The Steamie (1988 TV Movie)

Dorothy Paul: Magrit

Quotes 

• Dolly : You got married late, didn't you, Margrit?

  Magrit : No' late enough!

• [after doing a dramatic tango in front of the whole room] 

  Magrit : Dolly?

  Dolly : What?

  Magrit : I think that's you and I engaged.

• [having lost her ticket] 

  Magrit : You try an' do too many bloody things at the wan time. I've lost it! I think I'm goin' aff ma heid!

• Dolly : It said he'd passed away leavin' a grievin' wife.

  Magrit : Nae money?

  Dolly : Naw, just the grievin' wife.

• [complaining about her husband] 

  Magrit : He's lying up there drunk already. Oot the game. Sick all o'er ma carpet... pig! His breath's like a burst lavvy; you could strip paint wi' it!

• [talking about her chest] 

  Magrit : Peter said that was the first two things he ever noticed about me. Funny thing was, I had ma back tae him at the time!

• [Margrit and Doreen have just been discussing their favourite actors] 

  Magrit : Here, Dolly, you ever heard of Tony Curtis?

  Dolly : Naw... does he come fae round here?

• Doreen : That's ma dream. A hoose in the country, wi' a television... and a bath... and a phone... and a garden as well!

  Magrit : Christ, you're no wantin' much, are you?

• [after being quiet for a long time] 

  Dolly : Margrit?

  Magrit : I knew it was too good tae last. What is it, Dolly?

• [Andy is clearly drunk] 

  Andy : So... everythin' workin' awright doon here then?

  Magrit : Apart fae you, d'you mean?

• Magrit : You dancin'?

  Doreen : You askin'?

  Magrit : I'm askin'!

  Doreen : I'm dancin'!