Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Chiwetel Ejiofor: Okwe

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Quotes 

• The doctor : How come I've never seen you people before?

  Okwe : Because we are the people you do not see. We are the ones who drive your cabs. We clean your rooms. And suck your cocks.

• Okwe : My hands are shaking.

  Guo Yi : So are mine! I don't have a driver's license!

• Okwe : [at airport arrivals]  I'm not here specifically for you. But I am here to rescue people from the system.

• [last lines] 

  Okwe : Hello? Valerie? Yes, it's me. At last, I'm coming home!

• [first lines] 

  Okwe : Do you want a car? Ten pounds, Theatreland. Car? London? You want a taxi? Buckingham Palace.

• Juliette : Can you believe it? One of the fuckers wanted to put me on his Visa card! Oh, my bloomin' feet! Lucky I don't work standing up! What? Don't they have hookers where you come from? Where are you from? Somewhere with lions, I bet. I like lions. Right. Oh, yeah. You might want to send someone to check on the room.

  Okwe : There is a problem?

  Juliette : How should I know? I don't exist, do I? See you tomorrow.

• Cab Controller : You're a doctor.

  Okwe : I'm a driver.

  Cab Controller : Look, they say you're a doctor, right? You get me something now. I can't piss fire another day, man.

  Okwe : I'm a driver.

• Okwe : They were not clean. Glasses need very hot water.

  Senay : So do women.

• Senay : You have been to New York? And you came back?

  Okwe : I lived there for a time.

  Senay : In the winter, they put lights in the trees. Is that true? And you can skate in the parks. And some of the policemen ride white horses.

• Okwe : Having only one key is making this impossible.

  Senay : I do not want you coming in when I am there.

  Okwe : At the hotel we are friends. I'm no different - I'm no different here.

  Senay : How would it look, Okwe?

  Okwe : So it is better I always chase you down the street?

• Okwe : This is a recipe from Nigeria. In Nigeria they do many interesting things with pork. But of course, I used lamb.

• Okwe : Senay, you should keep away from me. You lost your job. Because of me, you are in a sweatshop.

• Okwe : It's a sweatshop.

  Senay : Is it any worse than cleaning up after whores?

• Okwe : What would your God say?

  Senay : My God does not speak to me any more.

• Senay : One of the laundry girls did it, and now she's free.

  Okwe : Others are dead, Senay.

  Senay : So, they are free, too.

• Okwe : Love? For you and I, there is only survival. It is time you woke up from your stupid dream.