Being Julia (2004)

Annette Bening: Julia Lambert

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Quotes 

• Florence : I think I used to know your father in Jersey, he was a doctor, wasn't he? He used to come to our house quite often.

  Julia Lambert : Actually, he was a vet, he used to go to your house to deliver the bitches. Your house was full of them.

• Julia Lambert : Michael and I live separate lives. That's why we're so happy... more or less.

• Julia Lambert : Real actresses don't make films.

  Tom Fennel : Beautiful actresses do.

• Julia Lambert : I always lay a place for him at the table, just in case he turns up.

  Michael Gosselyn : He's been dead for 15 years.

  Julia Lambert : Yes, but, you never know.

• Julia Lambert : I've decided to retire and let myself go. I'll have potatoes for lunch and potatoes for dinner and beer. God, I love beer! And treacle pudding and cherry tart and cream, cream, cream, cream, cream, cream... as god is my judge, I'll never eat a lettuce leaf again.

• Julia Lambert : [to Evie]  If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, stop thinking!

• Mr. Turnbull : I'm sorry about the photo, it won't happen again.

  Julia Lambert : [blissfully]  I FORGIVE YOU!

  [Julia passionately kisses Mr. Turnbull before running off] 

  Mr. Turnbull : [shocked]  What's WRONG with her...?

• Jimmie Langton : Your only reality is the theater. Anything else, what civilians call the real world, is nothing but fantasy and I bloody well won't let you forget it.

  Julia Lambert : Rubbish.

• Julia Lambert : Everything is so tedious. I want something to happen!

  Michael Gosselyn : What?

  Julia Lambert : I wish I knew!

• Julia Lambert : I'm tired, I'm utterly exhausted and I need holiday.

• [repeated line] 

  Julia Lambert : T-O-M !

• Julia Lambert : As a matter of fact, there is a play that interests me. It's about an older woman has an affair with a younger man.

  Lord Charles : Oh, a farce!

  Julia Lambert : Why do you say that?

  Lord Charles : Well, because everyone laughs at the older woman.