Shallow Grave Quotes

Shallow Grave is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . Shallow Grave ended its run in 1970.

It features Andrew Macdonald (producer) as producer, Simon Boswell in charge of musical score, and Brian Tufano as head of cinematography.

Shallow Grave is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Shallow Grave is 92 minutes long. Shallow Grave is distributed by Gramercy Pictures.

The cast includes: Ewan McGregor as Alex Law, Christopher Eccleston as David Stephens, Ken Stott as Detective-Inspector McCall, Colin McCredie as Cameron, and Keith Allen as Hugo.

Shallow Grave Quotes

Christopher Eccleston as David Stephens

• (Christopher Eccleston) "Well, Brian McKinley, if you want to talk to my girlfriend you talk to me first. If you want to dance with her, then you apply in writing three weeks in advance or you're going to end up inside a f***ing bin-bag. You didn't apply so you don't dance."
• (Unnamed) "Do you think you could try to be a little more forceful next time?"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "I am not ashamed. I have known love. I have known rejection. I am not ashamed to declare my feelings; take trust for instance, or friendship. These are the important things in life. These are the things that matter, that help you on your way. If you can't trust your friends, well, what then -- What then? -- Oh, yes. I believe in friends. I believe we need them. But if one day you can't trust them any more, well, what then -- What then?"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "And how would you react, then, if I told you I was the Antichrist?"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "Victory is the same as defeat. It's giving in to destructive competitive urges."

• (Unnamed) "Why do you want a room here?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Do you smoke?"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "You paid 500 pounds for this?"
• (Unnamed) "That's what it cost, David."
• (Christopher Eccleston) "No, no, that's what you paid for it. 500 pounds is what you paid for it. We don't know how much it cost us yet. For you two to have a good time, we don't know the cost of that yet."

• (Christopher Eccleston) "It's a sick idea Alex. It's sick."
• (Ewan McGregor) "Go ahead then, telephone. Telephone the police. Tell them it's a suitcase full of money and you don't want it."

• (Unnamed) "Chartered accounting. It's often sneered at. Were you aware of that?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Not any real sneering as such, no."
• (Unnamed) "There's a whole wide world out there, and it all needs to be accounted for, does it not?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Well, I --"
• (Unnamed) "But they sneer, do they not?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "I'm not sure."
• (Unnamed) "Oh, it's unfashionable, I know, but yes, we're methodical, yes, we're diligent, yes, we're serious, and where's the crime in that? Why not shout it from the rooftops? Yes, maybe sometimes we're a wee bit boring, but by God we get the job done."
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Yes, sir."
• (Unnamed) "And that's why I think you fit in here."
• (Christopher Eccleston) "I'm boring?"
• (Unnamed) "You get the job done."
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Oh, I see. I thought you meant --"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "I can't do it."

• (Christopher Eccleston) "Normally I don't usually meet people, unless I already know them."

• (Christopher Eccleston) "Are you looking for me?"

• (Christopher Eccleston) "They know."
• (Ewan McGregor) "So they know."
• (Unnamed) "He's right Alex, they know."

Ewan McGregor as Alex Law

• (Ewan McGregor) "Cameron, what a surprise."

• (Ewan McGregor) "And if you see I'm dying up there you'll call the police and tell them everything, right?"
• (Unnamed) "Everything."
• (Ewan McGregor) "Except that maybe it was his idea in the first place. Now that's important to me. I need to die misunderstood."

• (Ewan McGregor) "Are you comfortable Cameron?"
• (Colin McCredie) "Yes, thanks."

• (Unnamed) "We're going to dance?"
• (Ewan McGregor) "Well, it's physical contact, isn't it?"

• (Unnamed) "I can't do it."
• (Ewan McGregor) "But Juliet, you're a doctor. You kill people every day."

• (Ewan McGregor) "To love and to happiness forever."

• (Ewan McGregor) "So tell me, Cameron, just tell me because I'd like to know, what on earth could make you think that we would want to share a flat like this with someone like you? I mean, my first impression, and they're rarely wrong, is that you have none of the qualities that we normally seek in a prospective flatmate. I'm talking here about things like presence, charisma, style and charm, and I don't think we're asking too much, I don't think we're being unreasonable. Take David here, for instance: a chartered accountant he may be, but at least he tries hard. The point is I don't think you're trying."

• (Unnamed) "Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please. First of all may I thank you all for coming along tonight and supporting our appeal to raise funds for the sick children's unit."
• (Ewan McGregor) "You didn't tell me that this was for children. I hate children. I'd raise money to have the little f***ers put down. I want me money back."

• (Ewan McGregor) "They went up there alive and came back down dead. Did you notice that? The difference, I mean: alive, dead, dead, alive, that sort of thing? It wasn't difficult to spot. He killed them both."

• (Ewan McGregor) "When was the last time you heard these exact words: "You are the sunshine of my life"?"

• (Unnamed) "Alex, what are you doing?"
• (Ewan McGregor) "I'm just looking."
• (Unnamed) "Don't."
• (Ewan McGregor) "Don't look?"
• (Unnamed) "No."

• (Unnamed) "Have you seen Hugo?"
• (Ewan McGregor) "No. Any idea which channel he's on?"

• (Ewan McGregor) "Look over there. It's Cameron."
• (Unnamed) "Who?"
• (Ewan McGregor) "Cameron. You remember Cameron."
• (Unnamed) "No, I don't."
• (Ewan McGregor) "What's he doing here?"
• (Unnamed) "That's not him."
• (Ewan McGregor) "It is. Cameron. Cameron. Come on over here. Come on."
• (Colin McCredie) "What?"
• (Ewan McGregor) "Nothing. We thought you were someone else. Good luck. (Cameron leaves.) I love that guy, but why does he have to follow us around?"

• (Ewan McGregor) "I'm so happy I could DIE."

• (Ewan McGregor) "It's not every day I find a story in my own flat."
• (Unnamed) "It's not a story, Alex. It's a corpse."

• (Ewan McGregor) "I don't know why we couldn't just stuff it in a mattress, or under the floorboards like any other human being."
• (Unnamed) "Stop nagging, Alex."
• (Ewan McGregor) "We coulda hid it in the fridge."

• (Ewan McGregor) "God, you two are sensitive. All I'm doing is implying some kind of ugly sordid sexual liaison. I'd be proud of that sort of thing."

• (Ewan McGregor) "It's been a struggle but now our days of worry are over."

• (Ewan McGregor) "Hey Hugo, can you open your door?"

• (Ewan McGregor) "He even signs them, in his own name can you believe it? I'd sign someone else's name -- I'd sign his name --. If I wrote them that is, which I don't."

• (Unnamed) "It's about me and David."
• (Ewan McGregor) "Oh, the perfect couple, I should say."
• (Unnamed) "You mustn't take it so badly."
• (Ewan McGregor) "Oh, don't worry. I'd do exactly the same thing, only I don't think I'm his type."

Ken Stott as Detective-Inspector McCall

• (Ken Stott) "And the other three people living in the flat?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "There are only two other people living in the flat."

• (Ken Stott) "Only three people here? You're sure?"
• (Christopher Eccleston) "Yes, absolutely. Who said there were four?"
• (Ken Stott) "Make a note of that, Mitchell. Only three, rather than four. Write it down. You can use numbers or words. I have no preference. Which are you using?"
• (Unnamed) "Both, sir."
• (Ken Stott) "Excellent."

• (Ken Stott) "In your work you must meet lots of different people every day. New people, new faces, no?"
• (Unnamed) "Yes."
• (Ken Stott) "What do you recognize most, names or faces?"
• (Unnamed) "Diseases."
• (Ken Stott) "Like recognizing criminals by their crimes."

Keith Allen as Hugo

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