David Suchet: Dr. Sigmund Freud

Quotes 

• Martha Bernays : Sigi you must understand: Mama will not countenance this marriage unless you learn the wedding ceremony, and the proper responses in Hebrew.

  [Irked sigh from Freud] 

  Martha Bernays : Eli will teach you.

  Dr. Sigmund Freud : I'll say them in Sanskrit if that's what you require.

  Martha Bernays : [Amused]  In Hebrew; and with a straight face.

  Dr. Sigmund Freud : [Recites Hebrew prayer and then a slight pause]  I've already learned it.

• Baroness von Lieben : Strange. I dreamt I was a statue last night. I'd forgotten: A statue of the Madonna; a plaster statue by the roadside.

  Dr. Sigmund Freud : If you'll permit me, Baroness.

  Baroness von Lieben : And the Emperor rode by; he had my father's face. He raised his hat and I heard him say. "Hail, Diana the huntress!"

  [laughs] 

  Baroness von Lieben : Oh, it made me laugh to think of it when I woke up. And yet there was something in his tone; he had my father's voice: Deliberate, mocking; as if there was some meaning in the way he said it. 'Diana' Die... Anna.

  [matter of factly] 

  Baroness von Lieben : My name is Anna.

• Baroness von Lieben : I'm hungry. Will you take some food with me?

  Dr. Sigmund Freud : No.

  Baroness von Lieben : Some caviar?

  Dr. Sigmund Freud : No, thankyou

  Baroness von Lieben : I want some.