“Local Hero” quotes

“It was a pet, not an animal. It had a name, you don't eat things with names, this is horrific!”

Peter Riegert - Mac

“- Rev. Macpherson: You want to buy my church?
- Mac MacIntyre: Not as a going concern.”
Gyearbuor Asante - Rev Macpherson
Peter Riegert - Mac

“- Watt: She's got a magnificent pair of lungs.
- Geddes: Oh, yes. A great asset. Five degrees in Oceanography and a very talented programmer. I'll get rid of her when she surfaces. She's not in on this Ferness thing yet. Actually she's better in the field.”

Alex Norton - Watt
Rikki Fulton - Geddes

“- Oldsen: Why don't we kill it? Hit it with something hard...
- Mac MacIntyre: You've already done that with a two-ton automobile!”

Peter Capaldi - Oldsen
Peter Riegert - Mac

“- Mrs. Wyatt: Dry, normal or greasy?
- Mac MacIntyre: Normal. Extra normal.”

Karen Douglas - Mrs Wyatt
Peter Riegert - Mac

“- Mac MacIntyre: Where's the door here?
- Gordon Urquhart: There is no door. Just knock on the window.
- Mac MacIntyre: How do you do business with a man who has no door?
- Victor: The ethics are just the same.”
Peter Riegert - Mac
Denis Lawson - Urquhart

“- Mac MacIntyre: What's the most amazing thing you've ever found?
- Ben Knox: Impossible to say. You see, there's something amazing every two or three weeks.”
Peter Riegert - Mac
Fulton Mackay - Ben

“My parents were Hungarian immigrants. They took the name MacIntyre 'cause they thought it sounded more American!”
Peter Riegert - Mac

“I thought all this money would make me feel different.”

“- Oldsen: Sailors used to think they were mermaids, yeah?
- Marina: Aye, they did. They were wrong.”

Peter Capaldi - Oldsen
Jenny Seagrove - Marina

“- Gordon Urquhart: I want you to try this Scotch. It's 42 years old.
- Mac MacIntyre: Old enough to be out on its own.”
Denis Lawson - Urquhart
Peter Riegert - Mac

- Townsman: Are you sure there are two l's in "dollar", Gideon?
- Gideon: Yes! And are there two g's in "bugger off"?
David Mowat - Gideon

“- Marina: The NorthAtlantic drift comes in here. That's warmish water from the Caribbean. That's why it's special here. There's stuff fetching up here all the way from the Bahamas.
- Oldsen: Oh, that's a long way.
- Marina: You swim?
- Oldsen: Not that far.”
Jenny Seagrove - Marina
Peter Capaldi - Oldsen

“- Mac MacIntyre: How much do you want?
- Ben Knox: Would you pay me a pound for every grain of sand in my hand? Well, that saves you some. Well, would you do it?
- Mac MacIntyre: No. Of course not.
- Ben Knox: Ah, well, that's a pity. You missed out on a good bargain, for I can only hold about ten thousand grains of sand in my hands. Did you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Peter Riegert - Mac
Fulton Mackay - Ben

“- Mac MacIntyre: We have to talk to a Mr. Urquhart, an accountant. Can you tell me where we might find him?
- Gordon Urquhart: Indeed, yes. He has an office next door, to the left, on the first floor. I know for a fact that he'll be there in about 15 minutes.”
Peter Riegert - Mac
Denis Lawson - Urquhart

“- Gordon Urquhart: We've been invaded by America. We're all gonna be rich.
- Victor: Really?
- Gordon Urquhart: We won't have anywhere to call home, but we'll be stinkin' rich.”
Denis Lawson - Urquhart
Christopher Rozycki - Victor

“- Mac MacIntyre: Can you imagine a world without oil? No automobiles, no heat.
- Oldsen: And polish.
- Mac MacIntyre: No ink.
- Oldsen: And nylon.
- Mac MacIntyre: No detergents.
- Oldsen: And Perspex. You wouldn't get any Perspex.”
Peter Riegert - Mac
Peter Capaldi - Oldsen

“- Mac MacIntyre: Any comets around?
- Ben Knox: Do you want to buy a comet now?
- Mac MacIntyre: Maybe.”
Peter Riegert - Mac
Fulton Mackay - Ben