The Tall Guy Quotes

The Tall Guy is a television show that first aired in 1970 . The Tall Guy ended in 1970.

It features Adrian Biddle as head of cinematography.

The Tall Guy is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of The Tall Guy is 92 minutes long. The Tall Guy is distributed by Virgin Group (UK).

The cast includes: Emma Thompson as Kate, Jeff Goldblum as Dexter, Rowan Atkinson as Ron Anderson, and Anna Massey as Mary.

The Tall Guy Quotes

Jeff Goldblum as Dexter

• (Jeff Goldblum) "I hope all your children have very small dicks. And that includes the girls."

• (Jeff Goldblum) "All these weeks I've been coming here, I've been wanting to ask you something. What I really want to know is -- er, what's your name?"
• (Emma Thompson) "Kate -- Lemmon. Horrid name."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "No, no, not at all. Could have been worse. Could have been called Hitler, Tampon, or something."

• (Jeff Goldblum) "How was your day?"
• (Emma Thompson) "Not great. A nurses's day is always pretty grisly. A woman I was with gave birth to a baby in a lift."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Well, that was okay, er?"
• (Emma Thompson) "It would have been, but her husband slipped on the afterbirth and broke his collarbone."

• (Jeff Goldblum) "Please? Just dinner? Let me explain: I was a complete, total, utter idiot. I have learned my lesson completely, totally, utterly."
• (Emma Thompson) "Just dinner?"
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Promise."
• (Emma Thompson) "What? No sex at the end?"
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Well, maybe; sex? Yes. Alright, if you insist."

• (Jeff Goldblum) "Vengeance shall be mine."

Anna Massey as Mary

• (Anna Massey) "Well, the only other thing at the moment is a new musical that the RSC are doing."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Er, what's it about?"
• (Anna Massey) "The Elephant Man."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "A musical of the Elephant Man? What's it called?"
• (Anna Massey) ""Elephant", I think; with an exclamation mark presumably."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Pity the poor bastard who has to play the elephant."
• (Anna Massey) "Remember dearest, everyone thought Jesus Christ Superstar was a stupid idea."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Jesus Christ Superstar WAS a stupid idea."
• (Anna Massey) "True."

Rowan Atkinson as Ron Anderson

• (Rowan Atkinson) "You're both sacked. I give you a week's notice."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "You can't do that. I demand to talk to the producer."
• (Rowan Atkinson) "I am the producer."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "In that case, you can do that but I'm not going to give you the satisfaction of sacking me because I resign."
• (Rowan Atkinson) "Fine, then you get no severance pay and I sue your arse for breach of contract."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "In that case I don't resign, you total and utter bastard."
• (Jeff Goldblum) "I hope all your children have very small dicks. And that includes the girls."

• (Rowan Atkinson) "Listen, Dexter, is there something troubling you? Something that you would like to talk to someone about?"
• (Jeff Goldblum) "Well, yes, as a matter of fact there is --"
• (Rowan Atkinson) "Then for f***'s sake talk to someone about it, will you? And sort it out before I sack you and hire a lobotomized monkey to play your role. Okay?"

• (Rowan Atkinson) "How dare you improvise, you diminutive Mediterranean moron."

• (Rowan Atkinson) "What the hell is going on?"
• (Jeff Goldblum) "I'll tell you what's going on; first you waste four years of my life. And then you take the only thing I ever really cared about."
• (Rowan Atkinson) "Your bicycle?"

• (Rowan Atkinson) "Sorry I'm so late. Had some rather special guests at my show tonight. Difficult to tell the heir to the throne to bugger off because you've got a party to go to."

Emma Thompson as Kate

• (Emma Thompson) "Don't be fooled by the grim exterior. It's a good deal grimmer inside."

• (Emma Thompson) "Are you going to walk me home? Or should I just get murdered on my own?"

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