The Good Father (1985)
Simon Callow: Mark Varda
Quotes
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Jane Powell : [watching a riot on TV] What do you expect if you keep taking people's jobs away?
Mark Varda : Got nothing to do with it.
Jane Powell : What do you mean?
Mark Varda : They don't want jobs. At least not the kind they're qualified to do. So even if we did manage to open all those steel mills and dog biscuit factories, we wouldn't get them to sign on.
Jane Powell : Are you saying they don't want to work?
Mark Varda : Oh, I dare say they wouldn't mind being president of IBM or a TV star. Or John McEnroe.
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Mark Varda : Quick smash and grab in the County Court. We can get away with it, don't you think, Leonard?
Leonard Scruby : A bit of a long shot, isn't it? I would have thought we'd stand a better chance with a magistrate.
Mark Varda : But not much fun, though. Also a bit hit and miss. What we need is the right judge.
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Leonard Scruby : Now, this is your affidavit, Mr Miles. It sets out your reason for applying for care and control.
Mark Varda : Should be alright. Bound to be, really. Can always rely on Kirby Smith for a genuinely reactionary decision.
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Mark Varda : When shall we three meet again? Or four.
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Mark Varda : Ah, South London. A flavour all of its own.
[Dancing]
Mark Varda : Wading through the muck and mire. Hello, muck. Higher mire!
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Mark Varda : The trick was to get the same judge sit to preside over the final hearing. Same judge, same verdict. That's the beauty of the system.
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Mark Varda : Tell me something. Just as a matter of interest. Have you had anything similar in your own life?
Bill Hooper : What do you mean?
Mark Varda : Separation. Divorce. A friend losing a child?
Bill Hooper : Yeah, I suppose so.
Mark Varda : Thought as much. It's always the way. The crony in the background vicariously working out his anger, or her. It's much more commonly a women.
Bill Hooper : Is it?
Mark Varda : Anyway. Hope you're feeling better now.
Bill Hooper : Tell me something. Does the name shitbum mean anything to you?
