Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Matyelok Gibbs: Louise

Quotes 

• [after da Vinci opens a locked door by removing the pins from the hinges] 

  Louise : Why, that was pure genius!

  Leonardo da Vinci : Yes! I shall go down in history as the man who opened a door!

• Henry : [to Paulette and Louise, confused]  Were there just the two of you?

  Louise : And, the chicken, Your Highness.

• Marguerite : I said I wanted four-minute eggs. Not four one-minute eggs, and where in GOD'S NAME is our bread?

  Louise : [takes Marguerite's eggs]  It's just coming out of the oven, my lady.

  Rodmilla : Marguerite, precious. What do I always say about the tone?

  Jacqueline : A lady of breeding ought never to raise her voice any louder than the gentle hum of a whisper in the wind.

  Rodmilla : Jacqueline, dear, do not speak unless you can improve the silence.

  Marguerite : I was not shrill, I was resonant. A courtier knows the difference.

  Rodmilla : I very much doubt your style of resonance would be permitted in the royal court.

  Marguerite : I'm not going to the Royal Court, am I, mother? No one is, except some Spanish pig they have the nerve to call a princess.

  Rodmilla : Darling, nothing is final until you're dead. Even then, I'm sure God negotiates.

  [Rodmilla and Jacqueline continue eating their eggs] 

  Rodmilla : Why is there no salt on this table? Danielle?

• Pierre Le Pieu : Daniel de Barbarac. You get prettier every week.

  Danielle : And you, Monsieur le Pieu, are wasting your flattery.

  Pierre Le Pieu : It's a pity your soil's the best in the province and yet so poorly tended.

  Paulette : We have limited resources, sir. We do the best we can.

  Pierre Le Pieu : Anything I can do?

  Louise : Perhaps you should bring it up with the Baroness and stick to shopping.

  Pierre Le Pieu : I'd rather discuss it with Daniel if you don't mind. I may be twice your age, child, but I'm well endowed.

  [Danielle turns away to another basket] 

  Pierre Le Pieu : As evidenced by my estate, I've always had a soft spot for the less fortunate. You need a wealthy benefactor - and I need a young lady with spirit.

  Danielle : [looks up and smiles]  Prunes?

  Pierre Le Pieu : No. I'll buy nothing this week. And you'd do well to remember that without my generosity, your pathetic little farm would cease to exist. I'd be very, very careful if I were you.

• Gustav : [about seeing Danielle in her mother's attire]  She looks like a masterpiece.

  Louise : She looks like her mother.