Alice (TV Mini Series)

Episode #1.1 (2009)

Andrew Lee Potts: Hatter

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Quotes 

• Alice : I have a little money, but I understand you don't use that here.

  Hatter : Pieces of paper!

  [whispers] 

  Hatter : Pointless.

• Hatter : [Referring to the White Knight]  OK, he's as mad as a box of frogs.

• Hatter : Do you know why they call me 'Hatter'?

  Alice : Because you wear a hat?

  Hatter : ...No.

• Alice : Who are you?

  Hatter : A friend. I hope.

• Hatter : Do I need a reason to help a pretty girl in a... very wet dress?

• Hatter : I thought all you guys were wiped out years ago

  White Knight : Well you thought wrong. As you can see I'm fit as a butcher's dog

  [slight stiffled cough] 

  Alice : Are there any others like you?

  White Knight : certainly not. I'm a one off! My nana used to say that if I was the only eligable batchelor left in the world

  [bends to pick up shovel] 

  White Knight : there wasnt a warthog or wall flower who'd pollish my escutcheon.

  [laughs] 

  Alice : No I meant are there any other knights in these woods? your... comrads in arms

  White Knight : Heavens no, are you mad! we were all wiped out years ago

• Hatter : Trust me. I know a thing or two about liking people, and in time, after much chocolate and cream cake, 'like' turns into 'what was his name again?'.

• Hatter : Oh I see, you don't trust me. I am genuinely hurt!

• Alice : Where are we?

  Hatter : The Great Library. There's 5,000 years of history hidden here: art, literature, law. Rescued when the Queen of Hearts seized power. She'd like nothing more than to see this burnt to nothin'.

  Alice : Who are those poor people?

  Hatter : Refugees. Those who don't want to be a part of the Queen's world of instant gratification. We give them shelter and try feed them the best we can, but it is dangerous. If the Queen found out, they wouldn't stand a chance.

  Alice : Why does she want to destroy all of this?

  Hatter : Wisdom is her biggest threat. She controls people with a quick fix.

• Hatter : Do you know why they call me Hatter?

  Alice : Because you wear a hat?

  Hatter : No. Because I'm always there when they pass the hat, so to speak.

• Alice : This?

  Hatter : That's not going to come off. Sorry.

• Rat Catcher : She's Alice! Tell him who you are!

  Hatter : Wow! Really? woooo! Ratty here thinks you're Alice. Of Legend

  Alice : Who?

  Hatter : The last uhm, the last time a girl called Alice came here from your world she brought down the whole House of Cards. Oh yeah. Made quite an impression. Although, it was 150 years ago. It can't be the same girl. Oysters don't even live that long.

• Hatter : Warning. Don't take it on an empty stomach and only one tiny little drop at a time otherwise the experience might burst your shriveled up little heart. Got it?

  Rat Catcher : Got it.

  Hatter : Good. Go.

• Alice : Oysters were drained? What do you mean drained?

  Hatter : Ratty tells me you're looking for someone.

• Hatter : Pieces of paper? Pointless.

• Hatter : Do I need a reason to help a pretty girl in a very wet dress? Oh, I see. You don't trust me. Fine! I am genuinely hurt!

• Hatter : [while on a horse together, Alice leans back away from Hatter]  Are you comfortable?

  Alice : No.

  Hatter : Lean into me. Let me take the weight.

  Alice : [harshly]  I'm good.

• Hatter : He's mad as a box of frogs.