Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Lesley Manville: Lucy Gilbert (Kitty)
Quotes
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Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I do apologize, sir, that neither I nor Schwenck was here to welcome you on your arrival last night.
Gilbert's Father : I do not appreciate being left upon the doorstep like a hawker!
Gilbert : If you'll only take the trouble to press the electric bell, Father, you'll be admitted at once. Is that not so, Pidgeon?
Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : Indeed it is, sir.
Gilbert's Father : I have no intention of placing my life in danger, sir!
Gilbert : How many doorstep deaths have we had thus far, Pidgeon?
Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : None to my certain knowledge, sir.
Gilbert : There you are, Father. The odds would appear to be in your favour.
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Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : How's my wounded soldier?
Mrs. Judd, Gilbert's Maid : He's not doing as he's told, madam.
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, isn't he now? Willie, are you intending to visit the dentist tomorrow?
Mrs. Judd, Gilbert's Maid : You really should try...
Gilbert : [exploding] Oh, for God's sake, you pair of bloody harpies! Get out, I'm *working*!
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[in a Japanese tea house]
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : My goodness! It's perfectly green.
Gilbert : Spinach water.
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, Willie.
Gilbert : Thank you very much.
Miss 'Sixpence Please' : Shickerspen, preas.
Gilbert : I beg your pardon?
Miss 'Sixpence Please' : Shickerspen, preas.
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, she speaks English.
Gilbert : What did she say?
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : She said, "Sixpence, please."
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Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Schwenk speaks to The Savoy every morning in code, father-in-law. Just in case the telephone operator should be eavesdropping.
Gilbert's Father : One might as well open the window and shout down the street.
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Gilbert : I have other things on my mind, you know that.
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes, I do know that, Willie, and I understand, but a little distraction will do you good.
Gilbert : Kitty, I don't want to be distracted.
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes, you do.
Gilbert : Oh, do I? You know my mind better than I do, do you?
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I know you better than you think I do, Willie.
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Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I should rather like to be an actor, upon the stage.
Gilbert : An actor?
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes. Wouldn't it be wondrous if perfectly commonplace people gave each other a round of applause at the end of the day?
[she claps enthusiastically]
Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Well done, Kitty! Well done!