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Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Secrets & Lies (1996)

Brenda Blethyn: Cynthia

Secrets & Lies

Brenda Blethyn credited as playing...

Cynthia

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  • [last lines]
  • Cynthia: Oh, this is the life, ain't it?
  • Roxanne, Hortense Cumerbatch: Yeah.
  • Cynthia: You gotta laugh, ain't ya sweetheart? Else you'd cry.
  • Cynthia: I can still turn a few heads...
  • Roxanne: ...and a few stomachs!
  • Cynthia: But sweetheart, I can't be your mother!
  • Hortense Cumerbatch: Why not?
  • Cynthia: Well... look at me!
  • Cynthia: [to Hortense] You look more like me than m'daughter does!
  • Cynthia: I was stuck at home from the age of 10 looking after Maurice and your Granddad.
  • Roxanne: Yeah, we know.
  • Cynthia: Then I got saddled with you. That was my downfall, darling.
  • Roxanne: I didn't ask to be born.
  • Cynthia: No, and I never asked to have you neither.
  • Roxanne: Well, you should have thought about that before you dropped your knickers!
  • Cynthia: Where's this food, then? I'm ravishin'.
  • [Hortense laughs]
  • Cynthia: What?
  • [Hortense chuckles]
  • Hortense Cumerbatch: You can tell a lot about people from lookin' at their eyes.
  • Maurice: That's true.
  • Monica Purley: Can you?
  • Jane: Windows to your soul.
  • Cynthia: That's a nice way of puttin' it, Jane.
  • Jane: It's true though, ain't it.
  • Cynthia: He knows where I am if he wants me. He'd have had us up there to see it by now, I expect, if it weren't for her. Toffy-nosed cow.
  • Cynthia: You've been sitting there for a month with a face like a slapped arse.
  • Roxanne: Well, what's there to smile about?
  • Cynthia: I'm known for my legs. If you've got it, flaunt it.
  • Maurice: Give him a ring. Get him to do something about it. It's his responsibility.
  • Cynthia: Don't be daft, Maurice. He don't give a toss, does he?
  • Maurice: Roxanne not in then?
  • Cynthia: She's got some bloke in tow.
  • Maurice: Has she?
  • Cynthia: Shifty-looking bleeder. Walks like a crab.
  • Cynthia: I only see her first thing in the morning. She comes in, grunts, then buggers off to work.
  • Maurice: You should be glad she's got a fella.
  • Cynthia: I am glad, Maurice. I want her to be happy. But I'd like her to bring him 'round, see who she's knocking about with.
  • Cynthia: Dad liked her, didn't he? Nice thighs.
  • Cynthia: I'd like to meet him. I wouldn't know him if he stood up in me soup.
  • Roxanne: Don't hold your breath.
  • Maurice: Tell her if she can't make it, I'll give her a clump.
  • Cynthia: Not before I do.
  • [repeated line]
  • Cynthia: Ta-da!
  • Hortense Cumerbatch: D'you like Italian food?
  • Cynthia: Yeah. I eat anything, me. Chinese, kebabs, the lot!
  • Monica Purley: Having a steak, are you, Cynthia?
  • Cynthia: Yes. Thank you, Monica.
  • Monica Purley: That'll put hairs on your chest.

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