Can it be that our Mr. Stevens is flesh and blood after all, and cannot trust himself?
6 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:26:27 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Look at that smile on your face. That tells an interesting story in itself. Wouldn't you say so?
- Well, she's a very pretty girl. Don't you think?
- Is she?
- Hm mh.
- You don't like to have pretty girls on the staff. I've noticed.
- Might it be that our Mr. Stevens fears distraction?
- Can it be that our Mr. Stevens is flesh and blood after all, and cannot trust himself?
- You know what I'm doing? I'm placing my thoughts elsewhere while you chatter away.
- Then why is that guilty smile still on your face?
- Oh, it's not a guilty smile. Simply amused by the sheer nonsense you sometimes talk.
- You can hardly bear to look at her. That's why you didn't want to take her on. She was too pretty.
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Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)
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