Elsie (Head Housemaid) Quotes in Gosford Park (2001)

Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you?

Elsie (Head Housemaid): We do if something's funny, sir.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): God, look at this, machine made lace.

Barnes: Hark at her!

Elsie (Head Housemaid): I hate cheap clothes. They're twice the work and they never look as good.

Robert Parks: Here we go again.

Mary Maceachran: That's just it. I've never done a real houseparty before. Not properly anyway.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): How come you got taken on as a countess lady's maid if you've got no experience?

Mary Maceachran: She wants to train me. She said she didn't care about experience.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): She didn't want to pay for it, you mean.

[at the banquet dinner table]

Sir William McCordle: And why shouldn't I be interested in films? You don't know what I'm interested in.

Lady Sylvia McCordle: Well, I know you're interested in money and fiddling with your guns. But I admit it: when it comes to anything else, I'm stumped.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): Now, that is not fair, Bill is...

[Realizing that she spoke out of turn, Elsie quickly leaves the room]

Mary Maceachran: What do I do with her Ladyship's jewels?

Elsie (Head Housemaid): This way. George is in charge of the safe, he's the first footman and you want to watch where he puts his hands.

Mary Maceachran: Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): At least I know that gives me room for manoeuvre.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): George?

George (First Footman): They're coming in a minute. The dressing bell's just gone.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): I'm going out of my mind up there. I've read all my magazines twice. You couldn't pinch something out of the library for me? I don't care if it's Horse and Hound, as long as I haven't read it.

Elsie (Head Housemaid): [while serving at dinner and interrupting Lady Sylvia] That's not fair! Billy...

[Elsie exits quickly]