Doreen's Mother: Since when's he been your young man?
Doreen: Not long.
Doreen's Mother: He looks a bit rough if you ask me.
Betty: Oh he's all right.
Doreen: Well you don't know him yet, do you?
Doreen's Mother: Not like you know him I don't suppose.
Doreen: Well, anyway, I like him.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Doreen: I asked mam if we could live at home, she said it'd be alright.
Arthur Seaton: Till we get a new house, I wouldn't mind an old one me'self.
Doreen: I would, I want a new one with a bathroom and everything.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Doreen: Sharp, ain't he.
Arthur Seaton: Is it somebody's birthday?
Doreen: Mum's anniversary if you want to know.
Arthur Seaton: Can't see your dad.
Doreen: That's because he's not there.
Arthur Seaton: Is he coming?
Doreen: I shouldn't think so, he left her 15 years ago today and she's just having a drink on it.
Arthur Seaton: [laughs]
Doreen: Well I'm glad someone thinks it's funny.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Doreen: Why don't you ever take me where it's lively and there's plenty of people?


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Doreen: You know the girl at our firm?
Arthur Seaton: Which one?
Doreen: You know, Tina, the one in the photo.
Arthur Seaton: What about her?
Doreen: She got married yesterday, she looked ever so nice.
Arthur Seaton: What was the bloke like, could you smell the drink? They must've been drunk to get married.
Doreen: You're in a rotten mood today.
Arthur Seaton: I lost 5 quid at the races.
Doreen: Serves you right, you shouldn't waste your money.
Arthur Seaton: It's not wasted, I enjoy betting.
Doreen: I don't care what you do with your money, its 'nowt to do with me.
Arthur Seaton: Well, stop telling me off then.
Doreen: I'm not telling you off, you don't think I'm bothered about you like that do you?
Arthur Seaton: That's not what you said in the pictures just now.
Doreen: You're a pig, bringing it up like that.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Doreen: You won't tell anybody anything, will you?
Arthur Seaton: Why should I? It pays to keep your trap shut.
Doreen: No it don't.
Arthur Seaton: I've just told you, haven't I told you - I got run over by a horse and cart.
Doreen: You are a liar.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Arthur Seaton: What do you do in the week Doreen, do you ever go to pictures?
Doreen: Only on Wednesday, why?
Arthur Seaton: That's funny, I go on Wednesday n'all. Which one you go to?
Doreen: The Granby, as a rule
Arthur Seaton: I'll see you next Wednesday then at 7.
Doreen: Fast worker aren't you. All right then, but not on the back row.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Arthur Seaton: What's it like outside?
Doreen: It's a bit cold.
Arthur Seaton: Not in bed it 'int, it's warm under all these blankets - come and try.
Doreen: What do you take me for?
Arthur Seaton: Well we're courting aren't we?
Doreen: You might call it courting.
Arthur Seaton: Your a nice girl Dorren, I like you a lot. I reckon you oughta stay with me for good so's that I don't get knocked down by any more horses. Trouble with me is I'm always bumping into things, it's not much of a paying game.
Doreen: You'll have to watch where you're going then won't you.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Arthur Seaton: Where do you work then Doreen?
Doreen: Harrison's, the hairnet factory, I've been there ever since I left school.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Arthur Seaton: Your mam takes all night to read the paper, does she read slow or is she looking a the adverts?
Doreen: She reads every word. She loves her newspaper more than a book.


--Shirley Anne Field (as Doreen) in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning