Stand and Deliver (1988)

James Victor: Ana's Father

Quotes 

• [Escalante is eating in the Delgado family's restaurant, speaking with them about Ana's decision to drop out of Garfield High] 

  Jaime Escalante : She'll just get fat, waste her life away in your restaurant. You have to understand - she's a top student.

  Mr. Delgado : I started washing dishes for a nickel an hour. Now I own this place. Did *I* waste *my* life?

  Jaime Escalante : I washed dishes, too, when I first came to this country.

  Mr. Delgado : Good! Why don't you put on an apron and give us a hand?

  Jaime Escalante : ...Ana could go to college, come back, and teach you how to run this place.

  Mr. Delgado : [He tears up the tab for Jaime's dinner]  Professor Escalante, I don't want your money. And I don't need your business.

  Jaime Escalante : [He reaches into his wallet, dropping the money on the table anyway]  Tip, for Ana. By the way, I notice you put hot chilies in your dip to sell extra beer - don't you?

• Mr. Delgado : Your husband comes into my restaurant, eats... and he insults me!

  Fabiola Escalante : Excuse my husband, Mr. Delgado. He just wants what's best for Ana.

  Jaime Escalante : She can go to college, come back, teach you how to run the place.

  [he leaves money on the table] 

  Mr. Delgado : Professor...

  [shoves the money back] 

  Mr. Delgado : I don't want your money. And I don't need your business.

  Jaime Escalante : Skip it. Tip.