About Time (I) (2013)

Bill Nighy: Dad

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• [Tim has just learned his dad is dying of cancer] 

  Tim : It's just... I though with the time thing...

  Dad : No, I never said we could fix things. I specifically never said that. Life's a mixed bag, no matter who you are. Look at Jesus: he was the son of a God, for God's sake and look how that turned out.

  Tim : I know... You must see I feel a bit cheated.

  Dad : Don't. In fact, feel the opposite. The only people who give up work at 50 are the time travelers with cancer who want to play more table tennis with their sons.

• [giving his father-of-the-bridegroom speech at Tim and Mary's wedding] 

  Dad : I'd only give one piece of advice to anyone marrying. We're all quite similar in the end. We all get old and tell the same tales too many times. But try and marry someone kind. And this is a kind man with a good heart. I'm not particularly proud of many things in my life, but I am very proud to be the father of my son.

• Tim : What do you think of her?

  Dad : I like her more than you already.

• Dad : Life's a mixed bag, no matter who you are.

• Dad : You can't kill Hitler or shag Helen of Troy.

• Tim : Oh look! I've forgotten this. Jimmy Fontana, Il Mondo.

  Dad : Greatest record ever recorded by an Italian who looks like he's got a dead badger on his head.

• Dad : Later on, I may tell you about Tim's many failings as a man and as a table tennis player. But, important first to say the one big thing, I've only loved 3 men in my life. My dad was a frosty bugger so that only leaves dear Uncle Desmond. B.B. King, obviously. And this young man here.

• Dad : Tim, my dear son, the... The simple fact is the men in this family have always had the ability to... This is going to sound strange, be prepared for strangeness. Get ready for spooky time, but there's this family secret. And the secret is that the men in the family can travel in time. Well, more accurately, travel BACK in time. We can't travel into the future.

  Tim : This is such a weird joke.

  Dad : It's seriously not a joke.

  Tim : So you're saying that you and granddad, and his brothers could all travel back in time?

  Dad : Absolutely.

  Tim : And you still do?

  Dad : Absolutely. Although it's not as dramatic as it sounds. It's only in my own life. I can only go to places where I actually was and can remember. I can't kill Hitler or shag Helen of Troy, unfortunately.

• Tim : Oh look I have forgotten about this. Jimmy Fontana's Il Mondo

  Dad : Greatest record ever recorded by an Italian who looks like he's wearing a dead badger on his head.