Quotes
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Andrei Basilashvili : [in an audition for the gangster role in Antonio's new epic] Come on all you...! Er, I cannot say this word, it's, er, against my religion.
Spadina Bathurst : Well, just read on - we'll get round it - Read!
Andrei Basilashvili : Come on all you, er, morons, this is a stick up, or I'll flipping well execute every last one of you... Idiots!
[pause]
Andrei Basilashvili : Yopso Mopso
[translated loosely from Russian - 'Oh deary me!']
Andrei Basilashvili : This not very original script!
Antonio Pannolino : Philistine! Get Out!
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Nicole : Good Morning Sir, it's Mr.Basi... er, Basila... Ba...
Andrei Basilashvili : Andrei Basilashvili.
Nicole : Yes, of course, please have a seat - my name's Nicole, so, what sort of employment are you seeking?
Andrei Basilashvili : Film Star!
Nicole : Sorry?
Andrei Basilashvili : I want to be a film star.
Nicole : OK
[pause]
Nicole : do you have any experience at all in this?
Andrei Basilashvili : Well, I used to be a taxi driver, and I met Nikita Mikhalkov - he is one of Russia's greatest actor-directors... have you seen any of his films?
Nicole : No, I'm afraid not.
Andrei Basilashvili : They're very good!
Nicole : [pause while Nicole searches for a suitable job for Andrei] OK. This is what we have at present sir... just came in this morning - it's a vacancy for a sanitary technician, but it's at a very prestigious London cinema...
Andrei Basilashvili : Well, anything is better than scrubbing toilets!
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Andrei Basilashvili : [scene from the film within the film; Antonio's 'Red Carpet' epic - The Gangster invites the Beautiful Actress to dinner] Come in! You're late...
Stefania Pannolino : I thought it was polite for a lady to be 20 minutes late in England.
Andrei Basilashvili : Well, I'm Russian, and you're 40 minutes late.
Stefania Pannolino : Then I'm just doubly polite, and anyway, I'm Italian!
Andrei Basilashvili : Huh!