My Fair Lady (1964)

Theodore Bikel: Zoltan Karpathy

Quotes 

• Lady at Ball : That young woman with Colonel Pickering, find out who she is.

  Zoltan Karpathy : With pleasure!

• Zoltan Karpathy : Don't you remember me?

  Professor Henry Higgins : No. Who the devil are you?

  Zoltan Karpathy : I'm your pupil. Your first, your greatest, your best pupil. I'm Zoltan Karpathy. That marvelous boy.

  Professor Henry Higgins : [recognizing him]  Oh.

  Zoltan Karpathy : Ah. I made your name famous throughout Europe. You teach me phonetics, you cannot forget me.

  Professor Henry Higgins : Why don't you have your hair cut?

  Zoltan Karpathy : Ah, well, I don't have your imposing appearance, your figure, your brow. If I had my hair cut, nobody would notice me.

  Professor Henry Higgins : [looking at the row of medals on his lapel]  Where did you get all these old coins?

  Zoltan Karpathy : These are decorations for language. The Queen of Transylvania is here this evening. I'm indispensable to her at these official, international parties. I speak 32 languages, I know everyone in Europe. No imposter can escape my detection.

  Greek Ambassador : [passing by]  Professor Karpathy.

  Zoltan Karpathy : [bowing, then turning back to Higgins]  The Greek ambassador. Greek my foot. He pretends not to know any English, but he cannot deceive me. He's the son of a Yorkshire watchmaker. He speaks English so villainously that he cannot utter a word without betraying his origin. I help him pretend, but I make him pay through the nose. I make them all pay.