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John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

Terry Jones: Mandy Cohen • Colin • Simon the Holy Man • ...

Monty Python's Life of Brian

Terry Jones credited as playing...

Mandy Cohen • Colin • Simon the Holy Man • Bob Hoskins • Saintly Passer-by • Alarmed Crucifixion Assistant

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Quotes14

  • Brian's mother: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy! Now, piss off!
  • Pontius Pilate: [Pilate is going to release a prisoner to the crowd] People of Jewusalum,
  • [Everybody laughs at his speech impairment]
  • Pontius Pilate: Wome... is your fwiend!
  • [They laugh more]
  • Pontius Pilate: To pwove our fwiendship, we will welease one of our wong-doers! Who shall I welease?
  • Man in crowd: Welease Woger!
  • [Everybody laughs, and begin to chant, "Welease Woger"]
  • Pontius Pilate: Vewy well, I shall... Welease... Woger!
  • [Everybody laughs]
  • Centurion: Uh, we haven't got a "Woger", sir.
  • Pontius Pilate: Oh, okay. We have no "Woger'!
  • [They all laugh]
  • Man in crowd: Well what about "Wodewick" then?
  • [They laugh and chant "Welease Wodewick!"]
  • Pontius Pilate: Vewy well! I shall welease... Wodewick!
  • [the crowd laughs some more]
  • Centurion: Sir, there's no "Wodewick".
  • Pontius Pilate: Who is this "Wodewick" you speak of?
  • Man in crowd: He's a wobber!
  • [they laugh]
  • Man in crowd: And a wapist!
  • [more laughter]
  • Girl In Crowd: And a pick-pocket!
  • [Everybody shakes their heads at her and say no]
  • Pontius Pilate: He sounds a notowious cwiminal.
  • [first lines]
  • Wise Man #1: Ahem!
  • Brian's mother: Oh!
  • [falls over in chair]
  • Brian's mother: Who are you?
  • Wise Man #2: We are three wise men.
  • Brian's mother: What?
  • Wise Man #1: We are three wise men.
  • Brian's mother: Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me.
  • Brian's mother: What star sign is he?
  • Wise Man #2: Capricorn.
  • Brian's mother: Capricorn, eh? What are they like?
  • Wise Man #2: He is the son of God, our Messiah.
  • Wise Man #1: King of the Jews.
  • Brian's mother: And that's Capricorn, is it?
  • Wise Man #3: No, no, that's just him.
  • Brian's mother: Oh, I was going to say, otherwise there'd be a lot of them.
  • Wise Man #1: We were led by a star.
  • Brian's mother: Led by a bottle, more like.
  • Brian: Have I got a big nose, Mum?
  • Brian's mother: Stop thinking about sex!
  • Brian: I wasn't!
  • Brian's mother: You're always on about it. "Will the girls like this? Will the girls like that? Is it too big? Is it too small? "
  • The Crowd: The Messiah! The Messiah! Show us the Messiah!
  • Brian's mother: The who?
  • The Crowd: The Messiah!
  • Brian's mother: There's no Messiah in here. There's a mess all right, but no Messiah. Now go away!
  • [Brian is explaining why there's a crowd outside their house]
  • Brian: They must have just popped by!
  • Brian's mother: Popped by? SWARMED by, more like! There's a multitude out there!
  • [Taking the gifts from the Three Wise Men and pushing them out the door]
  • Brian's mother: Er, well, um, if you're dropping by again, do pop in. Heh. And thanks a lot for the gold and frankincense, er, but don't worry too much about the myrrh next time. All right? Heh. Thank you. Good-bye.
  • [Three wise men leave]
  • Brian's mother: Well, weren't they nice? Hmm. Out of their bloody minds, but still.
  • Follower: Excuse me, are you a virgin?
  • Brian's mother: I beg your pardon?
  • Follower: Well, if it's not a personal question - are you a virgin?
  • Brian's mother: If it's not a personal question? How much more personal can you get? Now, piss off!
  • [shuts the windows]
  • Follower: She is.
  • [the crowd nods in agreement]
  • Brian's mother: Ah, how I hate wearing these beards.
  • Brian: Why aren't women allowed to go to stonings, mum?
  • Brian's mother: It's written, that's why.
  • Beard vendor: Pssst! Beard, madam?
  • Brian: Now Hear this ! Blessed are they..
  • Brian: ..Who convert their neighbours asses
  • Brian: For they shall inhibit their girth
  • Centurion: Rubbish
  • Brian: And to them only shall be given
  • Brian: to them only..
  • Brian: shall be given...
  • Girl In Crowd: what ?
  • Brian: um ?
  • Girl In Crowd: shall be given what ?
  • Brian: Oh nothing.
  • Girl In Crowd: what were you going to say ?
  • Brian: Nothing.
  • Girl In Crowd: yes, you were going to say something ?
  • Brian: No, I finished.
  • Girl In Crowd: Oh no
  • Man in crowd: Tell us before you go
  • Brian: I am finished.
  • Man in crowd: Why wont he tell ? A secret, is it ?
  • Brian: No
  • Man in crowd: Must be otherwise he'd tell us.
  • Brian: Leave me alone.
  • Brian's mother: Well, I suppose I should have told you a long time ago, but... well, Brian... your father isn't Mr. Cohen.
  • Brian: I never thought he was.
  • Brian's mother: Now, none of your cheek! He was a Roman, Brian. He was a centurion in the Roman army.
  • Brian: You mean you were raped?
  • Brian's mother: Well, at first, yes.
  • Brian's mother: [Brian hasn't mentioned it at all] Sex, sex, sex, that's all these kids talk about!
  • [kneels]

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