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Helen Mirren in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Alan Howard: Michael

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Alan Howard credited as playing...

Michael

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Quotes6

  • [In a book depository]
  • Georgina: Are we safe here?
  • Michael: Does Albert read?
  • Georgina: No.
  • [speaking of Albert, the thief]
  • Michael: Where is he now?
  • Georgina: He's eating avocado vinaigrette and prawns... with his fingers.
  • Albert: Now, drink up Michael, let's talk about you. What do you do?
  • Michael: I'm a gynaecologist.
  • Georgina: If you don't read, does that make you safe?
  • Michael: Only from bad books.
  • Michael: So... he's broken the silence for us.
  • Michael: I once saw a film where the main character didn't speak for the first half an hour.
  • Georgina: Like us? I mean adding up all the minutes we've been together, does that add up to half an hour?
  • Michael: I was completely absorbed as to what would happen, because anything was possible.
  • Georgina: And then?
  • Michael: He spoilt it. He spoke.
  • Georgina: And?
  • Michael: And within five minutes I'd lost interest.
  • Georgina: So now that you've opened your mouth, do you expect me to lose interest?
  • Michael: It was only a film.

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