A Man of No Importance (1994)

David Kelly: Christy Ward

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• Alfie Byrne : Dancing is neither modest or immodest. It's either well-done, or badly done.

  Christy Ward : Is that a quote?

  Alfie Byrne : Almost.

• Alfie Byrne : Ah, Wardie. My best friend, my choice friend!

  Christy Ward : That's the spirit, Mr Byrne. Now don't let the bastards grind you down.

  Alfie Byrne : A commendable sentiment, if a little coarse in the phrasin'.

• Ivor Carney : Ah, Ward! You're a sodality member.

  Christy Ward : Was.

  Ivor Carney : How can you allow yourself to be directed by this man?

  Christy Ward : And why shouldn't I?

  Ivor Carney : He is a great sinner!

  Christy Ward : He's a terrible *director*, but *I'm* staying.

• Christy Ward : You see, it was a Friday the thirteenth. I remember warning you about that at the time. Friday the thirteenth... It's an old theatrical tradition, like Hamlet.

  Alfie Byrne : What are you talking about, Ward?

  Christy Ward : They never go up on a Friday the thirteenth. And they never say Hamlet. Never.

  Alfie Byrne : Macbeth they never say.

• Alfie Byrne : They made him from nothin', raised him to the stars. The first promotion he gets...

  Christy Ward : Off the bus and into a new motor car.