“My Beautiful Laundrette” quotes

“- Gang Member: Why are you working for these people? Pakis.
- Johnny: It's work, that's why.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny

“- Omar: What are you going to do with me?
- Uncle Nasser: What am I going to do with you? Turn you into something damn good.”
Gordon Warnecke - Omar
Saeed Jaffrey - Uncle Nasser

“- Omar: He was a friend once, for years.
- Papa Hussein: There were times when he didn't deserve your admiration so much.”

Gordon Warnecke - Omar
Roshan Seth - Papa Hussein

“In this damn country, which we hate and love, you can get anything you want. It's all spread out and available. That's why I believe in England. Only you need to know how to squeeze the tits of the system.”

Saeed Jaffrey - Uncle Nasser

“I'm a professional businessman not a professional Pakistani. And there is no question of race in the new enterprise culture.”

Saeed Jaffrey - Uncle Nasser

“Bring Tania over here. Marry her. What's wrong with her? When I say marry her, you damn well do it. Be nice to her, pressure off my fucking head. Your penis works, doesn't it? Get going!”

Saeed Jaffrey - Uncle Nasser

“- Salim: I want to talk to Omar about business.
- Johnny: I dunno where he is.
- Salim: Is it worth waiting?
- Johnny: In my experience, it's always worth waiting for Omo.”
Derrick Branche - Salim
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny

“Work now till you go back to college. And I'm fixing you up with a job with your uncle.”

Roshan Seth - Papa Hussein

“- Papa Hussein: This damn country has done us in. That's why I'm like this. We should be there. Home.
- Uncle Nasser: But that country's been sodomised by religion. It's beginning to interfere with the making of money. Compared with everywhere... it's a little heaven, here.”
Roshan Seth - Papa Hussein
Saeed Jaffrey - Uncle Nasser