Poirot (TV Series)
The Labours of Hercules (2013)
Simon Callow: Dr. Lutz
Quotes
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Dr. Lutz : May I ask you something? Why do you insist on referring to yourself in the third person? It is intensely irritating!
Hercule Poirot : Because, Doctor Lutz, it helps Poirot achieve a healthy distance from his genius.
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Dr. Lutz : Ha, you French! You make me scream with laughter.
Hercule Poirot : I am glad, but also Belgian.
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Inspector Lementeuil : Put down the gun.
Dr. Lutz : This is not a gun! It's an objective correlative!
Inspector Lementeuil : Put down the objective correlative.
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Dr. Lutz : Monsieur Poirot! Let me be absolutely clear. I cannot permit you to interfere with my patient.
Hercule Poirot : Doctor Lutz. Are you an admirer of Nietzsche?
Dr. Lutz : All Austrians are not Nazis, Monsieur Poirot.
Hercule Poirot : You think that I try to trap you?
Dr. Lutz : Naturally, it's your métier. Who is employing you and what do you want from my patient?
Hercule Poirot : In this case, I am engaged by Monsieur Ted Williams, and what I require from Mademoiselle Samoushenka is to return her maid Nita.
Dr. Lutz : I've genuinely no idea what you're talking about.
Hercule Poirot : Nita, the servant maid impeccable. Monsieur Ted Williams, the lover most ardent and full of chivalry.
Dr. Lutz : You speak to me in archetypes. All this is very Jung. Nobody with intelligence credits Jung.
Hercule Poirot : What is wrong with the lady in Room 16?
Dr. Lutz : Pah! You French, you make me scream with laughter.
Hercule Poirot : Hmm, I am glad... but also Belgian.
Dr. Lutz : You cannot expect me to compromise my client confidentiality. Are you mad?
Hercule Poirot : No, Doctor, but neither is Katrina Samoushenka.