Life Is Sweet (1990)

Timothy Spall: Aubrey

Quotes 

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Classic nose.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's alright by me if they don't want to eat. They can bask in the atmosphere.

  Wendy : Oh, blimey, you're not going to make much profit that way Aubrey.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : [singing]  No, No regrets, No, No regret rien

  Wendy : [talking]  Oh, yeah, that's what I remember, yeah.

  Nicola : She sang it in French!

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Yeah, she was from France.

  Nicola : She was thin.

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : She was thin, she was French.

  Wendy : She's dead though, isn't she?

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Yeah, she was a prostitute.

  Nicola : So!

  Natalie : Shut up.

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : The sparrow.

  Wendy : Yeah, the little sparrow, that's right, yeah.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's alright Andy, Wendy. Everything's hunky dory. Cool. I'm in complete control. If ever I see her again I'll stick a knife in her guts. I'll slice her face off, y'know.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : To be totally honest, Andy, I think Wendy will be a natural, y'know. She's got such grace and charm.

  Wendy : Thank you, Aubrey.

  Andy : Excuse me are we talking about the same girl?

  Wendy : [laughs]  Don't be rotten.

• Andy : Where's she going?

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Flipping Prague!

  Wendy : Awww, that's not right.

  Andy : No, that's not on, mate.

  Wendy : No, sorry.

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's great, isn't it? You give someone a break, a chance to better themselves, an opportunity to enter into a brave new venture, and what do they do? Piss off to Poland!

  Wendy : Well, that's typical Aussie isn't it? Travelers.

  Andy : Students.

  Wendy : It's Czechoslovakia isn't it, Prague?

  Andy : Yeah, is it?

• Wendy : Now, listen, you're in trouble, right? And I'm helping you out. 'Cause that's what friends are for. That's right, isn't it Andy?

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : It's it's amazing!

  Andy : But you haven't even done bar work Wendy, let's be honest.

  Wendy : No, but I'm confident. I can have a go.

  Andy : Let's face it, have you ever been a waitress?

  Wendy : No.

  Andy : No.

  Wendy : But, I've been waiting on you all these years haven't I? So?

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : I achieved this effect by, eh, gently, easing, teasing and squeezing.

  Wendy : Oh don't be so dirty!

  [laughs] 

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : I want this restaurant to be built on a one-to-one, mouth-to-mouth reputation, y'know.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Shit. Fucking yuppies.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : These stocks are reducing nicely. Secret of a great sauce is a well reduced stock. No stock, no sauce. Keys to the door. You're working with a genius. Do you know that? I'm not just a wanker, y'know. I could teach you things you've never even dreamed of. I'm a magician.

  Nicola's Lover : I want a drink.

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : Well, there's plenty of orange juice in there, help yourself.

  Nicola's Lover : I want some wine.

  Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : I can't have you getting drunk. Kitchen's a very dangerous place.

• Aubrey, Regret Rien Owner : [drunkenly]  Come on you bastards! I'm open! I'm ready! I'm waiting for you! This is what you've all been waiting for! Come and get it! Fish wives. Footballers. You English dickhead! You can stick to your fish and chips! Go on, go and get cancer! Thousand pounds. Ten thousand pounds! Go on mate, cook him! You working class morons! Go and eat your own shit! Go on! Go on!