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Sarah Alexander, Gina Bellman, Richard Coyle, Jack Davenport, Kate Isitt, and Ben Miles in Coupling (2000)

Ben Miles: Patrick Maitland

Coupling

Ben Miles credited as playing...

Patrick Maitland

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Quotes7

  • Sally: [trying to explain to Patrick what platonic friendship with a woman is] What do you call people you go out with but don't try to sleep with?
  • Patrick: [beat] Men.
  • Patrick: If I don't like a woman, if there's no chemistry, if I'm not attracted to her, then I don't lead her on. I just get out of there.
  • Sally: Really?
  • Patrick: Everytime, before she *even* wakes up.
  • Sally: So you do have sex with them, then?
  • Patrick: Well, there's no need to be cruel, is there?
  • Patrick: Sometimes a man must choose between the right way and the wrong way... and misses by one.
  • [Susan is about to show the others one of her breasts]
  • Susan: Well? Which one do you want? The left one or the right one?
  • Patrick: The right one.
  • [to others]
  • Patrick: Trust me.
  • Susan: Why? What's wrong with the left one?
  • Patrick: Now, don't be like that. There has to be a second place.
  • Susan: Well, I wasn't aware you were judging them individually!
  • Patrick: You were asleep! I was bored!
  • Sally: [finds an engagement ring in a box labeled "Sally don't look in this box."] This is an engagement ring.
  • Patrick: Yes it is.
  • Sally: An engagement ring! Do you have a girlfriend?
  • Patrick: Yes, Sally.
  • [pause]
  • Patrick: You.
  • Sally: Me?
  • Patrick: Yes, you.
  • Sally: Who are you proposing to then?
  • Patrick: Who do you think?
  • Sally: I... I...
  • Patrick: I was waiting - I was waiting, as it happens, for the right romantic moment.
  • Sally: [Looks around at the mess she made] Fuck.
  • Patrick: It was just so embarrassing. I didn't know what to do.
  • Steve: Happens to us all mate.
  • Jeff: All of us, in our time, are visited by the melty man.
  • Patrick: The what?
  • Jeff: Don't say his name, Patrick. Don't even think his name or he will rise from the shadow dimensions to do his evil work on your terrified pants.
  • Patrick: [chuckle] Terrified pants?
  • Steve: [gravely] There's nothing funny about the melty man, Patrick.
  • Patrick: [face falls] You know about the melty man, too?
  • Steve: [in a "duh!" voice] We all know the melty man.
  • Patrick: Who is he?
  • Steve: The archenemy of trouser confidence.
  • Jeff: Professor Moriarty. In groin form.
  • Steve: Darth Vader
  • Jeff: Without the helmet.
  • Patrick: [terrified and shocked] What does he do?
  • Jeff: Patrick, you *know* what he does.
  • Patrick: [looks down] Oh right.
  • Jeff: You're in bed with a woman. Everything's going fine. That's when the melty man strikes.
  • Steve: Suddenly you find yourself thinking, "Maybe she's really bored".
  • Jeff: Maybe you're licking her neck too much. Are you over-wetting her neck?
  • Steve: Are you spending an equal amount of time on each breast? I mean, what if one breast gets ahead?
  • Jeff: Should you be switching between them really quickly or should you squish 'em both together and do them at once
  • [demonstrates]
  • Patrick: [frowns]
  • Steve: Or should you skip one breast completely just to save time?
  • Jeff: She's wriggling about. Is that a good sign or is she just trying to dry her neck?
  • Sally: Patrick, when I said I wanted to have a baby with you, I just meant... socially.
  • Patrick: Socially?
  • Sally: To tea.
  • Patrick: Babies can't come round to tea, Sally.

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