My Family (TV Series)

Death Takes a Policy (2000)

Anna Keaveney: Mrs. Dudley

Quotes 

• Mrs. Dudley : Oh, no. I know your game. You dentists are all alike. Smooth-talking me with all of your sales chatter. Before I know it, I'm forking out a fortune for some pointless bridge work. I wouldn't put it past you to sap my will with some mind-altering drug.

  Ben Harper : Yes, that is a thought... But let me put it in a way that even you may understand. There are basically two choices: expensive and painless or cheap and agonising.

  Mrs. Dudley : I'm not afraid of pain. I've had seven children.

  Ben Harper : My God, are you mad?

  Mrs. Dudley : What?

  Ben Harper : Mad... mad about children? You must be!

• Mrs. Dudley : I can't believe you've got children.

  Ben Harper : No, neither can I.

• Mrs. Dudley : [about Nick]  Doesn't he have a job?

  Ben Harper : He's a fully paid-up professional irritant.

• Ben Harper : Let's start off, erm... with a little X-ray, shall we, to see what's going on in there.

  Mrs. Dudley : No! You're not inflating the cost with useless tests!

  Ben Harper : Right. Well, I'll get a bit of string, tie it round the tooth, attach it to the door handle and, in a diabolical pleasure, slam it shut!