Robert Hardy credited as playing...
Sir John Middleton
- Margaret: Have you really been to the East Indies, Colonel?
- Colonel Brandon: I have.
- Margaret: What's it like?
- Sir John Middleton: Like? Hot.
- Colonel Brandon: [mysteriously] The air is full of spices.
- Sir John Middleton: You know what they're saying, of course. Hm? Word is, you've developed a taste for certain company. And why not, say I. A man like you in your prime... she'd be a very fortunate young lady.
- Colonel Brandon: Marianne Dashwood would no more think of me than she would of you, John.
- Sir John Middleton: Brandon, my boy, do not think of yourself so meanly.
- Colonel Brandon: And all the better for her.
- Sir John Middleton: Now, Miss Dashwood, it's your turn to entertain us.
- Elinor Dashwood: Oh no, Sir John, I don't...
- Sir John Middleton: And I believe I know what key you will sing in. "F" major.
- Marianne: Sir John, might I play your pianoforte?
- Sir John Middleton: Yes, yes, of course. My goodness. Yes, we do not stand upon ceremony here, my dear.
- Mrs Jennings: I think I've unearthed a secret.
- Sir John Middleton: Oh, no, have you sniffled one out already, Mother? You're worse than my best pointer, Flossie!
- Sir John Middleton: What do you know of Mr Willoughby, Sir John?
- Sir John Middleton: Decent shot and there's not a bolder rider in all England.
- Marianne: But what is he like?
- Sir John Middleton: Like?
- Marianne: What are his tastes? His passions? His pursuits?
- Sir John Middleton: Well, he has the smartest little bitch of a pointer. Was she out with him yesterday?
- Mrs Jennings: What sort of man is he, Miss Dashwood? Is he butcher, baker, candlestick maker? I shall winkle it out of you somehow, you know!
- Sir John Middleton: She's horribly good at winkling.