The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Alex Norton: Napoleon

Quotes 

• Napoleon : In life, we are kings or pawns.

• Napoleon : Kings and pawns, marshal. Emperors and fools.

• Fernand : We're drinking Napoleon Bonaparte's wine!

  Napoleon : [Walking in behind Edmond and Fernand, surprising them]  I believe you'll find the 1806 a finer vintage.

• Napoleon : Time you were on your way. Your captain has been dead for half an hour.

  Edmond : Are you sure?

  Napoleon : When you have walked as many battlefields as I, young Dantes, you can feel death.

• Napoleon : I'm curious. What's the significance of the chess piece?

  Edmond : It's just something we've done since childhood. Um, when one of us has had a victory, king of the moment.

• Napoleon : I'm moved by your efforts to save your captain's life, Dantes.

  Edmond : He was my captain, and my friend, Your Majesty.

  Napoleon : Loyal friends are rare indeed. In fact, it is upon such a matter I wish to speak. I have written a rather sentimental letter to an old comrade in Marseilles. It's a side of me I prefer the British not see. Since they have a habit of opening my mail, I wonder if you would deliver it for me.

  Edmond : Oh, I-I don't...

  Napoleon : It's just a letter from one old soldier to another. It's totally innocent, I assure you. But more important, it is the price I demand for the use of my physician.

  Edmond : Then I agree.

  Napoleon : Good. You are deliver the letter to Monsieur Clarion. Can you remember that name?

  Edmond : Monsieur Clarion. How will I find him?

  Napoleon : Oh, he will find you.

  [handing the letter over] 

  Napoleon : Now, I do not wish this letter's existence to be known to anyone else. Not even your boon companion back there. Do you understand?

  Edmond : I'm a man of my word, Your Majesty.

  Napoleon : Yes, I, uh... I believe you are.