Life Is Sweet (1990)

Claire Skinner: Natalie

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• [Natalie and Nicola ponder having children] 

  Natalie : Well, I wouldn't fancy bringing one up on me own.

  Nicola : It's better to be on your own than be with a bastard.

  Natalie : Well, presumably you wouldn't *choose* a bastard in the first place if you had any sense!

  Nicola : All men are bastards!

  Natalie : *What*?

  Nicola : They're all potential rapists!

  Natalie : That's a bit sweeping!

  Nicola : All men have got the ability to rape.

  Natalie : Well they don't all do it, do they!

  Nicola : But they've got the ability; they've got the desire.

  Natalie : That's paranoid rubbish!

  Nicola : What d'you know about paranoia?

  Natalie : Well, not half as much as you do, I'll give you that.

• Natalie : See, you want to be with us. So why don't you just act normal?

• Nicola : You'll find out when you get to America.

  Natalie : I'm only going on a holiday.

  Nicola : So?

  Natalie : What? You think I'm going to get yanked off the plane at John F. Kennedy airport and be raped and pillaged do ya?

  Nicola : You've got to be on your guard.

  Natalie : Did you hear what I just said?

  Nicola : What?

  Natalie : Yanked. Get it?

  Nicola : What?

  Natalie : Yanked! America!

• Wendy : You can't rush him.

  Natalie : Yeah, he's happy going at that speed, isn't he?

  Wendy : Yeah, dead slow and stop.

• Wendy : I tell you what though, I wouldn't trust him.

  Natalie : I wouldn't trust anyone wearing a suit like that.

  Wendy : They cost about 300 quid them suits y'know.

  Natalie : What does he do anyway?

  Wendy : He don't do anything. He's unemployed.

• [last lines] 

  Natalie : Do you want some money?

• 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.

• Natalie : Come on, get in.

  Wendy : What? Can't get it in the hole?

  [laughs] 

• Natalie : Staying in?

  Andy : Yeah.

  Wendy : Yeah, he's got to save up now. Pay for this heap of what's it.

  Natalie : So long as he's happy.

• Natalie : She kept calling me a good lad.

  Wendy : Oh, she never?

  Natalie : Yeah.

  Wendy : Well you should of said to her, " Listen, I'm a Miss."

  [laughs] 

  Natalie : Nah, no point

• Natalie : So, come on then, what happened at the restaurant?

  Nicola : How many tips did you score?