Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007 TV Movie)

Maxine Peake: Tracey Temple

Quotes 

• [Barrie is reversing into a parking space between two Jaguars outside Downing Street] 

  Barrie Williams : I hope I don't hit your boss's car. Which one's his?

  Tracey Temple : Both.

• [after the Christmas party at which the affair between Tracey Temple and John Prescott began] 

  Tracey Temple : [voiceover]  As far as Christmas parties go, the way I see it like this: if you don't regret *any* of it, then you clearly haven't had a good time!

• [after making love with John Prescott for the first time] 

  Tracey Temple : [voiceover]  Some people think that sleeping with the boss is a stupid idea, but I like to consider myself more open-minded than most. Sure, it has its risks. But it also has its rewards. The way I see it is like this: if you don't try something new every once in a while, how will you know whether you'll enjoy it?

• [Julie Jones has just burst into John Prescott's office and caught Tracey Temple sitting on his lap; now the two women are discussing it in the smoking room] 

  Julie Jones : What did you think you were doing?

  Tracey Temple : He flirts... and I reciprocate. That's all it was.

  Julie Jones : Tracey, you were on his lap.

  Tracey Temple : He was upset and I wanted to make him feel...

  Julie Jones : ...Horny?

  Tracey Temple : ...Better. You know what we're like - we're both very tactile people. There's nothing going on between us. I mean, it's Prescott - would you?

  Julie Jones : [primly]  Physically, I'd find it difficult. But if power and oafish charm were my aphrodisiac...