Scandal (1989)
Ian McKellen: John Profumo
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Quotes
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John Profumo : She must be stopped. She's talking to everybody.
Lord Astor : Yes. If it's a matter of money...
Stephen Ward : What she needs is a holiday. Bit of sun on her back, somewhere quiet. Spain or Portugal. That's what she needs.
Lord Astor : Yes, just the job.
Stephen Ward : Do her a world of good.
John Profumo : You don't think she might kick up a fuss? Christine?
Stephen Ward : Leave Christine to me, Jack, I dreamt her up. I can make her vanish.
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John Profumo : I have nothing to hide.
Stephen Ward : Come off it, John. We all have something to hide. What a rum life it would be if we didn't.
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John Profumo : Do you know what I like about you, Christine?
Christine Keeler : My ass.
John Profumo : [chuckles] Correct. You're always so happy. I don't know how you do it.
Christine Keeler : You make me happy, Jack.
John Profumo : I must dash.
Christine Keeler : You're always in such a rush.
John Profumo : I have an army to run. I have to go down to Leicestershire, stand on the back of a lorry in the pissing-down rain and salute the Territorials.
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John Profumo : [they're admiring a painting of Venice] You've never made love until you've made love in a gondola.
Christine Keeler : [regards him for several seconds] I remember a rowing boat. Never a gondola.
[John gives her an amused look]
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John Profumo : We can't go on like this. You living here, ducking and diving. You must let me find you a place of your own.
Christine Keeler : I've told you, I'm happy as I am.
John Profumo : I can't go on seeing you while you're living here with Ward.
Christine Keeler : Don't be silly. He's not my boyfriend. You know that. I don't know why you don't like him.
John Profumo : He can't keep his mouth shut. He's vain, shallow and empty-headed.
Christine Keeler : Not true.
John Profumo : [firmly] I must get you out of his clutches.
Christine Keeler : He doesn't clutch.