My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

Roshan Seth: Papa

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Quotes 

• Omar : I'm being promoted. To Uncle's laundrette.

  Papa : [throwing a pair of socks to Omar]  Illustrate your washing methods!

• Papa : [to Omar]  I don't want my son in this underpants cleaning condition.

• Papa : This damn country has done us in. That's why I'm like this. We should be there. Home.

  Nasser : But that country's been sodomised by religion. It's beginning to interfere with the making of money. Compared with everywhere... it's a little heaven, here.

• Omar : You know who I saw today? Johnny. Johnny!

  Papa : The boy who came here dressed as a fascist with a quarter-inch of hair?

  Omar : He was a friend once, for years.

  Papa : There were times when he didn't deserve your admiration so much.

  Omar : Christ, I've known him since I was five!

  Papa : He went too far.

• Papa : You must be getting married. Why else would you be dressed like an undertaker on holiday?

  Omar : Going to Uncle's house, Papa. He's given me a car.

  Papa : What? The brakes must be faulty. Tell me one thing because there's something I don't understand, though it must be my fault. How is it that scrubbing cars can make a son of mine look so ecstatic?

  Omar : It gets me out of the house.

  Papa : Don't get too involved with that crook. You've got to study. We are under siege by the white man. For us education is power.

  [Omar shakes his head at his father] 

  Papa : Don't let me down.

• Papa : [to Omar]  Work now till you go back to college. And I'm fixing you up with a job with your uncle.

• Papa : [on the phone]  Oh, one thing more, try to fix him up with a nice girl. I'm not sure his penis is in full working order.