The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000 TV Movie)
Judi Dench: Elizabeth
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Quotes
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Elizabeth : I hate those stories that begin with a funeral, but I'm afraid this one begins the day we buried George. Not that we buried him. In the interests of the environment we had him incinerated.
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[Elizabeth's children have found out that she's busking on the streets]
Edward : Doesn't it strike you that what you're doing is a bit... well... degrading?
Elizabeth : Well you try it. Last week we had a request from a tourist for the Japanese national anthem. That's unique that is. So we gave him 'One fine day' from Madame Butterfly and a joke about Pearl Harbor.
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Elizabeth : Oh shut your face. Go to Scotland and come back with a trumpet player.
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Joanna : So you were the only man in the band?
Patrick : Just me and all those chicks.
Elizabeth : Oh do you mind? I'm not and never have been a chick.
Joanna : How did you get the job?
Patrick : Well, they couldn't find a girl who played the drums. I had a quiet word with Betty the Bandleader, two pairs of nylon stockings and the job was mine.
Elizabeth : Also he was on the run.
Patrick : Also I was on the run.
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Elizabeth : I remember playing in the Metropole Ballroom. Mares eat oats and does eat oats. And knowing that at any moment a large bomb could fall on my head and blow us all to hell and back.