Calendar Girls (2003)

Linda Bassett: Cora

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Quotes 

• Marie : Naked!

  Cora : It's not naked. It's nude.

  Marie : What's the difference?

  Celia : Art.

• Ruth : Well, I think it's a great idea.

  Cora : You weren't concentrating, were you Ruth?

  Ruth : I was. We're going to raise money to buy a sofa for the hospital in John's name.

  Celia : By posing for a nude calendar!

  Ruth : Oh no!

  Chris : Oh sit down. I'm not asking you to straddle an 'Arley Davidson.

  Celia : It's still a bit of a leap from Burnsall church, love.

  Chris : That's the 'ole point. It's an alternative calendar, it's...

  Annie : It's what John suggested.

  Chris : Did he?

  Annie : The last stage of the flower is the most glorious. So what this calendar would be saying is "actually, yes John, we agree".

  Ruth : With respect, I didn't hear him use the phrase "whip your bras off"

• Cora : There's no E flat in Jerusalem.

  Annie : I'll be a bit disappointed if they're looking at me fingers.

• Cora : Annie, I am 55 years old. If I'm not gonna get them out now, when am I?

• Cora : I'm surprised they printed it.

  Jessie : It's probably all over the internet by now.

  Annie : By the sound of it, most people have seen it already.

  Chris : Lots of people have photos taken with their tops off on holiday in Ibiza don't they?

  Ruth : It probably just came as a slight shock Chris, what with the previous fifteen photos being of flower arrangements.

• Annie : [engaging to photo topless]  Don't think of it as naked, Cora. It's not naked. It's nude.

  Cora : Annie, I am 55 years old. So, if I'm not gonna get 'em out now, when am I?

• Cora : Shit or bust.

• Cora : There's just one problem. The photographer's a man.

  Jessie : But the point is, we won't be showing anything.

  Cora : In the photos. I imagine a considerable amount will be on display in the room.

  Chris : He'll have to be in the room to take the photos!

  Cora : With us naked!

  Celia : Yeah. Or nude.

  Chris : No, listen. An art photographer doesn't see a naked woman. He sees a life model!

  Celia : Yes. No, the nudity isn't important.

  Jessie : Easy to say when you've got your knickers on.