Sebastian (1968)
Dirk Bogarde: Sebastian
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Quotes
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Miss Elliott : [answering the phone] Abbey nine seven double three...
Rebecca Howard : Is there someone there called, Sebastian... oh... Sebastian someone?
Miss Elliott : Mister Sebastian...
Rebecca Howard : I met him in Oxford in the spring and he offered me a job
Miss Elliott : Hold on
Sebastian : [to Sebastian] A girl who says you offered her a job... in the spring
Sebastian : In the spring?
Miss Elliott : At Oxford
Sebastian : Ah! Licence number 66-0-F-Y-H
[he picks up the handset]
Sebastian : Let me smother you in jewels and furs; let me whisk you to Monte in my Mercedes...
Rebecca Howard : What?
Sebastian : ...Let me teach you the meaning of desire
Rebecca Howard : Sounds a bit old-fashioned to me
Sebastian : Yeah, well it is rather an old-fashioned business
Rebecca Howard : What do you do?
Sebastian : [to Miss Elliott] what do we do?
Miss Elliott : [picks up handset] This is Mister Sebastian's personal assistant. We are a more-or-less sane and respectable department of the Civil Service, appearances notwithstanding. Would you like me to arrange an interview?
Rebecca Howard : Civil Service? Good God! No thank you very much
Miss Elliott : [to Sebastian] Well, you've lost her. Is she any good?
Sebastian : Don't know. Can't tell.
Miss Elliott : You've been doing rather a lot of this stuff recently
Sebastian : A lot of what stuff?
Miss Elliott : Gaily irresponsible stuff. This fart-arsing about. It's time you took a proper holiday
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Sebastian : Generally speaking I consider my private life to be my own concern.
Head of Intelligence : Well, yes - of course it is. But then again of course it isn't.