I Have Played A Boxer, A Cowboy, A Knight, A Prince, An Elf And A Pirate. I Am So Glad To Have Done All Of That Already.
My Whole Career Has Been Fulfilling My Childhood Fantasies, Playing Characters That Are Larger Than Life, Getting To Play A Knight, An Elf, A Prince, And A Soldier.
It Was Fantastic To Be Able To Have My Kids On Set. Dash, My Eldest Son, Who’s Not Quite Five, Was Into Knights And His Godmother Had Given Him A Plastic Marks & Spencer Knights’ Outfit And [first Assistant Director] Tommy Gormley Said That He Could Stand To Protect Me During The Scene Where Clive [owen] Is Talking About The Immensity Of Sitting On The Throne. I’m Actually Looking Through An Archway At My Son Standing In His Knights’ Costume Protecting Me!
Misericorde, N. A Dagger Which In Mediaeval Warfare Was Used By The Foot Soldier To Remind An Unhorsed Knight That He Was Mortal.
The Knight Departing For New Adventures Offends His Lady, Yet She Has Nothing But Contempt For Him If He Remains At Her Feet.
The Jackdaw Sat In The Cardinal's Chair! Bishop And Abbot And Prior Were There, Many A Monk And Many A Friar, Many A Knight And Many A Squire, With A Great Many More Of Lesser Degree,-- In Sooth A Goodly Company; And They Served The Lord Primate On Bended Knee. Never, I Ween, Was A Prouder Seen, Read Of In Books Or Dreamt Of In Dreams, Than The Cardinal Lord Archbishop Of Rheims.
Confidence Is One Thing, Disrespect Is Quite Another. (justice Elizabeth Knight)
There Are A Sort Of Knight-errants In The World, Who, Quite Contrary To Those In Romance, Are Perpetually Seeking Adventures To Bring Virgins Into Distress, And To Ruin Innocence. When Men Of Rank And Figure Pass Away Their Lives In These Criminal Pursuits And Practices, They Ought To Consider That They Render Themselves More Vile And Despicable Than Any Innocent Man Can Be, Whatever Low Station His Fortune Or Birth Have Placed Him In.
The Knight In The Triumph Of His Heart Made Several 6 Reflections On Thegreatness Of The British Nation; As, That One Englishman Could Beat Three Frenchmen; That We Could Never Be In Danger Of Popery So Long As We Took Care Of Our Fleet; That Thethames Was Thenoblest River In Europe; That London Bridge Was A Greater Piece Of Work Than Any Of The Seven Wonders Of The World; With Many Other Honest Prejudices Which Naturally Cleave To The Heart Of A True Englishman.
