Local Hero (1983)

Fulton Mackay: Ben Knox

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• Mac : [desperate to make the deal]  Look, how much do you want?

  Ben : [fills his hands with sand]  Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand?

  [drops some sand] 

  Ben : Ah, well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it?

  Mac : No. Of course not.

  Ben : Ah, well that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you think it would be more?

• Mac : What's the most amazing thing you've ever found?

  Ben : Impossible to say. You see, there's something amazing every two or three weeks.

• Mac : Do you know about the stars, Ben?

  Ben : Well, I know my way around this sky.

  Mac : What about comets? Any around?

  Ben : Did you want to buy a comet, as well?

  Mac : Maybe.

  Ben : If you want to find a comet, you just have to look long enough in the right place.

• Ben : We all have to work.

• Ben : Two hundred years ago, this beach was turning over 15,000 pound a year. Then the trade routes opened up again to the east, and so, "Farewell, Ferness." Oh, the business went, but the beach is still here. If you get the place, it would be good-bye beach, forever, wouldn't it?