Saint Jack (1979)

Denholm Elliott: William Leigh

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Quotes 

• Jack Flowers : Are you that interested?

  William Leigh : Oh, no, no, no. But, in point of actual face, I was wondering if...

  Jack Flowers : Now, don't be shy.

  William Leigh : Yeah, well, I wouldn't want to...

  Jack Flowers : Come on, shoot. I mean, the choice isn't very big. Most people don't realize that. It boils down to five. There's boys, girls, dirty pictures, exhibition, massage, a combination there of. Now, what did you have in mind?

  William Leigh : What I - I'd like to get a - game of squash.

• William Leigh : You're a ponce, aren't you?

  Jack Flowers : Hard to say what anyone is.

  William Leigh : I only mention it because, personally, I could never bring myself to pay.

  Jack Flowers : William, people make love for so many crazy reasons, why shouldn't money be one of them?

• William Leigh : You're not a squash player yourself, by any chance, are you?

  Jack Flowers : No, Bill. I drink. Do you drink?

  William Leigh : Well, I - *William*.

  Jack Flowers : William.

  William Leigh : Well, I take the odd drop.

• William Leigh : Why do you stay on there?

  Jack Flowers : He's my visa! I can't exactly go to the Immigration and say, "Occupation: Running a Wang House."

• William Leigh : The women here are all so attractive.

  Jack Flowers : They're all guys.

• William Leigh : I'm terribly sorry.

  Jack Flowers : Will you quit apologizing. A fucking English national pastime.

  William Leigh : It's all we got left.

• William Leigh : Do you think you'll ever get back to the UK yourself?

  Frogget : Well, I used to. The last time I went back they passed a bill making homosexuality legal. I said to my wife, let's get out of here before they make it compulsory.

• Jack Flowers : Do you know how Singapore got its name, William?

  William Leigh : Huh uh.

  Jack Flowers : Well, uh, it was nothing but jungle, you know...

  William Leigh : Yes.

  Jack Flowers : Nobody ever crossed over it. Then one day, this Hindu prince, he rows over with a big bunch of people. A hunting party. They were gonna' shoot some deer, with bows and arrows, all that. And, uh, they traipsed around a while... and, wait a minute! What do they spot? What? A tiger. Then they spot another tiger. And then some more tigers. They were up to their asses in tigers!

  [starts to chuckle] 

  Jack Flowers : So they run. They run like hell, you know? They hop back in their boats, they row away, and the prince says, "Boy! That place is something! I'm gonna' name it! I'm gonna' call it 'Singapura' - Lion City". Lion City!

  William Leigh : I thought you said they were tigers?

  Jack Flowers : Well, that's right! That's right. That's the point of the story, William. The dummy couldn't tell a tiger from a lion.

  William Leigh : That's very funny.

  Jack Flowers : What can you expect of a place that got started like that?

  William Leigh : Quite.