My Family (TV Series)

Much Ado About Ben (2000)

Daisy Donovan: Brigitte McKay

Quotes 

• Ben Harper : Brigitte?

  Brigitte McKay : [Walks in with a book on her head] 

  Ben Harper : Oh, lovely. New hat?

  Brigitte McKay : My feet are killing me.

  Ben Harper : Yes, from lack of use, no doubt. A hand, please?

  Brigitte McKay : No, I read this article that said if you improve your posture, it takes the stress off your feet.

  Ben Harper : Mmm. So does lying in the gutter after you've been fired.

  Mr. Briggs : She is right, you know. West African women carry up to 80kg on their head and never need orthopaedic shoes.

  Ben Harper : Please, don't encourage her. Ever. Thank you.

  Brigitte McKay : Is he an anthropologist?

  Ben Harper : No, foot fetishist!

• Brigitte McKay : Don't mind him. He's been extremely tense all morning.

  Ben Harper : No, I've been extremely tense since you applied for this job. Coincidence?

  Brigitte McKay : That's exactly what I mean! Note that the veins are throbbing in his head - see? Right there, that's stress!

  Ben Harper : See? Right there, that's door! Go through - goodbye!

• Ben Harper : I mean, it could have been a heart attack. It could have been a stroke. But do they care? No. They act as if nothing ever happened.

  Brigitte McKay : But I thought you told them to leave you alone.

  Ben Harper : I've been saying that for years. But, er, why did they start listening to me now?

• Brigitte McKay : Would you like to know what Dave has to say?

  Ben Harper : Dave? Who's Dave?

  Brigitte McKay : He's my guru.

  Ben Harper : You have a guru called Dave?

  Brigitte McKay : Well, yeah, he's a part-time guru. The rest of the time, he's a roofer.

• Brigitte McKay : If you're genuinely happy with who you are...

  Ben Harper : I'm very happy with who I am! I'm ecstatic about who I am! It's who everyone else is that depresses me!