Movie-Sounds.org > Famous Movie Quotes > The Remains of the Day

Why don't we just get her a pop-up toaster?

5 seconds sound clip from the The Remains of the Day movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:35 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm staying with a friend in her boarding house in Clevedon.

- I don't know what my future is.

- Ever since Catherine, my daughter, got married last year, my life has been empty.

- The years stretch before me and if only I knew how to fill them. But I would like to be useful again.

- Burned again?

- Yes, I'm sorry, sir. The rule in the kitchen has has always been that cook cooks the cooked breakfast while her assistant toasts the toast.

- Why don't we just get her a pop-up toaster?

- We need not a new gadget but a revised staff plan, sir.

- A staff plan? I didn't know we had one.

- Yes, sir. A faulty one, unfortunately.

- Sir, quite recently, you were kind enough to suggest that I go on a little holiday. Take a trip around the country.

- Absolutely. Certainly, take a break. See the world.

- When did you last see the world, Stevens? Tell me.

[...]

The Remains of the Day Sound Clip

The Remains of the Day poster

A selection of the most important quotes from The Remains of the Day (1993 film), featuring short sound bites.

Actors: Anthony Hopkins (Mr Stevens), Emma Thompson (Miss Kenton), Christopher Reeve (Congressman Jack Lewis), Hugh Grant (Reginald Cardinal), James Fox (Lord Darlington), Michael Lonsdale (Dupont d'Ivry)

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Poll

You are using film sounds: