Pride (I) (2014)
Ben Schnetzer: Mark Ashton
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Quotes
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[as Mark Leaves to Go to The March]
Mark's Crotchety Old Neighbour : I've spoken to the council about your deviant parties.
Mark : There's no need to do that. Knock on the door, we'd let you in.
Mark's Crotchety Old Neighbour : They're sending a policeman!
Mark : Oh, I do hope so.
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[Talking to the receptionist of a Record Company]
Receptionist : There are no gay artists on this label. I'm sorry.
Mark : They don't have to be gay. That's the point. This is a coming together of all different people...
[Phone Rings, The Receptionist Answers and Shoo's Mike and Mark Away]
Mark : [as They Leave the Building, Mark Runs Off to the Side]
Mike : What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?
[Mark is Writing on the Wall Underneath Two Posters]
Mark : That's the number for Gay Switchboard. You never know. One of them might need it one day.
[the Two Posters are Revealed to Be of Soft Cell and Elton John]
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Bromley : They called us perverts.
Mark : Bromley, it's time for an important part of your education. Hands up, in this room, if you've ever been called a name like that.
[all the guys raise their hands]
Mark : Now, there is a long and honorable tradition in the gay community and it has stood us in good stead for a very long time. When somebody calls you a name... am I right Jonathan?
Jonathan : Dead right.
Mark : You take it and own it.
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Journalist 2 : And why should gay people like me support the miners?
Mark : Because miners dig for coal, which produces power, which allows gay people like you to dance to Bananarama till 3 o'clock in the morning.
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Reggie : Nobody said anything about hiding who we are.
Mark : Yes, they did. You.
Reggie : I just think if everybody takes it easy on the...
Ray : Flamboyance.
Reggie : We're more likely to fit in.
Jonathan : I'm sorry, just to be clear, when you say "flamboyance", you mean gay. And when you say "everyone", you mean me.
Mark : Jonathan.
Jonathan : Good. It's just I haven't spoken 1950s in quite a while.
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Mark : [on the phone trying to find a band for the Pits & Perverts ball] It's a fund-raising concert, and we're lookin' for bands to... no! No! No, no, no, I am in no way suggesting that Sting, or indeed any other member of The Police, is a pervert.