Press Gang Quotes

Kenny: What are you doing in my wardrobe?
Colin: Well your mum said I could wait in your room.
Kenny: I don't think she meant in my wardrobe.
Colin: Would it have killed her to be a little more specific?

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Kenny [on his music]: I'm warning you, Colin. This is the one thing in my life that doesn't get dragged through Lynda Day's newsroom and it's staying that way!

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Lynda: Kenny, can you go and shout at Graham for me?
Kenny: Any particular reason?
Lynda: Yes, but I forget. Better keep it general.

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Lynda: Tell Sarah the lead article is completely lousy, and if she doesn't have it up to scratch by seven tonight, I'll burn her house down.
Kenny: Lynda, is there something you want to tell me about?

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Kenny [on being slapped in the face by an unknown woman]: Normally beautiful women just ignore me. I see I'm entering a new stage.

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Colin: Let's do lunch!

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Colin [on the phone]: Sure you're calm enough, Kenny?
Kenny: Colin, it's me. I invented calm. I only have a pulse at weekends. Where is lunch?
Colin: You don't sound calm.
Kenny: It's a voice exercise. I have to talk through my teeth and imagine I'm kicking puppies.

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Kenny: Colin, I know that you arranged for Frazz to tape me in my wardrobe, so I would guess that you also arranged for the most beautiful woman I've ever seen to walk into my life and slap me in the face.
Colin: Yeah, sorry about that, kid.
Kenny: No problem. Actually, that's what it was kind of like with me and Jenny, only she took longer on the backswing. But one question does spring to mind: why?

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Colin: Kenny, where do you see yourself in ten years time?
Kenny: Being nice to people in a new and older age group, being dumped by all my girlfriends for being too boringly nice, and never getting further through a sentence than 'But Lynda...'

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Kenny: Colin, you are almost worth knowing for moments like these.

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Colin: There's a real world out there.
Kenny: Yeah, and you ought to try it some time.

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Kenny: In your world, Colin, what colour is the sky? Do the trees talk to you?

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Kenny: Colin, try and understand this. I'm not agreeing. There's absolutely no way on this earth I'm ever going to be a rock star. Okay?

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Lynda: You know, you're the one thing in my life I can always rely on. Whatever happens you're always there. There are never any surprises with you, Kenny.

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Kenny: I don’t have a secret life.
Colin: You do now.

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[Voiceover from credits]:
Sam: I was just wondering if you were a bit nervous about all this rock star thing.
Kenny: Well, a bit, I suppose, but don't tell anyone. I'm trying to hide it.
Sam: From that point of view, don't you think it would be a good idea if you came out from under the desk?
Kenny: "Tomorrow, definitely.
Sam: Can I give you a word of advice about being a rock star?
Kenny: “You’ve talked me out of it.
Sam: I’m not trying to. Kenny, rock stars are kind of, well, mean. What you’ve got to do is less of the cute, and more of the mean. I want you to find the mean part of yourself, Kenny.
Kenny: I lied to my Mum once… I told her I’d had a school lunch when I’d given my dinner money to Help the Aged.

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Kenny: Lynda wants me there [at the presentation]. What sort of guy would I be if I went off and played at being a rock star?
Sam: I think you should give a lot of consideration to that.

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Spike: I hear the singing's great. I hear the song's great. All you need is a little personality. Kenny, I'm here to teach you personality.

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Spike: You want me to find Kenny for you?
Colin: You know where he is?
Spike: I could guess who he's with. Next best thing.

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Mr Sullivan: That's the thing about teaching. Sometimes they actually learn.

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Spike: Is Kenny ever wrong about anything?
Lynda: I know someone who says they saw it happen but I think they were just talking big.

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Kenny: Thanks.
Lynda: For what?
Kenny: I don't know. Everything.
Lynda: I'm not responsible for everything. I just make it look that way.

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Lynda [to Kenny]: You going to be okay?
Spike: Okay? He’s going to be better than okay. He’s going to be like me, only with niceness, and in tune.

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Kenny: Do you think I can really do this?
Lynda: Kenny Phillips can do anything he wants to.

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Mr Sullivan: Lynda, you're not at school any more. You don't have to call me 'sir'.
Lynda: I know. Sir.

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Kenny: I think I'm going to enjoy being grown up.
Lynda: You were never anything else.

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Kenny [sarcastically]: Well, hold the front page.
[Hold the front page! echoes across the newsroom]
Kenny: Everyone, I was joking!

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Kenny: I have faith in human nature.
Lynda: Well, you don't get out much.

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Lynda: Why do you always assume I'm incapable of handling anything technical?
Kenny: I find it saves time.

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Lynda: Can I dock someone's pay?
Kenny: On your birthday. If you've been good.

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