Senator Ted Cruz has a reputation for memorizing facts and being able to recall them at lightning speed — a skill that made him a formidable debating opponent back at Princeton and Harvard Law.

On Thursday Cruz displayed this skill in a more playful way, telling WMUR-TV that Rob Reiner’s 1987 classic The Princess Bride is his favorite movie, then proceeding to recite an entire scene from memory:

Cruz’s Billy Crystal and Mandy Patinkin impressions are spot-on.