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Helen Mirren, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Georgie Glen, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James, and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)

Linda Bassett: Cora

Calendar Girls

Linda Bassett credited as playing...

Cora

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  • Marie: Naked!
  • Cora: It's not naked. It's nude.
  • Marie: What's the difference?
  • Celia: Art.
  • Ruth: Well, I think it's a great idea.
  • Cora: You weren't concentrating, were you Ruth?
  • Ruth: I was. We're going to raise money to buy a sofa for the hospital in John's name.
  • Celia: By posing for a nude calendar!
  • Ruth: Oh no!
  • Chris: Oh sit down. I'm not asking you to straddle an 'Arley Davidson.
  • Celia: It's still a bit of a leap from Burnsall church, love.
  • Chris: That's the 'ole point. It's an alternative calendar, it's...
  • Annie: It's what John suggested.
  • Chris: Did he?
  • Annie: The last stage of the flower is the most glorious. So what this calendar would be saying is "actually, yes John, we agree".
  • Ruth: With respect, I didn't hear him use the phrase "whip your bras off"
  • Cora: There's no E flat in Jerusalem.
  • Annie: I'll be a bit disappointed if they're looking at me fingers.
  • Cora: Annie, I am 55 years old. If I'm not gonna get them out now, when am I?
  • Cora: I'm surprised they printed it.
  • Jessie: It's probably all over the internet by now.
  • Annie: By the sound of it, most people have seen it already.
  • Chris: Lots of people have photos taken with their tops off on holiday in Ibiza don't they?
  • Ruth: It probably just came as a slight shock Chris, what with the previous fifteen photos being of flower arrangements.
  • Annie: [engaging to photo topless] Don't think of it as naked, Cora. It's not naked. It's nude.
  • Cora: Annie, I am 55 years old. So, if I'm not gonna get 'em out now, when am I?
  • Cora: Shit or bust.
  • Cora: There's just one problem. The photographer's a man.
  • Jessie: But the point is, we won't be showing anything.
  • Cora: In the photos. I imagine a considerable amount will be on display in the room.
  • Chris: He'll have to be in the room to take the photos!
  • Cora: With us naked!
  • Celia: Yeah. Or nude.
  • Chris: No, listen. An art photographer doesn't see a naked woman. He sees a life model!
  • Celia: Yes. No, the nudity isn't important.
  • Jessie: Easy to say when you've got your knickers on.

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