The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: There is a saying, a very old saying: when the pupil is ready the master will appear.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: Do you surrender?
Elena: Never, but I may scream.
Alejandro Murrieta: I understand. Sometimes I have that effect.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Elena: [in a confessional, Alejandro posing as a priest] I have broken the fourth commandment, padre.
Alejandro Murrieta: You killed somebody?
Elena: No, that is not the fourth commandment.
Alejandro Murrieta: [pause] Of course not. Tell me, in what way did you break the most sacred of commandments.

Elena: I dishonored my father.
Alejandro Murrieta: That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it.
Elena: What?
Alejandro Murrieta: I said tell me more, my child.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Elena: [in a confessional, Alejandro posing as a priest] Forgive me father for I have sinned. It has been three days since my last confession.
Alejandro Murrieta: Three days? How many sins could you have committed in three days? Come back when you have more time, please.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: Look at me, I look like a butterfly. This is the most stupid thing I've ever done.
Don Diego de la Vega: I doubt that.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Elena: [dancing with Love] Yes, were you looking for something?
Alejandro: A sense of the miraculous in everyday life.
Captain Harrison Love: Really? Well, why don't you try looking somewhere else? The lady and I are trying to dance.
Alejandro: You were trying; she was succeeding. Forgive me, Captain Love. A

shameless joke at your expense... and I hope it won't be the last.
[Love scowls, Elena grins slightly]

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Stupid Soldier: Hey... I thought you were tied up.
Joaquin Murrieta: That is because you are stupid.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: Do you know how to use that thing?
Alejandro Murrieta: Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
Don Diego de la Vega: [sighs] This is going to take a lot of work.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: [upon first meeting her] Be careful senorita, there are dangerous men about.
Elena: Well if you see one, be sure to point him out.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: You have passion, Alejandro, and your skill is growing. But to enter Montero's world, I must give you something which is completely beyond your reach.
Alejandro Murrieta: Ah, yes? And what is that?
Don Diego de la Vega: Charm.
Alejandro Murrieta: Charm? And what is that?

Don Diego de la Vega: Convince Montero that you're a gentleman of stature, and he will let you into his circle.
Alejandro Murrieta: Me, a gentleman?... This is going to take a lot of work.
Don Diego de la Vega: Yes.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: I miss my brother, sir.
Don Diego de la Vega: Your brother is dead. We lose the ones we love, we cannot change it. Put it aside.
Alejandro Murrieta: How? How can I do what is needed, when all I feel is... hate.
Don Diego de la Vega: [holds up black mask] You hide it, with this.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: This is called a training circle, a master's wheel. This circle will be your world, your whole life. Until I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of it.
Alejandro Murrieta: Capitan Love is...
Don Diego de la Vega: There is NOTHING outside of it. Captain Love does not exist until I say he exists. As your

skill with the sword improves, you will progress to a smaller circle. With each new circle, your world contracts, bringing you that much closer to your adversary, that much closer to retribution.
Alejandro Murrieta: I like that part.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Rafael Montero: [on Esperanza] I would never have let any harm come to her...
Don Diego de la Vega: She was never yours to protect.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: [whispering to his baby son] And so it was. Lighting split the sky, thunder shook the earth, and then all was quiet. The great warrior known as Zorro was gone. The people of the land gave him a hero's funeral, the largest anyone had ever seen. They came from far and wide to say farewell to their brave and noble champion. But don't worry, little Joaquin.

Whenever great deeds are remembered, your grandfather will live on. For there must always, always be a Zorro. And some day, when he's needed, we will see him again... on his fearsome steed Tornado, riding like the wind, his sword blazing in the sun... leaping, jumping, swinging through the air... fighting like a lion. Fighting like a tiger. Fighting...
[sees Elena watching him]

Alejandro Murrieta: ... as safely as possible.
Elena: Is this your idea of putting the baby to sleep?

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The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: [after beating Alejandro in a training session] Lesson number one: never attack in anger. Lesson number two...
[smells Alejandro, who is very dirty]
Don Diego de la Vega: Come with me.
Alejandro Murrieta: [Don Diego de la Vega leaves; Alejandro sniffs his own underarm] What?
[later, as he washes in

a pool]
Alejandro Murrieta: So what is lesson number three?
Don Diego de la Vega: To get to lesson number four.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: I would have killed him.
Don Diego de la Vega: No, not today. He is trained to kill. You seem trained to drink. Oh, yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely, and died very quickly. Who then would avenge your brother?

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Captain Harrison Love: After all, it's only one man...
Don Rafael: It isn't just one man, damn it. It's ZORRO.

The Mask of Zorro
The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: You cannot imagine, Rafael, how I have dreamed of this moment, night and day, twenty long years.
Don Rafael Montero: Really? I haven't given you a second thought.

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The Mask of Zorro

Alejandro Murrieta: [Cuts a mark on Captain Love's face] "M"... For Murrieta.

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The Mask of Zorro

Don Diego de la Vega: I gave my life to them, and in return I lost everything. My wife was murdered before my eyes, and my child was stolen to be raised by my mortal enemy.
Alejandro Murrieta: Montero? Elena... she's your daughter.
Don Diego de la Vega: Yes, she was.
Alejandro Murrieta: So... you will simply

take your revenge.
Don Diego de la Vega: No, I will take my daughter. And don't pretend she means nothing to you.
Alejandro Murrieta: She does. But you taught me to see beyond personal feelings, remember? Was that all a lie?
Don Diego de la Vega: You're too young to understand.
Alejandro Murrieta: To

understand what? Betrayal? All the work, all the training, all the wise words, for *what*? To smile in the face of my brother's killer while you make your own plans?
Don Diego de la Vega: Alejandro, I taught you everything you needed to survive. Now, I must look to my own heart. Elena is all I have left, I'm not going to lose her again.
Alejandro

Murrieta: What about California? What about the people?
Don Diego de la Vega: They still have Zorro.