Being Human (1994)

Theresa Russell: The Storyteller

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  The Storyteller : This is the story of a story. Once upon a time there was this story, and the story said to itself, how should I begin?

  Hector : Try the usual way.

  The Storyteller : What, in the dark with a man and a woman, in a story that is still to tell itself?

  Hector : Well, you've got to start somewhere. Say, long long ago... Or, far far away... Or, another time in a different distant country... Or just, once...

  The Storyteller : That's good. "Far away", so you know the place is close to your own heart. "Once" is nice, so we know that it always happens. Hmm, Once there was this hero...

  Hector : [wryly]  Some hero.

  The Storyteller : Some man then. Any man. Say, a man, a woman, and some children. Don't forget the children.

• The Storyteller : They were as close to friends as two mutual slaves to money may be.