This Life (1996–1997)

Daniela Nardini: Anna Forbes

Quotes 

• Miles Stewart : You don't want a relationship, Anna. You just want to cut my balls off!

  Anna : Well, I'd have to find them first!

• Anna : I believe in booze. It's a great leveller.

  Graham : Yes - everybody ends up on the floor.

• Anna : You know, they say that when a baby is newborn, it doesn't really understand that other people exist. It quite naturally assumes that the whole universe revolves around it. YOU are that baby, Miles. You never got past that first stage. You never found out that not everything on this Earth has got to do with you.

  Miles : You ARE jealous!

• Miles : So you're going to bugger up my chances with other women now?

  Anna : Are you really going to need any help with that?

• Anna : She's got bulemia.

  Jo : Like Princess Diana.

  Anna : Another parasite living on my tax money.

• Anna : Only the old can afford to be young.

• Anna : There have been nights when I've lost it. I always seem to find it again in the morning.

• [Anna offers Miles a cigarette] 

  Miles : No,I'm trying to give up. You know those things kill 2000 people a week?

  Anna : Imagine if they didn't. Imagine if there was 2000 more people staying around every week. As it is, there isn't room enough to swing a cat.

• Anna : Well if you'll excuse me, I've got a long bath and a short dress to get into.

• Miles : I'm trying to quit. Do you know these things kill 2000 people every week?

  Anna : Imagine it didn't. Imagine there was 2000 more people staying around every week. As it is, there's no room to swing a cat.

• Anna : Despite all its shortcomingss, I'm still partial to penis!