CHARACTER QUOTES
1.
Paula: Oh, will you both pack it in! Look at the state of my fuchsias! Alan, when are you gonna realise you have a daughter with breasts, not a son?
Paula: No boy's gonna want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him!
---------Paula had been continuously trying to change her daughter into what she deemed fitting. She would try and push Jules to try things associated with girls; like bras, boyfriends, colourful prints. Halfway through the film, Paula finally realised Jules would never change, and she should stop trying to force her to.
2.
Joe: That's stupid, Jess. Look, my dad was my coach. And scouts kept telling him that I was too slight to play, so he kept pushing me. That's how I screwed my knee.
Jess: Your dad made you?
Joe: I wanted to show him I wasn't soft, so I tried to play injured. - He was a bit of a bastard anyway.
Jess: - You shouldn't say that about your dad.
Joe: You don't know my dad.
---------------People’s relationships with their parents are all different. Jess loves and respects her parents, while Joe’s dad didn’t treat Joe right, giving Joe feelings of resentment towards him. Jess was still shocked to hear Joe call his dad a rude name because she can’t relate or imagine someone’s dad being like Joe’s dad.
3.
Paula: Jess, I hope you can teach my daughter a bit about your culture, including respect for elders and the like, eh? Cheeky madam! Well, Jess... You're a lucky girl aren't you? I expect your parents are fixing you up with a handsome young doctor soon aren't they? - Pretty girl like you...
Paula: Jesminder. You know I cooked a lovely curry the other day! Guess who's come to see you Jules. It's your Indian friend, from football.
----------------Paula doesn't mean to be racist, but it comes across that way. Although her comments are meant to be complements.
4.
Paula: That is why she's been so depressed lately! 'Cause that Jess broke her heart! She's in love! With a girl!
Jules's Dad: You're jumping to all the wrong conclusions.
Paula: But I heard her! No wonder she never looked twice at that Kevin or brought any boys home! I tried to get her nice clothes. You know, we've had some lovely prints in this summer - you know, in swimwear and sarongs and that - but she never wants to go shopping with me! It was terrible what they did to that George Michael! Going on about him and all his private business in the papers like that! Oh, no!
---------------Paula is jumping to conclusions and playing with stereotypes, which are two things that never work out well or tend to be true. Paula would never really ask her daughter what was going on, which puts them further apart when it would be easier to hear the truth from Jules herself.
5.
Tony: No, Jess. I really like Beckham.
Jess: What, you mean...? But you're Indian!
--------------Even though Jess knows how hard it is to stay in the boundaries of the Indian culture, her gut reaction to Tony’s news about being gay still triggers the rules she’s been taught since she was a little girl. For Tony, this is a huge revelation to make, and he probably never would have even admitted he was gay to himself if Jess hadn't marched to her own beat with the football.
6.
Pinky: Jess, don't you want all of this? This is the best day of your life, innit?
Jess: I want more than this.
--------------Pinky is so confused why Jess doesn’t seem to want the things she wants. Jess isn’t content with being a housewife at the moment. Her priorities are completely on soccer. Maybe when she is a bit older she would be happy settling down, but now all Jess wants to do is to go out and build her soccer career.
7.
Jess: - I wasn't going to go but Dad let me. And it was brilliant. I played the best ever! And I was happy because I wasn't sneaking off and lying to you! I didn't ask to be good at football. Guru Nanak must have blessed me. Anyway, there was a scout from America there today, and he's offered me a place at a top university with a free scholarship and a chance to play football professionally, and I really want to go, and if I can't tell you what I want now, then I'll never be happy, whatever I do.
--------------Jess finally tells her family everything. She says that football makes her happy, and that was when Mr Bharma came around because he realised that as long as his two girls were happy everything was okay. Adding that Guru Nanak blessed her added a bit of leverage to her case.
8.
Mr Bharma: When those bloody English cricket players threw me out of their club like a dog... ..I never complained. On the contrary, I vowed that I will never play again. Who suffered? Me. But I don't want Jessie to suffer. I don't want her to make the same mistakes that her father made of accepting life, accepting situations. I want her to fight. And I want her to win... ..because I've seen her play. She is brilliant! I don't think anybody has the right of stopping her. Two daughters made happy in one day. What else can a father ask for?
-----------------Jess’ football team had opened old wounds from Mr Bharma’s past. He was hurt and humiliated when he was younger trying to get into a cricket team, and he didn’t want that for Jess. Mr Bharma realised it wasn’t like that anymore, and he didn’t want Jess suffering from never playing her favourite sport again like he did all these years. Mr Bharma accepted that he didn’t need to protect Jess from everything anymore because she is old enough to fight for herself.
9.
Mr Bharma: Whatever God has written for her will happen.
-------------This film shows how important religion is to people. Any type of religion or god is a major thing in people’s lives, and without them they would be lost and confused, not sure where to put their loyalties.
