A Bunch of Amateurs (2008)
Samantha Bond: Dorothy Nettle
Quotes
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Jefferson Steel : You know what happened to the last director who thought they were smarter than me?
Dorothy Nettle : They won an Oscar?
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Dorothy Nettle : [to Jefferson Steel] You can thank Verity. She was the one who thought Amanda might have some insight into playing the daughter of a madman.
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Jefferson Steel : Then Richard III it is. What's that about again?
Dorothy Nettle : It's about power and seduction.
Jefferson Steel : Well, I'll have to do some research.
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Jefferson Steel : [after his fellow actors have been introduced to him] I don't recognize any of these people. I mean, where is Judi Dench? Where's Kenny Branagh? Just throw in one of the Redgraves.
Dorothy Nettle : All otherwise engaged, I'm afraid.
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Jefferson Steel : I need to talk to the director.
Dorothy Nettle : You are.
Jefferson Steel : You are the director?
Dorothy Nettle : Yes, I am.
Jefferson Steel : I thought you were the driver.
Dorothy Nettle : Well, I'm that too.
Verity Nettle : She's also playing the fool.
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Dorothy Nettle : Do you deliberately set out to offend people?
Jefferson Steel : No, it just comes natural.
[smiles and greets a good looking young woman passing them in the street]
Dorothy Nettle : [under her breath] Except when they are pretty blondes.
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Jefferson Steel : I rest my case.
Nigel Dewberry : Well, I defer to the director.
Dorothy Nettle : [stammering] I... eh... I think there is a definitive performance lying somewhere between Californian realism and English mellifluence.
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Jefferson Steel : I told you it works better in a bigger venue.
Dorothy Nettle : You really are mad.
Amanda Blacke : What's the point of being a movie star if you can't hire the Old Vic for a few nights?