Anonymous (I) (2011)
Rhys Ifans: Earl of Oxford
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Quotes
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Ben Jonson : Politics? My play has nothing to do with politics. I-i-i-it's just a simple comedy.
Earl of Oxford : It showed your betters as fools who'd go through life barely managing to get food from plate to mouth were it not for the cleverness of their servants. All art is political, Jonson, otherwise it would just be decoration. And all artists have something to say, otherwise they'd make shoes. And you are not a cobbler, are you Jonson.
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Earl of Oxford : All art is political, Jonson. Otherwise it would just be decoration.
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Ben Jonson : My lord, I... I am not worthy of this charge. I betrayed you.I told them of your...
Earl of Oxford : I have made it my life's work to know the character of men, Jonson. I know you. You may have betrayed me... but you will never betray my words.
