Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Christopher Guest: Lord Cromer
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Quotes
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Lord Cromer : Now what about, forgive me, the foliage?
Laura Henderson : Foliage?
Lord Cromer : You know, beneath the...
Laura Henderson : Beneath what? Try the Brie.
Lord Cromer : Thank you. Beneath the...
Laura Henderson : I had it flown in from France.
Lord Cromer : Excellent. The foliage beneath the...
Laura Henderson : My husband was very fond of it.
Lord Cromer : Of what?
Laura Henderson : This particular cheese.
Lord Cromer : My dear, I'm attempting to address the disagreeable and somewhat sordid topic of the pudendum.
Laura Henderson : What on earth is that?
Lord Cromer : Good heavens, woman!
Laura Henderson : Do have some more wine.
Lord Cromer : The female part.
Laura Henderson : Oh, the pussy!
Lord Cromer : [Gasps]
Laura Henderson : Why didn't you say?
Lord Cromer : I had not expected you, of all people, to use such language.
Laura Henderson : That word was rather popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Not everyone speaks Latin, you know.
Lord Cromer : Then I'd prefer you refer to it as 'the midlands'.
Laura Henderson : Oh dear, you men do get into such a state about 'the midlands', don't you? Well you needn't worry. Our lighting will be so subtle; the disputed area will be barely visible.
[as Lord Cromer drinks his wine]
Laura Henderson : And anyway, we'll have a barber.
Lord Cromer : [spits out wine and Mrs Henderson laughs]
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Laura Henderson : Tommy, you're so literal. You're thinking bosoms, but I'm thinking breasts.
Lord Cromer : And what, my dear, is the difference?
Laura Henderson : Ah, the difference is in your soul.
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Lord Cromer : I have learned in these many years of dealing with artists to detest imagination.
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Lord Cromer : Our intelligence tells me that Germany is going to bomb London.
Laura Henderson : *My* intelligence tells me that.