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Nicole Kidman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Elliott, Ian McKellen, Daniel Craig, Freddie Highmore, Ian McShane, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Helen Soraya, and Caridad Angus in The Golden Compass (2007)

Kathy Bates: Hester

The Golden Compass

Kathy Bates credited as playing...

Hester

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  • Lee Scoresby: That's a mighty fancy clockwork you got there.
  • Lyra Belacqua: [puts away the alethiometer] It's just a toy.
  • Lee Scoresby: Well, then, it's a mighty fancy toy. How'd you come by somethin' like that.
  • Hester: Oh, Lord, Lee when you gonna learn to mind your own business?
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  • Hester: Whoa, boy.
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