Daily Dialogue — July 20, 2012

Sheriff of Nottingham: Wait a minute. Robin Hood steals money from my pocket, forcing me to hurt the public, and they love him for it?
[Scribe nods]
Sheriff of Nottingham: That’s it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

— Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), screenplay by Pen Densham & John Watson, story by Pen Densham

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is side characters suggested by Teddy Pasternak. Today’s suggestion by lizswan.

Trivia: Pen Densham and John Watson’s script sold for $1.2 million.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Alan Rickman delivering that line is classic.