Daily Dialogue — January 18, 2012
Joe: What are you doing here, you’re supposed to be at Elton Johns.
Billy: Well I was there for a minute or two, but then I had an epiphany
Joe: Really? Come on, come up. So what was it all about
Billy: It was about Christmas.
Joe: You realized it was all around?
Billy: No. I realized that Christmas is the time to be with the people you love.
Joe: Right.
Billy: And I realized as dire chance and fateful cockup would have it, here I am, mid fifties, and without knowing it I’ve gone and spent most of my adult life with a chubby employee. And much as it grieves me to say it, it might be that the people I love is in in fact — you.
Joe: Well, this is a surprise.
Billy: Yeah.
Joe: Ten minutes at Elton John’s and you’re as gay as a maypole?
Billy: No. Look. I’m serious. I left Elton’s, where there were a hefty number of half naked chicks with their mouths open, in order to hang out with you. At Christmas.
Joe: Oh Billy–
Billy It’s a terrible, terrible mistake, Chubbs. But you turn out to be the fucking love of my life. And to be honest, despite all my complaining, we have had a wonderful life.
Joe: Well, thank you. I mean, it’s been an honor. Come here. I feel very proud.
Billy: Come on, let’s get pissed and watch porn.
— Billy (Bill Nighy), Joe (Gregor Fisher), Love Actually (2003), written by Richard Curtis
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is celebrating victory, suggested by Franklin Leonard. Today’s suggestion by Saint.
Trivia: The word “actually” is spoken 22 times by various characters in the film.
Dialogue On Dialogue: Celebrating the victory of realizing the value of companionship.
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