The Tall Guy (1989)

Emma Thompson: Kate

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• [Dexter is visiting Kate in her flat] 

  Kate : Sorry about last night, I was very tired.

  [pause] 

  Kate : I'm less tired now, though...

  Dexter : I'm not tired either.

  Kate : Great! Two people... on their own... in the middle of the afternoon... and not tired!

  [pause] 

  Dexter : Ideal circumstances for Scrabble.

• [Outside her flat] 

  Kate : Don't be fooled by the grim exterior. It's a good deal grimmer inside.

• Dexter : Please? Just dinner? Let me explain: I was a complete, total, utter idiot! I have learned my lesson completely, totally, utterly!

  Kate : Just dinner?

  Dexter : Promise!

  Kate : What? No sex at the end?

  Dexter : Well, maybe - sex? Yes! Alright, if you insist!

• Kate : Are you going to walk me home? Or should I just get murdered on my own?

• Dexter : All these weeks I've been coming here, I've been wanting to ask you something. What I really want to know is... er, what's your name?

  Kate : Kate... Lemmon. Horrid name!

  Dexter : No, no, not at all. Could have been worse. Could have been called Hitler, Tampon, or something.

• Dexter : How was your day?

  Kate : Not great. A nurses's day is always pretty grisly. A woman I was with gave birth to a baby in a lift.

  Dexter : Well, that was okay, er?

  Kate : It would have been, but her husband slipped on the afterbirth and broke his collarbone.

• Kate : [leaving Dexter]  You paused after mentioning her name, to see if I reacted.

  Dexter : That was your only clue?