The Sleeping Dictionary Quotes

The Sleeping Dictionary is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Sleeping Dictionary ended its run in 1970.

It features Simon Bosanquet, Jimmy Mulville, and Denise O'Donoghue as producer, Simon Boswell in charge of musical score, and Martin Fuhrer as head of cinematography.

The Sleeping Dictionary is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Sleeping Dictionary is 109 minutes long. The Sleeping Dictionary is distributed by Fine Line Features.

The cast includes: Hugh Dancy as John Truscott, Jessica Alba as Selima, Noah Taylor as Neville, Emily Mortimer as Cecil, Bob Hoskins as Henry, Brenda Blethyn as Aggie, and Eugene Salleh as Belansai.

The Sleeping Dictionary Quotes

Hugh Dancy as John Truscott

• (Hugh Dancy) "Sorry about this afternoon. I should've stopped her sooner. Selima -- you had other lovers before me, didn't you? Did you and they have what we have?"
• (Jessica Alba) "Yes. They were men like you."
• (Hugh Dancy) "I thought we had something special."
• (Jessica Alba) "No. We f***. That's all."
• (Hugh Dancy) "Wait. You're angry. You're not telling the truth."
• (Jessica Alba) "I'm angry. That's why I'm telling the truth. Half my blood is English. That is more that your king and queen, but for you that is not good enough. So Iban I'll be. Rule me if you must, but nothing else."
• (Jessica Alba) "Go ahead. Do your sex. Don't mind me."
• (Jessica Alba) "Hands higher. That's it. Perfect."

• (Hugh Dancy) "Sharing is so much a part of their life that they have no word for "thank you"."

• (Hugh Dancy) "I've never met anyone, even a little like you."

• (Hugh Dancy) "I want us to be happy."
• (Emily Mortimer) "Then why aren't we?"

• (Hugh Dancy) "When I saw you lying there suddenly everything became clear. I want to stay with you forever -- if you'll have me."

Emily Mortimer as Cecil

• (Emily Mortimer) "I want to have what you and her have."
• (Emily Mortimer) "Now go. I want you to go."

• (Emily Mortimer) "If you're about to be killed at least stay for dinner."

Jessica Alba as Selima

• (Jessica Alba) "You won't come. They'll say you're an Englishman."
• (Hugh Dancy) "Then I'll tell them I'd rather have you than a country -- or a language -- or a history."

Brenda Blethyn as Aggie

• (Brenda Blethyn) "Do you care nothing for your daughter?"
• (Bob Hoskins) "I care a great deal for them both."
• (Brenda Blethyn) "Cecil tell him."
• (Emily Mortimer) "I don't want to hurt John -- or my sister."

Eugene Salleh as Belansai

• (Eugene Salleh) "I am still the champion of ten Longhouses."
• (Hugh Dancy) "Oh yes, they say you can beat any girl on the river."

Bob Hoskins as Henry

• (Bob Hoskins) "She will be living with you."
• (Hugh Dancy) "As what?"
• (Bob Hoskins) "She performs wifely duties."
• (Hugh Dancy) "What like sewing?"
• (Bob Hoskins) "She performs wifely duties in the bedroom."
• (Jessica Alba) "I sleep with you."

• (Bob Hoskins) "Iban society is based on heavy drinking, violent sport and practical jokes. Just think of it as English public school, without the buggery."

Noah Taylor as Neville

• (Noah Taylor) "What did you say to her?"
• (Hugh Dancy) "Oh I told Tipong that if you hit her again she should wait till you're asleep and then cut off your testicles with a kitchen knife."

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