Guy of Gisborne quotes from Robin Hood

Gisborne

Nothing like a tragedy to bring out the do-gooders.

Gisborne

Robin of Locksley, Earl of Huntingdon, hero of Acre. And look at you now, you're just a common outlaw. House and lands lost. Do you think I don't laugh every time I sleep in your bed? And Marian, the woman you gave up. Lost. To me. Do you think I won't laugh every time I...

Gisborne

To be honest, I'm surprised you decided to stay in Nottingham. Surely, you would have friends elsewhere that would take you in. I should have realised...Marian. I thought you'd given up a long time ago. But, you still carry a torch for her, don't you?

Gisborne

[to Marian] You think you can humiliate a man at the altar? A man like me and get away with it? You're wrong.

Gisborne

Do you know the worst crime a man can commit?

Marian

Murder.

Gisborne

Betrayal.

Gisborne

Marry me. It is the only way. As Lady Gisborne, I could protect you. What do you say?

Marian

You leave me no time to think. A moment ago you were going to hang me and now you want to marry me.

Gisborne

Is it so difficult to prove your loyalty?

Marian

I am loyal, but...

Gisborne

But what? I know you were once betrothed to Robin Hood.

Marian

I was a girl then.

Gisborne

Would you still hesitate if he were asking the question?

Marian

I would never marry him. I despise Robin Hood.

Really? So what about me? Will you...marry...me?

Marian

Yes. I will marry you. I will marry you the day King Richard returns to England. [Gisborne leans in but Marian turns her head.] Shall we go downstairs and tell my father the good news?

Yes. I have an apology to make. [Walks away.]

Marian

[Turns and closes the shutters.] [To Robin, softly] Sorry.

Much

No! Stop! This is wrong. I can't take part in this. You will regret this. You will see sense and you will regret it.

Robin

This does not concern you, Much.

Much

You are my master, everything concerns me! I have followed you into battle. I have followed you into the forest. But I will not follow you into torture.

Robin

Then leave me.

Much

If I thought you meant that...

Robin

GO!

Gisborne

You seem to be short of friends, Locksley. And what about the peasants you've championed? They'll be so disappointed to know that underneath your fine words, you're just as violent as the next man. And the nobles you've championed. Swayed by your charitable actions. Edward...Marian.

[about a captured Much] Now, what is this creature doing here?

Gisborne

This is one of Robin Hood's inner circle. This is his right-hand man.

[sarcastic] Oh, bravo!

Gisborne

He can tell us all we need to know about the outlaws.

Like what? Hm? That Robin Hood is against us? That he keeps moving his camp on? Hm? There's nothing to know!

Gisborne

All right. So hang him, then. Make an example.

Brilliant! A clue: no. Hang him, and you have an instant martyr. Suddenly, everybody loves Robin Hood!

Gisborne

Hood got there first. The ledger's gone.

[looking over a chessboard] Didn't you tell me that you'd hidden the barrels of black powder?

Gisborne

... Yes, I did.

[moves the white rook across the chessboard] Who else did you tell?

Gisborne

No one.

So how did he find it before you? [silence] Were you followed, Gisborne?

Gisborne

No.

YOU FOOL!!! WE'VE BEEN SET UP!!! Now you dispatch every man you can to the caves, bring me Eve and fetch me my horse!

[kneeling] My son! You have imprisoned him.

Get that woman out of here!

He was arrested in Locksley this morning. He's just a boy--

What did she say?

Gisborne

This is the business of the bowmaker and his boy. The outlaw collaborators.

Ah. And this is the mother of the child? Oh come on, have some compassion, Gisborne. Surely she should be allowed to see her son! Such insistent maternal concern... Well, it should stir pity. Such a pretty face should inspire our respect. [grabs Alice by the hair] But this one, however, conceals deceit! Disloyalty! So, take her away. Have her put in the cell with her son and the cooper. One bad apple in the family, and we punish the whole barrel.

You're getting slack, my friend! Could it have been easier for me? Hmmm? If you'd led me by the hand to your little hidey-hole? A clue: no!

Much

Allan. Where are Allan and Will?

Now!

Much

[aiming his bow at the Sheriff] STAND!

Oh.

Much

Stand or we shoot.

Uh, there are two of you.

Much

Last warning!

How many do you think there could be of them?

Gisborne

A dozen or so at the most.

Gisborne

Of the inner circle.

... And how many of the outer circle?

Gisborne

I don't know.

Gisborne

It would have been nice to have dealt with Robin Hood before the King returns. [the Sheriff laughs] What?

The King is not coming.

Gisborne

What do you mean, "the King is not coming"?

He is in the Holy Land. I have arranged an imposter. Think about it: is the real King, who spent God-knows-how-long fighting in the Holy Land, going to stop off in Nottingham on his way home for a chat? A clue: no!

Gisborne

Why?

How many of our friends are against us, hm? Our pathetic lords - Merton, Woodvale, Edward, hm? How many of them are scheming, smiling at us, lying, biding their time, nodding their heads, all the while preparing for the return of their King, the precious Richard the Lionheart, preparing? Hm? To turn against us the minute he walks through that door?

Gisborne

I don't know.

None of them have ever seen the King. So, this way we find out, hm? The plots bubble to the surface! The rats come scurrying out of the woodwork!

Gisborne

Why didn't you tell me?

[sarcastic] Oh, sorry. Nothing personal, hm? Anyway, you should thank me. You get to marry the girl.

Gisborne

Yeah, but based on a lie. The King is not really coming.

Oh, isn't that despicable! I don't know how you could possibly live with yourself!

Gisborne

What if Edward is one of them?

[slams his hands on the table] I WILL HANG HIM!

Marian

My father! I must go to Nottingham!

Gisborne

Your father will be safe; I have made provisions for him. You see, my influence, it benefits you. As my father-in-law he is protected. As my father-in-law.

Marian

You are cruel!

Much

THIS IS WRONG!

You must have legal grounds to object or remain silent!

Much

I have moral grounds!

Gisborne

Get him out of here!

Much

This man is a traitor and a liar! Is that legal? AND HER HEART BELONGS TO ANOTHER! [Pause] Let her tell you that. Marian, my lady, tell them.

Gisborne

Yes, Marian. Tell them. Remember your father.

Marian

It is not true. I am sorry. I know you mean well, but my heart belongs here.

Gisborne

[to the priest] Get on with it.

Much

WHAT?! I-I don't understand!

Much

This is surely some mistake!

You have a ring?

Much

He needs you! MARIAAAAN!

Gisborne

[places the ring on Marian's finger] Wise decision. In time you will thank me.

No, the left hand. The ring must go on the left hand.

Marian

No, no, the right is better.

Robin

Do you take this man and this horse as your route out of here?

Marian

I do!

Much

Master! It's not the king. He's an imposter.

Robin

A trap. I knew it. Who's there?

Much

Everyone. The gang!

Marian

Robin, my father! He leads the rebellion.

Speaking of our lady-leper-friends, time to go and get the pretty one... and her daddy.

Gisborne

Edward and Marian. If they resist, shall I use force?

Get up to speed, Gisborne - use force anyway.

Just before we say goodbye, my friend, Sir Guy has a question for you.

Gisborne

Who is the Nightwatchman?

Robin

I don't know, Gisborne! But I'll make sure to kiss him when I see him for stealing from you.

Gisborne

The Sheriff didn't want to say goodbye either. He just wants you dead now. See you on the dark side. Shoot him!

[knocking out an archer] So, it's goodnight from me...

Will

[knocking out an archer. He hits the archer with an axe with the words "goodnight" and "him"] And goodnight from him!