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Max Skinner
Russell Crowe · 24 quotes
Uncle Henry Skinner
Albert Finney · 6 quotes
Most scenes together: Uncle Henry Skinner & Max Skinner (2)
A Good Year quotes
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Fanny Chenal [Fanny approaches a customer who is behind a raised newspaper]
Bonjour. Vous avez choisi?
Fanny Chenal [recognizing him]
You sure you don't need more time?
No, I know what I want.
Fanny Chenal You're sure?
Absolutely.
Fanny Chenal So, what is it to be?
How's the soup?
Fanny Chenal The soup is finished.
Like my job... The fish?
Fanny Chenal We've run out.
That's like me with excuses.
Fanny Chenal Don't waste my time. Choose something we have.
I would like a lifetime spent with an irrational and suspicious goddess, some short-tempered jealousy on the side, and a bottle of wine that tastes like you, a glass that's never empty. [they kiss]
Gemma Max Skinner's phone?
Kimberly
Hi, it's Kimberly. Is Max there?
Gemma Just one moment. [to Max] It's Kimberly?
Gemma [Max does the "cut off" sign]
Sorry Kimberly, Max isn't here right now.
Kimberly
Where is he?
Gemma Max and his fiancée are at their wedding rehearsal today.
Kimberly
[Max gives Gemma the thumbs up]
Their what?
Gemma Would you like to leave a message?
Kimberly
No I wouldn't!
This place does not suit my life.
Fanny Chenal No Max, it's your life that does not suit this place.
[bringing out two bottles of wine]
I thought, as it's your last night here, it only appropriate that we open something extra special.
Young Max
[pointing to one of the bottles]
Bandol.
Excellent choice. Tempier Bandol, 1969, the kind of wine that'll pickle even the toughest of men. I once saw a Castilian prizefighter collapse in a heap after drinking just a single glass. Perhaps my knee landing squarely in his testicles may have been partly to blame... What was I talking about before?
Young Max
You said the importance of a good blue suit can never be overstated.
Quite right. A blue suit is the most versatile of accoutrements. More important than the suit itself, is the man who fits it for you. Once you find a good tailor, you must never give his name away - not even under the threat of bodily harm.
Max, have I told you why I enjoy making wine so much?
Young Max
You don't make the wine, Uncle Henry - that guy Duflot does.
[reproachfully]
In France it's always the landowner who makes the wine, even though he does nothing more than supervise with binoculars from the comfort of his study. No, I enjoy making wine, because this sublime nectar is quite simply incapable of lying. Picked too early, picked too late, it matters not - the wine will always whisper into your mouth with complete, unabashed honesty every time you take a sip.
[on the book "Death in Venice"]
Given the title, I don't think you'll be surprised by the ending.
[To Fanny Chenal]
Hello. Oh no, don't worry about me. I'm...I'm the pool man. I do this every Thursday, its just routine maintenance. Its been lovely chatting to you. And,and you are a spectacular vision... Any chance for a rope or a ladder?
Admit it, Love, this is because I wouldn't shag you at the Christmas Party, isn't it?
Boss, why do you keep calling me 'ALF?' Because, as you're an aggressive little f*ck. As your boss and genetic superior, I can call you anything I want.
Francis, I'm a banker. I have no imagination.
I shall have an Eclipse.I'm too impatient to be a wine lover.If I'm gonna get drunk, I don't want to spend all night doing it.
I would like a lifetime spent with an irrational and suspicious goddess, some short-tempered jealousy on the side, and a bottle of wine that tastes like you, a glass that's never empty.
I'll give you a tip Bert. Never pat a burning dog.