I, Claudius (TV Mini Series)
Poison Is Queen (1976)
George Baker: Tiberius
Quotes
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[Livia has told Tiberius about the will]
Tiberius : Whose he changed it in favour of?
Livia : Whose d'you think?
Tiberius : Germanicus?
Livia : HA. Trust you to get it wrong. I must have been nodding when I gave birth to you.
Tiberius : I wonder sometimes mother if you ever did anything so natural as giving birth. In whose favour has he altered the will-?
Livia : POSTUMUS. Whose d'you think?
Livia : Augustus went to Corsica, didn't it occur to you be might stop off to visit your stepson?
Tiberius : Well why should he? What does he know that he didn't know before? What could he know?
[pause]
Tiberius : [Grimly] What is there to know?
Livia : He's a senile old man. How am I to know what causes him to change his mind? But he has and so much the worse for you, my baby, if I can't change it back.
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Tiberius : Don't bother on my account. I'm sick of it. Gods know I've done my best; he's never liked me, never. Thirty years I've run his errands for him; I've fought on his bloody frontiers, collected his taxes- Never once has he put his hand on my shoulder and said "Thank you, what would I have done without you?" He sends me off again and doesn't even give me a goodbye, just "Get on your horse and ride." Well, damn him. I retired before once and I can do it again; let his precious grandson run his empire for him. I'm sick to death of it.
[Long pause]
Livia : So, when do you leave?