Thomas Boleyn quotes from The Tudors

Thomas Boleyn

There's something deep and dangerous in you Anne, those eyes of yours are like dark hooks for the soul.

Thomas Boleyn

[to Norfolk] There will come a point when the King's belief in his minister will hang in the balance and then, Your Grace, we shall drop our truth into the scales... and the scales will fall.

King Henry

Tell me about King Francis, Sir Thomas.

Thomas Boleyn

He's 23 years old.

King Henry

Is he tall?

Thomas Boleyn

Yes. But ill proportioned.

King Henry

What about his legs? Are his calves strong like mine?

Thomas Boleyn

Your Majesty no one has calves like yours.

King Henry

Is he handsome?

Thomas Boleyn

Some people might think so. He certainly thinks so himself.

King Henry

He's vain?!

Thomas Boleyn

Your Majesty... he's French!

Cardinal Wolsey

What did Lord Buckingham say about the king?

Thomas Boleyn

He told me he has a greater claim to the throne and that, as His Majesty has no male heir and will have none but he, Buckingham will succeed to the throne, but he also told me once that he has considered bringing that eventuality forward more quickly.

Cardinal Wolsey

In what way?

Thomas Boleyn

By assassinating His Majesty.

Well, the King is plainly in love with you. Don't you see, niece... It makes a man, any man... extremely vulnerable.

Thomas Boleyn

How do you like your charge, sweetheart?

Anne Boleyn

I... At first, I confess, I did not like it so much. I did not care for the King, but now, I... Now I...

Anne, it would be wise for you not to be fooled by your own masquerade. It is your duty to use his love to our advantage in supplanting Wolsey.

Thomas Boleyn

The Cardinal stands between us... and everything. And it is now in your power to do him a great hurt, and we expect you to do so.

Thomas Cromwell

I am also preparing for an emergency session of Parliament-

Bah! Kings had no need of Parliament in the old days!

Thomas Cromwell

(coldly, not looking up from his paperwork) These are not the old days, my Lord.

Thomas Boleyn

Am I...Am I to be tried?

Charles Brandon

No, you are to be released.

Charles Brandon

But...Your Majesty commands that since you no longer have his trust and affection; that you are to be stripped forthwith of all your official purses and titles. You will no longer serve under the Privy Council, you will relinquish the role of Lord Privy Seal and all its privileges. His Majesty also desires that you leave court and that you never show yourself in his presence again on pain of death.

Thomas Boleyn

So I am to keep my Earldom?

Charles Brandon

Did you watch your son die?! What about your daughter, will you watch her suffer? Will you watch her die?! Tell me, Boleyn, was it all worth it?!