Memorable Quotes from Ewen Bremner
7 quotesExperts Called to Identify Mysterious Objects
Graeme Miller
Any idea what these are?
Sebastian de Rosa
No, you?
Graeme Miller
No.
Maxwell Stafford
It's a good thing we brought the experts.
Graeme Miller
Well, yeah, it is a good thing, cos this is like finding Moses DVD collection.
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Determination to Survive in Dire Circumstances
Mark Verheiden
We're never getting out of this place.
[Pyramid has reconfigured and Verheiden and Miller are cut off from the rest]
Graeme Miller
You got any children?
Mark Verheiden
A son.
Graeme Miller
Yeah, I've got two. That means we do not have the luxury of quitting. We're gonna make it out of here. We're surviving this if I have to carry you the whole way.
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Confronting Addiction and the Path to Change
Spud
I can feel again Mark, you know. I need to detox the system.
Renton
Oh Spud, detox the system... What does it even mean? It doesn't mean anything. It's not getting it out of your body, that is the problem, it is getting it out of your mind! You are an addict!
Spud
You think I haven't heard that a 100,000 times Mark? You go 12 steps ahead of me comrade.
Renton
So be addicted. Be addicted to something else.
Spud
Like running until I feel sick?
Renton
Yes! Or something else. You've got to channel it! You've got to control it! People try all sorts. Some people do boxing.
Spud
Boxing?
Renton
Well, it's just an example. I don't... I don't mean you should...
Spud
So what did you channel it into?
Renton
Getting away.
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Team Rallying Before the Challenge
Alexa Lex Woods
Everybody, listen up! Gather round.
Sebastian de Rosa
I told you she'd stay.
Graeme Miller
Told you she'd stay. She can't resist my animal magnetism.
[towards Sebastian]
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Unexpected Moments on a Helicopter Journey
Jack the helicopter pilot
Just past the P.S.R.
[flying over the ocean towards Antarctica]
Alexa Lex Woods
Thanks, Jack!
Graeme Miller
Oh, damn! I wish I got a picture.
Alexa Lex Woods
Of what?
Graeme Miller
Uh, the P.S.R. I wish he'd call it out before we passed it.
Alexa Lex Woods
The P.S.R. is the "point of safe return". It means we've used up half our fuel so we can't turn back.
[laughing]
Graeme Miller
Right, but if something went wrong, we could uh... land presumably.
Alexa Lex Woods
We could ditch.
Graeme Miller
Yeah, ditch.
Alexa Lex Woods
But the temperature of the water would kill us in three minutes.
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Questioning Self-Worth and Belonging
Charlie
Maybe you're better off without me, yeah?
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Job Interview Advice and Pressure
Renton
Good luck, Spud.
Spud
Cheers, cowboy.
Renton
Now remember, if they think you're not trying, you're in trouble, right? First hint of that, and they'll be onto the D.H.S.S., "This cunt is not trying." And your giro's fuckin finished, right?
Spud
Right.
Renton
But, then again, try too hard--
Spud
You might get the fuckin job.
[Chuckles]
Renton
Exactly.
Spud
Nightmare.
Renton
It's a tightrope, Spud. It's a fuckin tightrope.
Spud
See, I just get pure shy with the interviewer cats. I get all nervous. I can't answer any of their questions, like I'm a footballer... and I get nerves on the big occasion, man.
Renton
Try some of this, Spud.
[Produces a folded up paper of a stimulant powder]
Spud
Yeah, a little dab of speed is just the ticket, mate.
Spud
No, I went to Craignewton. I just put down Royal Edinburgh College to help get the job. There's too much discrimination in this town, they're both schools, right? We're all in this together. And I wanted to put across the general idea, rather than the details. Like people get all hung up on details. Like which school did I go to? How many grades did I get? Could be like six. Could be none. It's not important. What is important is that I am, yes?
Interviewer
Mr. Murphy, do you mean that you lied on your application?
Spud
No. Well, yes. Only to get my foot in the door. Showing initiative and that like.
Interviewer
But you were referred here by the Department of Employment. There was no need for you to get your "foot in the door," as you put it.
Spud
Yeah, cool. Whatever you say. Sorry. You're the man, the dude in the chair. I am merely here-- Like, well, obviously, I'm here like, but--
Interviewer
Mr. Murphy, what exactly attracts you to the leisure industry?
Spud
In a word... pleasure. Like, my pleasure in other people's leisure.
[Glances at wall, then back at them]
Interviewer
Do you see yourself as having any weaknesses?
Spud
Oh, yes, cause, like, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, actually! Yes, I am. See, for me, it's got to be the best, or it's nothing at all. Like things get a bit dodgy, I just cannot be bothered. But, hey, I'm getting good vibes about this interview thing today though, man. Seems to me like it's going pretty well, eh?
Interviewer
Thank you, Mr. Murphy.
Second Interviewer
We'll let you know.
Spud
The pleasure was mine, man.
Renton
Spud had done well. I was proud of him.
[narrating]
Spud
Thanks. Ooh, sorry.
Renton
He fucked up good and proper. You had to hand it to Spud.
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