House of Gucci (2021)
Jeremy Irons: Rodolfo Gucci
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Quotes
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Patrizia Reggiani : Picasso?
Rodolfo Gucci : No. no, no. no. It's Klimt.
Patrizia Reggiani : How silly of me.
Rodolfo Gucci : Oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's an easy mistake. I've made worse myself.
Patrizia Reggiani : Must be worth a fortune.
Rodolfo Gucci : Yes. But you know, to me, art, like beauty, has no price.
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Paolo Gucci : I was born with a gift. I am an artist. My father, he just won't see it.
[presenting fashion drawings]
Rodolfo Gucci : But - these are yours? How come the family doesn't know you have a gift? Domenico, did you know Paolo had a gift?
Domenico De Sole : I'm afraid I did not, sir.
Paolo Gucci : Well, we both know he's blind in one eye and deaf in the other. So.
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Paolo Gucci : You designed this scarf, correct?
Rodolfo Gucci : Oh, yes. That scarf is my signature. It has caressed the necks of all the world's beauties. Jackie O, Grace, Sofia. Study it closely. No browns, no pastels.
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Rodolfo Gucci : Gucci doesn't belong in a mall, it belongs in a museum.
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Rodolfo Gucci : What is it you want?
Maurizio Gucci : What I want is to marry her.
Rodolfo Gucci : Live with her. Fuck her. Have a good time with her. Do what you want. Go away on holiday. Go to Sardinia. But, no, not marry.
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Patrizia Reggiani : I didn't know I was sitting with a movie star. Can I get an autograph?
Rodolfo Gucci : Oh, no, no, no. The only good thing that came from my career was meeting Maurizio's mother. Now she, she was a star. I remember at her funeral, during - a moment of silent remembrance, Maurizio noticed the priest lighting candles - and he began to sing "Happy Birthday." He turned, maybe the saddest moment of my life, into something - how do you say - something sweet. That's my son. That is my dear boy.
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Rodolfo Gucci : Over the years, I have found - that true talent is often unaware of its own brilliance. It must be cherished and protected. Whereas hacks, they run around - shouting their delicious ideas, begging to be recognized. Blind - to their own - mediocrity. My dear nephew, you have achieved a triumph of mediocrity. And you have also achieved the unimaginable. You have found one thing - upon which your father and I can agree. Your total incompetence.
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Rodolfo Gucci : Discuss what?
Paolo Gucci : My ideas.
Rodolfo Gucci : You have ideas?
Paolo Gucci : Boof. Does an elephant shit in the jungle?