Stella Days (2011)
Stephen Rea: Brendan McSweeney
Quotes
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Brendan McSweeney : The bishop is a plain speaking man.
Fr. Daniel Barry : I will tell him you said so.
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Brendan McSweeney : Have you given any thought to the effect these pictures will have on people?
Fr. Daniel Barry : Oh, I have, Brendan. They will be a source of enlightenment and entertainment to young and old alike.
Brendan McSweeney : Bishop Hegarty might not agree with all that.
Fr. Daniel Barry : You shouldn't assume to know the bishop's mind.
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Brendan McSweeney : I have serious moral objections to this enterprise.
Fr. Daniel Barry : Well, go to confession then.
Brendan McSweeney : There are people in this town struggling to put bread on the table, and what are we offering them? A picture house!
Fr. Daniel Barry : The soul is fed by many things, Brendan.
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Brendan McSweeney : You still want to go back to Rome?
Fr. Daniel Barry : They made a twenty eight year old the head curator after I'd been promised that position. He was an Italian of course. I still have my pride.
Brendan McSweeney : So you kicked up a bit of a fuss.
Fr. Daniel Barry : OH! I did. And I ended up here.
Brendan McSweeney : It could have been worse. You could have ended up in the Aran Islands.
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Fr. Daniel Barry : Saint Patrick would have had a hard time with you.
Brendan McSweeney : Saint Patrick?
Fr. Daniel Barry : Wasn't he an outsider?
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Fr. Daniel Barry : "Into the light of hope... The glorious future, that belongs to you, to me and to all of us."
Brendan McSweeney : Saint Francis of Assissi.
Fr. Daniel Barry : Charlie Chaplin. The Great Dictator.