The Shooting Party (1984)

James Mason: Sir Randolph Nettleby

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• Lady Aline Hartlip : Why are you smiling?

  Sir Randolph Nettleby : [Introspectively]  I can't imagine... except that... sometimes when my thoughts about the future are particularly gloomy, I find myself feeling more and more light-hearted. I suppose I've always fancied the idea of taking to the hills when the barbarian hordes overrun us. I think I should enjoy that.

• Sir Randolph Nettleby : [Understatingly]  You don't approve of our sport, I fear.

  Cornelius Cardew : It's not my idea of sport! It's my idea of murder!

• Sir Randolph Nettleby : It's not a bad idea to get into the habit of writing down one's thoughts. Saves one having to bother other people with them.

• Sir Randolph Nettleby : You weren't shooting like a gentleman!

  [to Lord Hartlip after he had accidentally shot the beater Tom Harker]