The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Demi Moore: Esmeralda
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Quotes
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Esmeralda : [singing] I ask for nothing, I can get by / But I know so many less lucky than I / Please help my people, the poor and downtrod / I thought we all were the children of God / God help the outcasts, children of God.
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Esmeralda : [singing] I don't know if you can hear me / Or if you're even there / I don't know if you would listen / To a Gypsy's prayer / Yes, I know I'm just an outcast / I shouldn't speak to you / Still, I see your face and wonder / Were you once an outcast, too?
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Frollo : You, Gypsy girl! Get down at once!
Esmeralda : Yes, Your Honor. Just as soon as I free this poor creature.
Frollo : I for-bid it!
[Esmeralda cuts the ropes tying Quasimodo to the wheel]
Frollo : How dare you defy me?
Esmeralda : You mistreat this poor boy the same way you mistreat my people. You speak of justice, yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help!
Frollo : Silence!
Esmeralda : Justice!
[the crowd gasps in amazement]
Frollo : Mark my words, Gypsy, you will pay for this insolence.
Esmeralda : Then it appears we've crowned the wrong fool. The only fool I see is you!
[tosses King of Fool's crown at Frollo's feet]
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Frollo : [as Quasimodo towers over him after he throws Frollo to the floor and steals his dagger] Now, now...
[holds out his open palm]
Frollo : L-listen to me, Quasimodo.
Quasimodo : [wailing accusingly] No, *you* listen! *All my life*, you have told me that the world is a dark, cruel place! But now I see that the only thing dark and cruel about it is people like you!
[drops the dagger as Frollo cowers]
Esmeralda : [awakening] Quasimodo?
Quasimodo : [skipping over to her and scooping her up] Esmeralda!
Frollo : She lives.
[draws his sword]
Quasimodo : *No*!
[escapes with Esmeralda in his arms]
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Phoebus : Esmeralda?
Esmeralda : Shh. Shh. Shh. You'll hide here until you're strong enough to move.
[Esmeralda pulls out a flask]
Phoebus : Great. I could use a drink.
[Esmeralda pours it on his wound, and Phoebus cries out in pain]
Phoebus : Yessssss! Mmmm. Feels like a 1470 Burgundy. Not a good year.
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Esmeralda : What is this place?
Quasimodo : This is where I live.
Esmeralda : Did you make all these things yourself?
Quasimodo : Most of them.
Esmeralda : This is beautiful. Oh, if I could do this, you wouldn't find me dancing in the streets for coins.
Quasimodo : But you're a wonderful dancer.
Esmeralda : Well, it keeps bread on the table, anyway. What's this?
Quasimodo : [rushing toward the table] Oh! No, please, I-I-I'm not finished; I-I-I still have to paint them.
Esmeralda : It's the blacksmith. And the baker! You're a surprising person, Quasimodo.
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Quasimodo : [Introducing the bells to Esmeralda] That's Little Sophia. And Jeanne-Marie, Anne-Marie, Louise-Marie. Triplets, you know.
Esmeralda : And who is this?
Quasimodo : [jumping down] *Big* Marie.
Esmeralda : [Inside the bell] Hello!
[Bell resonates]
Quasimodo : She likes you. Would you like to see more?
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Quasimodo : But y-y-you're not like other Gypsies; they are... evil.
Esmeralda : Who told you that?
Quasimodo : My master, Frollo. He raised me.
Esmeralda : How can such a cruel man have raised someone like you...?
Quasimodo : Cruel? Oh, no. He saved my life! He took me in when no one else would. I am a monster, you know.
Esmeralda : He told you that?
Quasimodo : *Look* at me.
Esmeralda : [Frowns slightly] Give me your hand.
Quasimodo : What?
Esmeralda : Just let me see it.
[reading Quasimodo's palm]
Esmeralda : Hmm, a long lifeline... Oh, and *this* one means you're shy. Hmmmmm. Mm, mm, mm... Well, that's funny...
Quasimodo : What?
Esmeralda : I don't see any...
Quasimodo : Any what?
Esmeralda : Monster lines. Not a single one.
Esmeralda : [holds out her hand while Quasi briefly studies his own] Now, you look at me. Do you think *I'm* evil?
Quasimodo : *No*! No-no, y-you are kind, and *good*, and... and...
Esmeralda : And a Gypsy. And maybe Frollo's wrong about the both of us.
