In My Father's Den (2004)
Matthew Macfadyen: Paul Prior
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Quotes
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Paul Prior : Who you set out to be is not always who you become.
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[Paul is very drunk]
Paul Prior : Hey, I've got a joke. What sexual position produces the ugliest children?
Andrew : I don't know.
Paul Prior : Ask your mother!
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Andrew : You think you're the one being decent? Swanning in here like some film star with your accent...
Paul Prior : You know nothing about me.
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Paul Prior : Another job came through - so I'm leaving - tomorrow.
Andrew : Well, you obviously have more important things... I'll see you in another 17, Paul.
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Paul Prior : She was born eight months after I left.
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Celia Steimer : Mum wanted to sing like this?
Paul Prior : Your mother wanted to be Patti Smith.
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Paul Prior : My mum - she was very religious. She had these little sermons about the beauty God hides away in little corners... My dad didn't believe in anything - he was an atheist.
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Paul Prior : I remember being her.
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Celia Steimer : I find it hard to imagine what you saw in her.
Paul Prior : Yeah well you're not the first one to think that about their parents.
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Paul Prior : I couldn't get near her... You made sure of it. It was a happy little threesome - Andy, Mum and God. No-one else invited.
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Andrew : You know, sometimes I look at you and all I see is him. Just him. I find that quite disheartening
Paul Prior : Yeah, well, at least I didn't marry my mother.