Calendar Girls (2003)

Celia Imrie: Celia

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Quotes 

• Marie : Naked!

  Cora : It's not naked. It's nude.

  Marie : What's the difference?

  Celia : Art.

• Celia : It's the whole showing your breasts issues that concerns me.

  Annie : The point is that we won't really be showing anything.

  Celia : Yes, that's what concerns me.

  Annie : Yours are good, are they?

  Celia : They're tremendous.

• Ruth : Well, I think it's a great idea.

  Cora : You weren't concentrating, were you Ruth?

  Ruth : I was. We're going to raise money to buy a sofa for the hospital in John's name.

  Celia : By posing for a nude calendar!

  Ruth : Oh no!

  Chris : Oh sit down. I'm not asking you to straddle an 'Arley Davidson.

  Celia : It's still a bit of a leap from Burnsall church, love.

  Chris : That's the 'ole point. It's an alternative calendar, it's...

  Annie : It's what John suggested.

  Chris : Did he?

  Annie : The last stage of the flower is the most glorious. So what this calendar would be saying is "actually, yes John, we agree".

  Ruth : With respect, I didn't hear him use the phrase "whip your bras off"

• Chris : T minus two hours. Bras off to avoid strap marks.

  Celia : As we speak darling, as we speak.

• Celia : I've never been naked in front of anyone in my life.

  Chris : Not even Frank?

  Celia : Frank's a major. We approach nudity on a strictly need-to-know basis.

• Celia : Oh, get bloody Botticelli in here.

• Celia : I'm a bit worried about our great leader's grasp of Tai Chi.

• Celia : [reading a fan mail letter]  "I am currently in the high security wing of Her Majesty's Prison Barlinnie in Scotland and was mightily impressed by the sheer size of your-"

• Jessie : [showing the photo of topless Chris Harper]  What is the difference between this and the Venus de Milo?

  Celia : Oh, I love quizzes. The cooker?

  Jessie : Both feature women with their breasts exposed. What makes one a work of art?

  Annie : I think the answer to that is very simple: an artist.

• Cora : There's just one problem. The photographer's a man.

  Jessie : But the point is, we won't be showing anything.

  Cora : In the photos. I imagine a considerable amount will be on display in the room.

  Chris : He'll have to be in the room to take the photos!

  Cora : With us naked!

  Celia : Yeah. Or nude.

  Chris : No, listen. An art photographer doesn't see a naked woman. He sees a life model!

  Celia : Yes. No, the nudity isn't important.

  Jessie : Easy to say when you've got your knickers on.