Hector Madden quotes from The Hour

Hector

Looking forward to working with you.

Freddie

Well, at least that makes one of us.

Freddie

Is there anything you can't do, Hector?

Hector

Um... Not really.

Hector

How do you do it? How do you know exactly the right question to ask?

Freddie

Because I'm not afraid of the answers.

Hector

My first girlfriend was a debutante. I wrote her pages of godawful poetry during the war.

Bel

Line?

Hector

Happily forgotten.

Bel

I don't think I've ever been sent love poetry.

Freddie

Yes, you have.

Freddie

Do you think I'm a weak person, Hector?

Hector

What?

Freddie

I've never been to war, I've never fought for anything.

Hector

You fight every day, Freddie. Weak's not the word I'd use.

Bel

Ambition over integrity, Hector. Well done.

Hector

Freddie needed a chance.

Bel

Liar.

Hector

Sorry. Am I boring you?

Marnie

Yes, you are. You are boring me. I'm bored.

Does Miss Rowley know you are here?

Hector

Only if you told her.

I did not.

Hector

She's obviously not sleeping with the right people.

Bel

[about Freddie] God, he's so frustrating! He really is! Well, don't smile. Why are you laughing?

Hector

Because for someone so brutally honest with everyone else, you display such blatant deceit when it comes to yourself.

Bel

Freddie's...

Hector

Back. I hear his wife is still away. Well, you always did have a penchant for the married man.

Marnie

Hector, um... I think, well, I'm sure I'm...

Hector

You're sure you're what?

Marnie

I'm... three weeks gone. Hector...

Hector

Well, isn't that wonderful? Isn't that what you always wanted?

Marnie

Yes.

Hector

Well, then, aren't you clever, Marnie? You got what you wanted.