Iris (I) (2001)

Jim Broadbent: John Bayley

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• Iris Murdoch : I... wrote?

  John Bayley : Yes, my darling, clever cat! You wrote books.

  Iris Murdoch : Books... I wrote?

  John Bayley : You wrote novels. Wonderful novels.

  Iris Murdoch : I... wrote...

  John Bayley : Such things you wrote. Special things. Secret things.

• Iris Murdoch : [pep-talking herself]  Keep working, keep talking, keep the words coming.

  John Bayley : Keep at it.

  Iris Murdoch : I should feel like a deprived animal if I can't write. I'm like a starved dog.

  John Bayley : No, keep at it. I'll keep you at it.

  [turns on the desk lamp] 

  Iris Murdoch : I feel... as if I'm sailing into darkness.

• John Bayley : [talking in front of Iris]  Horrible thing, to stand with your toes at the edge of the precipice. You can say anything you like, as long as you make it sound like it was a joke.

  Janet Stone : Now don't, John, it's cruel.

  John Bayley : No, you're wrong, it's not cruel. It's nothing. I mean, it's not understood. She's in her own world now. Perhaps it's what she always wanted.

  Janet Stone : [smiles dotingly at Iris]