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I havnt read all the replies so i dont know if anyone has already agreed with me on this, but i think that the best character ever created, then potrayed perfectly by the actor playing him was Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird
and in a close second is the most menacing, intimidating, pure incarnation of evil ever presented on film, Darth Vader. (though not totally pure evil, but I'm referring to only the Vader from A New Hope, which i still belive never needed any sequels to be the best science fiction movie of all time.
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Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?
Ford: We're safe.
Arthur: Oh good.
Ford: We're in a small galley cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet.
Arthur: Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of.