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Phoebus : Easy, easy, I just shaved this morning.
Esmeralda : Oh really? You missed a spot.
Phoebus : Alright, alright, just-just-just calm down, just give me a chance to apologize.
Esmeralda : For what?
Phoebus : [kicking her to the floor] That, for example.
Esmeralda : You sneaky, son of a...
Phoebus : Ah-ah-ah! Watch it. We're in a church.
Esmeralda : Are you always this charming, or am I just lucky?
Phoebus : Ah-ah-ah-ah, candlelight! Privacy! Music... can't think of a better place for hand to hand combat... You fight almost as well as a man!
Esmeralda : Funny. I was going to say the same thing about *you*!
Phoebus : That's hitting a little below the belt, don't you think?
Esmeralda : No. This is.
Phoebus : Touche! Oof!... I didn't know you had a kid.
Esmeralda : He doesn't take kindly to strangers.
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[Quasimodo stumbles into Esmeralda's tent]
Esmeralda : Hey! Are you all right?
Quasimodo : [hiding his face with his hood] I-I didn't mean to. I-- I'm sorry.
Esmeralda : Oh you're not hurt, are you? Here, let's see.
[lifts Quasimodo's hood from over his head]
Quasimodo : No, no, n-*no*!
Esmeralda : There.
[Djali bleats in disgust]
Esmeralda : See? No harm done.
[Quasimodo smiles in relief]
Esmeralda : Just try to be a little more careful.
Quasimodo : [leaves the tent] I... I-I-I, I will.
Esmeralda : By the way, great mask.
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Esmeralda : [counting the approaching soldiers] Let's see, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... So there's ten of you and one of me.
[pulls a handkerchief out of her collar]
Esmeralda : What's a poor girl to do?
[pretends to cry at first, then sneezes into the handkerchief and disappears in a puff of pink smoke]
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Frollo : After twenty years of searching, the Court of Miracles is mine at last. Dear Quasimodo.
[strokes his hair]
Frollo : I always knew you would someday be of use to me.
Quasimodo : [whispers sadly] No.
Esmeralda : [venomously] What are you talking about?
Frollo : Why, he led me right to you, my dear.
Esmeralda : You're a liar.
Frollo : [noticing Phoebus] And look what *else* I've caught in my net! Captain Phoebus, back from the dead. Another "miracle," no doubt.
[they glare at each other]
Frollo : I shall remedy that.
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Brutish Guard : All right, gypsy, where'd you get that money?
Esmeralda : For your information, I earned it.
Brutish Guard : Gypsies don't earn money.
Oafish Guard : They steal it.
Esmeralda : You'd know a lot about stealing.
Brutish Guard : Troublemaker, huh?
[grabs Esmeralda's money bag; she kicks him in the chin]
Oafish Guard : Maybe a day in the stocks will cool you down.
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Quasimodo : I'll never forget you, Esmeralda.
[she touches his cheek]
Esmeralda : Come with me.
Quasimodo : What?
Esmeralda : To the Court of Miracles. *Leave* this place.
Quasimodo : Oh, no. I'm never going back out there again. You saw what happened today. No.
[looks to a corner of the cathedral and gently strokes it]
Quasimodo : *This* is where I belong.
Esmeralda : All right, then, I'll come to see you.
Quasimodo : Here? But the soldiers and *Frollo*!
Esmeralda : I'll come after sunset.
Quasimodo : But at-at sunset, I ring the evening mass, then after that I clean the cloisters, then I ring the vespers, and...
[Esmeralda kisses him]
Quasimodo : [smiling cheerfully] Whatever's good for you.
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[Quasimodo and Phoebus are bound, gagged and about to be hung]
Esmeralda : Stop!
[Clopin turns as Esmeralda bursts through the crowd]
Quasimodo , Phoebus : [muffled] Esmeralda!
Esmeralda : These men aren't spies. They're our friends.
Clopin : Why didn't they say so?
[Esmeralda removes their gags]
Quasimodo , Phoebus : We *did* say so!
Esmeralda : [unties them] This is the soldier who saved the miller's family, and Quasimodo helped me escape the cathedral.
Phoebus : We came to warn you! Frollo's coming!
[crowd gasps]
Phoebus : He says he knows where you're hiding, and he's attacking at dawn with a thousand men!
[crowd panics]
Esmeralda : Then let's waste no time! We must leave immediately!
