The Best Leo Elster Quotes

Hester: [Moaning sounds come from next room, suggesting sexual activity] The female is a synthetic. Her pleasure is simulated. The human man with her must know she feels nothing. What satisfaction can he derive from her...
[after a gap, contemplating]
Hester: pretense?
Hester: Human beings can convince themselves of anything they want.
Leo: Why do you speak as if you aren't one of them?
Hester: [the man in other room makes Groaning sound] I believe the man has ejaculated.
Leo: [laughs]

Leo: He's the same as you. Max too.
Hester: But you're human.
Ten: [joking] Nobody's perfect.

Anatole: All sons make tyrants out of their fathers.
Leo: That's better than making a god out of a man.

Leo: [to Mia] I just want us all to live, but first you have to be alive.