Secret Diary of a Call Girl (TV Series)

Episode #4.6 (2011)

Billie Piper: Belle, Hannah

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Belle : [to the viewer, as she gets out of taxi]  I suppose sometimes you have to go far away just so you can come back home.

• Belle : [sharing wisdom with the viewer in her bathroom mirror]  When life knocks you down, the secret is to get straight back in the ring.

• Belle : [on cellphone]  Did you assume control of the agency whilst I was away?

  Charlotte : [glossy purple wig]  I never assume control of anything. I just take it.

  Belle : Right, okay. Well, I've come back to...

  Charlotte : You've come back to a well-oiled machine, and you're welcome, by the way.

  Belle : Okay, I'm sorry, all right? I've got a very upset and frankly rather frightened client to whom you've offered your own distinctive services.

  Charlotte : Fear is a necessary impulse. It keeps animals alive in the wild.

• Belle : [sarcastically, to David, regarding his escort]  Going in for something slightly harder these days, are you?

  Charlotte : [huffy]  Excuse me?

  David : [to Belle]  Well, no. It was you who... opened my eyes to new possibilities. I was just...

  Belle : No, you... you don't have to explain. I mean, it's not like we're...

  [laughs] 

  Belle : It's not like you've... betrayed me or anything.

  [looks down] 

  Belle : And I've been very busy lately. I'm actually running the agency at the moment.

  Charlotte : [sarcastically]  In a manner of speaking.

  [looks thoroughly displeased] 

  Belle : [wiping hair from eyes]  And, uhm, I... just got back from New York. Which was fabulous!

  [laughs, with David joining in] 

  Belle : Yeah. You know, I was there, er, talking about a big movie. Yeah. A big Hollywood hit movie. So, I've been busy.

  David : Wow! Really?

  Belle : Mm.

  David : I'm really pleased for you.

  Charlotte : [all impatience]  Tick-tock, tick-tock...

  David : Sorry. We should be... uhm...

  Belle : No, no. Go.

• Belle : [in relaxing foam bath]  I'm sorry about earlier.

  David : [facing Belle, with Charlotte behind him]  This is exactly what I wanted. You know, you're the best.

  Belle : [smiles]  Thank you.

  [kisses his hand] 

• Charlotte : [in taxi]  The truth is, I had heard you were good. Your reputation precedes you.

  Belle : I suppose we should have just sorted these things out in the beginning... instead of letting things drag on.

  Charlotte : Speaking of which... there's a human rights lawyer shackled to my boiler. I suppose I should go and release him.