My Family (TV Series)
Parisian Beauty (2001)
Robert Lindsay: Ben Harper
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Mr. Hilliard : [dressed as Hitler] Nine!
Ben Harper : Excuse me?
Mr. Hilliard : I was led to believe you opened at nine sharp.
Ben Harper : And I was led to believe you'd been dead fifty years.
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Ben Harper : [when Nick's dressed as a real English man] I think you either got it or you ain't. And... you ain't.
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[last lines]
Janey Harper : Merde! Qu'est que tu fous là, crétin! Vous m'emmerdez tous! Vous êtes des salauds et des cochons!
Susan Harper : Well, at least she's improved her French.
Ben Harper : Translation, Michael.
Michael : Believe me, Dad, you don't want to know.
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Mr. Hilliard : Are you firing me?
Ben Harper : Firing you? I've not even hired you! I'm not going to hire you!
Mr. Hilliard : It's because I'm short, isn't it?
Ben Harper : It's because you're dressed as Hitler.
Mr. Hilliard : Ah, there's a dress code?
Ben Harper : Yes, I'm afraid there is. And usually, tongue studs, hot pants and Third Reich uniforms are generally considered inappropriate for a dental surgery.
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Susan Harper : I've rented a film to put us in the right mood for French visitors!
Ben Harper : What, 'Last Tango In Paris'?
Susan Harper : 'Gigi'.
Ben Harper : Oh, no! Not bloody 'Gigi' again!
Susan Harper : Yes, bloody 'Gigi' again! It's about a young French woman.
Ben Harper : What? So is 'Emmanuelle', but we're not watching that!
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Susan Harper : Is it unreasonable to want to share my favourite film with you?
Ben Harper : Yes.
Susan Harper : No, it isn't. You have to like it.
Ben Harper : I don't like any of your favourite films.
Susan Harper : You said you liked 'The Enigma of Kasper Hauser'.
Ben Harper : That was our first date. That's before I knew you were easy.
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Nick : [In a bad French accent, dressed like a beatnik] And I am Nico Jean-Paul Lou Pierre Harper!
Sylvie : I do not speak English too good.
Ben Harper : It's alright. You're gonna fit in fine around here.
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Susan Harper : [about Sylvie] She's very pretty.
Ben Harper : Yeah? I haven't really noticed.
Susan Harper : Maurice Chevalier would have noticed!
Ben Harper : Maybe. But I'm not an old lech. Now let me read.
Susan Harper : [singing] "For little girls get bigger everyday..."
Ben Harper : Well, grow up, then.
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Susan Harper : [about Janey and Sylvie] I know. Tomorrow, you can take them out together so they can bond.
Ben Harper : I know. You do it.
Susan Harper : You've got Saturday off, I haven't. What could be better?
Ben Harper : Having my genitals fed slowly through a mangle?
Susan Harper : Thanks. I was wondering what to do for your birthday.
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Nick : So, Pater, you old cove!
Ben Harper : Yes, Nicholas, you young wazzock!
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Nick : Dad, can we have a talk?
Ben Harper : Eh?
Nick : You know, a real talk? Man to man? Father to son?
Ben Harper : What, Earth to Pluto?
Nick : Yeah, that kind of thing.