The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)

Donald Calthrop: Clayton

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• Clayton : Most of me is dead. The rest of me is damned.

• Clayton : The name is Clayton. One of the doctor's more hopeless cases. Come in!

• Clayton : The great scientist's assistant, washing up a coffee pot!

  Dr. Clare Wyatt : When did you wash it last?

  Clayton : Never.

• Dr. Clare Wyatt : You didn't like me coming here, didn't you?

  Clayton : [Petulently]  You don't like me!

  Dr. Clare Wyatt : I'm sorry for you.

  Clayton : I wonder which revolts you most - my miserable body or my perverted mind.

• Clayton : It's the first time you've taken any interest in food since you've been here.

  Dr. Laurience : It's the first time there's been any!

• Clayton : This may amuse you.

  [gives Laurience a newspaper with a gossipy article about his experiments.] 

  Dr. Laurience : You told them all this!

  Clayton : Me? Why me?

  Dr. Laurience : How should I know? Your mind is just as twisted as your body. Don't forget, if I leave out one injection...

  Clayton : I don't mind dying, but to be accused of journalism!

• Lord Haslewood : [after proposing to sponsor his experiments]  May I take it then, Dr. Laurience, that you agree?

  Clayton : [In a cautionary tone]  You'll be sorry if you do.

  Dr. Laurience : [Insistent]  I must work in my own way.

  Lord Haslewood : [Looking around at the seediness of the setting]  How can you work in this atmosphere?

  Clayton : [Sarcastically]  If you refer to the smell of bacon, it is no obstacle to scientific research.