Life Is Sweet (1990)
Jim Broadbent: Andy
Quotes
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Patsy : [in a pub after a few beers] Far as I'm concerned, football died, the day Arsenal won the double.
Andy : That's right, yeah.
Patsy : What was they? Work horses.
Andy : Boring buggers, ain't they.
Patsy : Well the Spurs double team? They was artists.
Andy : They was artists.
Patsy : 21 quid a week they got. Can you imagine? What do they get today? Millions.
Andy : And they got their back handers on top of that ain't they.
Patsy : Poncing round the penalty area with their handbags.
Andy : Prima donnas.
Patsy : "Oh, he kicked a me, Ref."
Andy : Brown, Baker, Henry,
[both]
Andy : Blanchflower
Patsy : Yeah, Danny boy.
Andy : Yeah.
Patsy : He was the architect of the modern game, y'know.
Andy : That's right, yeah.
Patsy : Norman, Mackay, Jones, White, Smith, Allen,
[both]
Patsy : Dyson.
Andy : Yeah, come on you Spurs.
Patsy : John White, what a player, eh.
Andy : Yeah.
Patsy : I used to have a little picture of him on my wall, ringed in black.
Patsy : Tragic. What a way to go.
Andy : Struck by lightening.
Patsy : On a golf course.
Andy : What a waste, eh. You want another?
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Nicola : I'm not going to waste my life.
Andy : No? What're you doing now then? Contributing a great deal aren't you sitting around on your arse all day.
Nicola : Yeah, well I'm thinking about it.
Andy : Oh yeah thinking about it that's the easy bit isn't it? Anyone can do that. It's doing it that's difficult.
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Andy : Take my word for it - that is an evil spoon.
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Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : To be totally honest, Andy, I think Wendy will be a natural, y'know. She's got such grace and charm.
Wendy : Thank you, Aubrey.
Andy : Excuse me are we talking about the same girl?
Wendy : [laughs] Don't be rotten.
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Andy : Where's she going?
Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Flipping Prague!
Wendy : Awww, that's not right.
Andy : No, that's not on, mate.
Wendy : No, sorry.
Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's great, isn't it? You give someone a break, a chance to better themselves, an opportunity to enter into a brave new venture, and what do they do? Piss off to Poland!
Wendy : Well, that's typical Aussie isn't it? Travelers.
Andy : Students.
Wendy : It's Czechoslovakia isn't it, Prague?
Andy : Yeah, is it?
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Wendy : Now, listen, you're in trouble, right? And I'm helping you out. 'Cause that's what friends are for. That's right, isn't it Andy?
Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's it's amazing!
Andy : But you haven't even done bar work Wendy, let's be honest.
Wendy : No, but I'm confident. I can have a go.
Andy : Let's face it, have you ever been a waitress?
Wendy : No.
Andy : No.
Wendy : But, I've been waiting on you all these years haven't I? So?
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Andy : I feel like Princess Margaret.