mon ami, I am not. But the Rigoletto: The father who is jealous. His daughter, she is dishonored, so he plans the murder parfait, but he has failed to understand the psychology. The result: catastrophe! That is what interests me.

  Captain Hastings : Well, it does have a couple of good tunes, I suppose.

• Hercule Poirot : Did you mark about his scar, Hastings?

  Captain Hastings : Yes. You probably need one to be a member here.

• Lady Chatterton : I was there when you solved the Chalfont Diamonds case. I was one of the suspects. It was so thrilling, and I have to say, Monsieur Poirot, you were magnificent!

  Hercule Poirot : Yes.

• Lady Chatterton : And I must say, you were wonderful.

  Hercule Poirot : Yes.

  [Hastings frowns at Poirot]