Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Lesley Manville: Lucy Gilbert (Kitty)

Quotes 

• Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I do apologize, sir, that neither I nor Schwenck was here to welcome you on your arrival last night.

  Gilbert's Father : I do not appreciate being left upon the doorstep like a hawker!

  Gilbert : If you'll only take the trouble to press the electric bell, Father, you'll be admitted at once. Is that not so, Pidgeon?

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : Indeed it is, sir.

  Gilbert's Father : I have no intention of placing my life in danger, sir!

  Gilbert : How many doorstep deaths have we had thus far, Pidgeon?

  Pidgeon, Gilbert's Houseman : None to my certain knowledge, sir.

  Gilbert : There you are, Father. The odds would appear to be in your favour.

• Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : How's my wounded soldier?

  Mrs. Judd, Gilbert's Maid : He's not doing as he's told, madam.

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, isn't he now? Willie, are you intending to visit the dentist tomorrow?

  Mrs. Judd, Gilbert's Maid : You really should try...

  Gilbert : [exploding]  Oh, for God's sake, you pair of bloody harpies! Get out, I'm *working*!

• [in a Japanese tea house] 

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : My goodness! It's perfectly green.

  Gilbert : Spinach water.

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, Willie.

  Gilbert : Thank you very much.

  Miss 'Sixpence Please' : Shickerspen, preas.

  Gilbert : I beg your pardon?

  Miss 'Sixpence Please' : Shickerspen, preas.

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Oh, she speaks English.

  Gilbert : What did she say?

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : She said, "Sixpence, please."

• Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Schwenk speaks to The Savoy every morning in code, father-in-law. Just in case the telephone operator should be eavesdropping.

  Gilbert's Father : One might as well open the window and shout down the street.

• Gilbert : I have other things on my mind, you know that.

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes, I do know that, Willie, and I understand, but a little distraction will do you good.

  Gilbert : Kitty, I don't want to be distracted.

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes, you do.

  Gilbert : Oh, do I? You know my mind better than I do, do you?

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I know you better than you think I do, Willie.

• Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : I should rather like to be an actor, upon the stage.

  Gilbert : An actor?

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Yes. Wouldn't it be wondrous if perfectly commonplace people gave each other a round of applause at the end of the day?

  [she claps enthusiastically] 

  Lucy Gilbert (Kitty) : Well done, Kitty! Well done!