A character in Interview with the Vampire
Played by Sam Reid
Interview with the Vampire · 220 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Interview with the Vampire: in 90 of its 220 quotes
Most scenes with: Louis de Pointe du Lac (48), Claudia (21), Armand (4)
That's a nice music box you got there.
Lestat de LioncourtIt's one of the few things I brought with me from the continent.
What's that li'l song playing?
Lestat de LioncourtDo you like it? I composed it for a young violinist I once knew, a boy of infinite beauty and sensitivity.
Why do you do this, Lestat?
Lestat de LioncourtWell, I like to do it. I enjoy it.
Well, I don't. You don't have to humiliate him.
Lestat de Lioncourt[Shouts] Well, I don't say that you have to enjoy it! Kill them swiftly if you have to, but do it! Embrace what you are! You are a killer, Louis!
Lestat de Lioncourt[Disposing of a body] This was your man's esquire sent in his stead.
I was hungry.
Lestat de LioncourtA stone's throw from your place of business. What were you thinking?
He disrespected me.
Lestat de LioncourtHow did he do that?
He said I did a good job.
Lestat de LioncourtYou are a library of confusion!
Lestat de LioncourtHere's an idea: let's take a holiday. How about Rome?
Rome? Rome, Italy?
Lestat de LioncourtWould you prefer Rome, Wisconsin?
Lestat de LioncourtA couple of parish priests go missing, people say, 'Fine. Most likely kid fiddlers.' But this, this was an important man in town. The police will be looking for this man, fledgling!
Lestat de Lioncourt[gesturing to the incinerator] That's why we got this beast, yeah? No, you need to show restraint, fledgling!
Oh, you need to stop using that word right now, 'cause it's soundin' a little like 'slave.'
Lestat de LioncourtDon't say it...
Well, that's what it fuckin' sound like. That's what it feel like sometimes.
Lestat de LioncourtAnd the carousel comes around again.
Fuck you!
Lestat de LioncourtVa te faire foutre aussi!
You ever think that we -- that's to say, our kind -- were put on earth for a larger purpose?
Lestat de LioncourtI put you on this earth. Your purpose is to enjoy yourself.
That can't be all there is. I know you don't believe that.
Lestat de LioncourtWell, tell me what I believe, Louis. Excavate the hoarded thoughts buried beneath my damned soul.
You're angry.
Lestat de LioncourtI'm pondering.
Pondering what?
Lestat de LioncourtYour night had nothing to do with ridding the world of criminals or finding some morality to buoy your existence. You're ashamed of what we are.
Maybe I'm just pondering what I am.
Lestat de LioncourtFor the infinitesimal time, you're a vampire.
I don't want to kill people anymore. There it is.
Lestat de LioncourtA fish that doesn't swim. A bird refusing flight. You're going to struggle. I fear for the feline population of New Orleans.
Lestat de LioncourtWe had a good run, but I did it for Louis. I do everything for Louis.
Yeah, I heard that about you two.
Lestat de LioncourtOh? What have you heard?
I'm not a gossip.
Lestat de LioncourtBut I am.
Well, people at the Azalea, they say... [Lestat runs his hands along Antoinette's waist] You're confusing me. [Laughs]
Lestat de LioncourtOh, come now. I don't bite. What do the employees of the Azalea say about Louis and Lestat?
I'll answer with a question. Are there two beds upstairs or one?
Lestat de LioncourtDo you want to find out?
No one goes upstairs, Miss Brown.
Well, there's my answer.
Lestat de LioncourtStill, what do you imagine confines us to a single note? Why not a chord? Why not a cluster?
Mr. Louis, you have to convince Lestat to keep playin'.
Got a better chance makin' the Mississippi run north.
Lestat de LioncourtWe had a good run, but I did it for Louis. I do everything for Louis.
[Referring to the murder of Alderman Fenwick and the ensuing riots] I didn't do it for me. I did it for my city, my people. Destroy our businesses and buy the land for cheaper. I know what they're doing!
Lestat de LioncourtSo that torturous death was for your people? That garish display of his body like some public art piece was for your people?
I didn't see this comin'.
Lestat de LioncourtSave that lie for yourself. Did you not smile when he begged? Did you not feel pleasure as you carved him up?
Maybe you saw it comin' and didn't stop me. Maybe you went quiet on purpose.
Lestat de LioncourtYou did what you did because it gave you pleasure. Companion of the Dark Gift, finally. We should make this our anniversary.
Lestat de LioncourtI'm not sure how I feel about that pleated skirt.
It's chiffon. It has movement.
Lestat de LioncourtNow here's a treat I think you're ready for. This is what the meat calls a 'lover's lane,' and by my estimation, no blood is sweeter. Young people, swollen with passion, denied spirits by this senseless prohibition, park along this lonely stretch to contemplate that most mysterious of mathematical equations -- how one plus one... becomes one.
They come out here to do math?
Lestat de LioncourtYou've been too sheltered, my belladonnic beauty.
Lestat de LioncourtThere's a column in here about the history of this lovely square. It says that the man who designed it did so after the Place de Vosges in Paris. I can see that. Used to be called the Place d'Armes. I prefer that. Don't you?
Mm-hmm.
Lestat de LioncourtThe Louisiana Purchase was signed here. Penny wise, franc foolish.
Say anything about how they used to take runaway slaves, cut their heads off, and pike 'em on the iron gates as a warning?
So you didn't kill her?
Lestat de LioncourtNo. She has talents.
Aren't I enough?
Lestat de Lioncourt[Laughs hysterically]
Louis de Pointe du LacJacob Anderson · 145 quotes
Daniel MolloyEric Bogosian · 53 quotes
CClaudia44 quotes
AArmand26 quotes
EEmiliaStephanie Hayes · 8 quotes
RashidAssad Zaman · 8 quotes
AntoinetteMaura Grace Athari · 4 quotes
Dr. Fareed BhansaliGopal Divan · 4 quotes
Grace de Pointe du LacKalyne Coleman · 3 quotes
LilyNajah Bradley · 3 quotes
MadeleineRoxane Duran · 3 quotes
MorganBlake Ritson · 3 quotes
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