Charlie Willis Quotes in A Good Year (2006)

Max Skinner: Look, I wasn't joking about what I said before about the wine they make here. It is not - I repeat, NOT - first class. Will that affect our price?

Charlie Willis: Well, how bad can it be?

Max Skinner: Uh, well, it gives you a blinding headache and it makes you angry... I can't imagine the damage a second sip might do.

Charlie Willis: Well, we'll just have to make sure our buyers don't know anything about wine. We'll concentrate on the Americans.

Charlie Willis: I nursed you through second degree burns. My fingers are damaged.

Christie Roberts: Frostbitten

Charlie Willis: Like your heart.

Charlie Willis: [Calling from London] How's the house, Max? Is it gorgeous?

Max Skinner: Well, to tell you the truth, Charlie, it's a little shabby.

Charlie Willis: We don't say "shabby," Max. We say "filled with the patina of a bygone era."

Christie Roberts: I love your accent.

Charlie Willis: I love your bum.

Max Skinner: I have an obligatory cultural activity in the village tonight.

Charlie Willis: Can I come? Will there be girls?

Max Skinner: No and yes.

Charlie Willis: So the house is falling apart and vineyard makes undrinkable wine. Excellent.

Charlie Willis: Well this is a disaster. Mr Froggy Wine Man has just knocked a million off our sale price.

Charlie Willis: What happened to the diving board?

Charlie Willis: [Calling from London] Hello... You working out on the house?

Max Skinner: Charlie, yes. At it since daybreak.

Charlie Willis: Really... I hate to think of you, toiling down there all on your own.

Max Skinner: Well, we're English, Charlie, you know? Born to rule and sacrifice.

Charlie Willis: Yes...

Max Skinner: In France, is it actually illegal to shag your own cousin?

Charlie Willis: Only if she's ugly.