“A Man of No Importance” quotes

“It's very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only stock brokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.”
Sir Michael Gambon - Ivor J. Carney

“- Alfie Byrne: She is like a dove that has strayed. She is like a Narcissus trembling in the wind. She is like a silver flower.
- Robbie Fay: You know what I think?
- Alfie Byrne: What, Bosie?
- Robbie Fay: I think you're soft on her.”
Albert Finney - Alfred Byrne
Rufus Sewell - Robbie Fay

“- 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.”
Albert Finney - Alfred Byrne
David Kelly - Christy Ward

“- Robbie Fay: Don't you be dirtying that nice clean bus, now.
- Alfie Byrne: You have it lovely, Bosie. I can see myself in it, like Narcissus.
- Robbie Fay: You're at it again.
- Alfie Byrne: At what?
- Robbie Fay: That stuff you do. Big words. Poetry.”
Rufus Sewell - Robbie Fay
Albert Finney - Alfred Byrne

“- Alfie Byrne: I've learned a horrible lesson.
- Adele Rice: About me.
- Alfie Byrne: About myself.”
Albert Finney - Alfred Byrne
Tara Fitzgerald - Adele Rice