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Which character in "Gladiator" said...

So you think you are a fan of "Gladiator." Let's see how well you know it. Match the following lines with the characters that spoke them. Can you get them all right?

  1. Why don't they know they're already dead?

  2. Better to die for a friend than to die for gold.

  3. I am Proximo. I will be closer to you in these next few days, which will be the last days of your miserable lives, than that bitch of a mother who first brought you screaming into this world. I did not pay good money for your company, I paid it so I could profit from your deaths. And just as your mother was there at your beginning, so I shall be there at your end. And when you die, and die you shall, your transition will be to the sound of [he claps his hands]. Gladiators, I salute you.

  4. Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom.

  5. The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end, Highness.

  6. Am I not merciful? [loses patience] Am I not merciful?!

  7. One kind word, one full hug while you pressed me to your chest and held me tight, would have been like the sun on my heart for a thousand years. What is it in me you hate so much? All I ever wanted was to live up to you, Caesar, Father. Father, I would butcher the whole world if you would only love me..

  8. So much for the glory of Rome.

  9. Now we are free. … I will see you again … but not yet … not yet.

  10. They say your son squealed like a girl, as they nailed him to the cross. And your wife moaned like a whore when they ravaged her. Again. And again. And again.

  11. When a man sees his end he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

  12. At my signal, unleash hell.