Paula: Oh, will you both pack it in! Look at the state of my fuchsias! Alan, when are you gonna realise you have a daughter with breasts, not a son?
Paula: No boy's gonna want to go out with a girl who's got bigger muscles than him!
---------Paula had been continuously trying to change her daughter into what she deemed fitting. She would try and push Jules to try things associated with girls; like bras, boyfriends, colourful prints. Halfway through the film, Paula finally realised Jules would never change, and she should stop trying to force her to.
2.
Joe: That's stupid, Jess. Look, my dad was my coach. And scouts kept telling him that I was too slight to play, so he kept pushing me. That's how I screwed my knee.
Jess: Your dad made you?
Joe: I wanted to show him I wasn't soft, so I tried to play injured. - He was a bit of a bastard anyway.
Jess: - You shouldn't say that about your dad.
Joe: You don't know my dad.
---------------People’s relationships with their parents are all different. Jess loves and respects her parents, while Joe’s dad didn’t treat Joe right, giving Joe feelings of resentment towards him. Jess was still shocked to hear Joe call his dad a rude name because she can’t relate or imagine someone’s dad being like Joe’s dad.
3.
Paula: Jess, I hope you can teach my daughter a bit about your culture, including respect for elders and the like, eh? Cheeky madam! Well, Jess... You're a lucky girl aren't you? I expect your parents are fixing you up with a handsome young doctor soon aren't they? - Pretty girl like you...
Paula: Jesminder. You know I cooked a lovely curry the other day! Guess who's come to see you Jules. It's your Indian friend, from football.
----------------Paula doesn't mean to be racist, but it comes across that way. Although her comments are meant to be complements.
4.
Paula: That is why she's been so depressed lately! 'Cause that Jess broke her heart! She's in love! With a girl!
Jules's Dad: You're jumping to all the wrong conclusions.
Paula: But I heard her! No wonder she never looked twice at that Kevin or brought any boys home! I tried to get her nice clothes. You know, we've had some lovely prints in this summer - you know, in swimwear and sarongs and that - but she never wants to go shopping with me! It was terrible what they did to that George Michael! Going on about him and all his private business in the papers like that! Oh, no!
---------------Paula is jumping to conclusions and playing with stereotypes, which are two things that never work out well or tend to be true. Paula would never really ask her daughter what was going on, which puts them further apart when it would be easier to hear the truth from Jules herself.
5.
Tony: No, Jess. I really like Beckham.
Jess: What, you mean...? But you're Indian!
--------------Even though Jess knows how hard it is to stay in the boundaries of the Indian culture, her gut reaction to Tony’s news about being gay still triggers the rules she’s been taught since she was a little girl. For Tony, this is a huge revelation to make, and he probably never would have even admitted he was gay to himself if Jess hadn't marched to her own beat with the football.
6.
Pinky: Jess, don't you want all of this? This is the best day of your life, innit?
Jess: I want more than this.
--------------Pinky is so confused why Jess doesn’t seem to want the things she wants. Jess isn’t content with being a housewife at the moment. Her priorities are completely on soccer. Maybe when she is a bit older she would be happy settling down, but now all Jess wants to do is to go out and build her soccer career.
7.
Jess: - I wasn't going to go but Dad let me. And it was brilliant. I played the best ever! And I was happy because I wasn't sneaking off and lying to you! I didn't ask to be good at football. Guru Nanak must have blessed me. Anyway, there was a scout from America there today, and he's offered me a place at a top university with a free scholarship and a chance to play football professionally, and I really want to go, and if I can't tell you what I want now, then I'll never be happy, whatever I do.
--------------Jess finally tells her family everything. She says that football makes her happy, and that was when Mr Bharma came around because he realised that as long as his two girls were happy everything was okay. Adding that Guru Nanak blessed her added a bit of leverage to her case.
8.
Mr Bharma: When those bloody English cricket players threw me out of their club like a dog... ..I never complained. On the contrary, I vowed that I will never play again. Who suffered? Me. But I don't want Jessie to suffer. I don't want her to make the same mistakes that her father made of accepting life, accepting situations. I want her to fight. And I want her to win... ..because I've seen her play. She is brilliant! I don't think anybody has the right of stopping her. Two daughters made happy in one day. What else can a father ask for?
-----------------Jess’ football team had opened old wounds from Mr Bharma’s past. He was hurt and humiliated when he was younger trying to get into a cricket team, and he didn’t want that for Jess. Mr Bharma realised it wasn’t like that anymore, and he didn’t want Jess suffering from never playing her favourite sport again like he did all these years. Mr Bharma accepted that he didn’t need to protect Jess from everything anymore because she is old enough to fight for herself.
9.
Mr Bharma: Whatever God has written for her will happen.
-------------This film shows how important religion is to people. Any type of religion or god is a major thing in people’s lives, and without them they would be lost and confused, not sure where to put their loyalties.