Jonathan Rhys Meyers credited as playing...
King Henry VIII
- King Henry VIII: You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning.
- King Henry VIII: I have no heir. The Tudor Dynasty, all my father's work, finished, and it's MY fault!
- Anne Boleyn: [Henry sticks his hand up her dress] Not like this.
- King Henry VIII: How then?
- Anne Boleyn: Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me.
- King Henry VIII: Thomas Wyatt, were you in love with Anne Boleyn?
- Thomas Wyatt: Of course I loved her. But... from a distance.
- Queen Katherine: You have not answered my nephew's letters.
- King Henry VIII: Just because your nephew's the King of Spain. Does he think I have nothing better to do?
- Queen Katherine: You know he advises you to sign a treaty with the Emperor, recognizing France as our mutual enemy. He also advises you not to heed everything Wolsey tells you, because Wolsey is so biased with the French.
- King Henry VIII: Since when are you a diplomat?
- Queen Katherine: I am my father's daughter.
- King Henry VIII: [Grabbing Katherine tightly by her wrist] You are my WIFE. You are not my Minister, you are not my Chancellor, but my wife.
- King Henry VIII: [after holding a council meeting] It is settled. We are to war with France. Now... I can go play.
- [Several courtiers laugh]