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Oh, yes, I want to be a butler. To be called Mister, not Charlie. And sit in my own pantry by my own fire, smoking my cigar.

10 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:29 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What a lovely piece of crackling. I'm sure you said something lively with each other. You might like to share it with the rest of us would not be fortunate enough to hear you.

- I said the sprouts is done the way I like them. Crisp-like, not mushy.

- Sprouts are done. Not is done. Isn't that right?

- Yes.

- Forgive the... correction, I'm sure Charles, as I would have done, at your age, for the sake of my education.

- I'm sure, even you Charles, have ambitions to rise in your profession.

- Oh, yes, I want to be a butler. To be called Mister, not Charlie. And sit in my own pantry by my own fire, smoking my cigar.

- I wonder if you realize what it really takes to be a great butler?

- Takes dignity. That's what it takes.

- Thank you, Mr. Stevens. Dignity, that's right. Dignity.

- This is the official definition as given in our quarterly 'The Gentlemen's Gentleman': 'A great butler must be possessed of dignity in keeping with his position.'

- There was this English butler in India. One day, he goes in the dining room and what he sees under the table? A tiger.

- Not turning a hair, he goes straight to the drawing room.

[...]

The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

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A selection of the most important quotes from The Remains of the Day (1993 film), featuring short sound bites.

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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