BBC Play of the Month (TV Series)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)

John Gielgud: Lord Henry Wotton

Quotes 

• Lord Henry Wotton : Uncle George, I want to get something out of you.

  Lord Fermor : Money, I suppose.

  Lord Henry Wotton : No, no, no, it isn't money I want. You see, it's only people who pay their bills who want that, Uncle George, and I never pay mine.

• Lord Fermor : Is she pretty?

  Lord Henry Wotton : She behaves as if she were beautiful. All American women do; it's the secret of their charm.

• Lord Fermor : Why can't American women stay in their own country? They keep telling us it's a woman's paradise.

  Lord Henry Wotton : It appears to be. That is why, like Eve, they are so anxious to get out of it.