Second Best (1994)
William Hurt: Graham Holt
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Quotes
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[Remembering his mother's death]
Graham : Dad wasn't making much sense. His hands were like injured birds looking for a safe place to roost.
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Graham : I know where you've gone. I know where you're hiding. To have nothing, to feel nothing, to be nothing. It doesn't work, I've tried it. Anything's possible, Jamie, except feeling nothing. That's never possible.
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James : What sort of things did you do when you were my age?
Graham Holt : I kept my head down, I suppose. Nothing very exciting.
James : [points to his life-story book] Is what's in there exciting?
Graham Holt : [pauses, turns pages] It's more disturbing than exciting.
James : That's what they say I am. Disturbed.
Graham Holt : What do you say?
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Graham Holt : They were a devoted couple, they showed it.
Uncle Turpin : You mean she convinced him that she'd go to pieces if he strayed even as far as the end of the garden to do a widdle on his own.
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Graham Holt : I cried.
Debbie : So I heard.
Graham Holt : Isn't it usual to phone before you visit?
Debbie : Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I like to catch people unawares.
Graham Holt : Anyway, there's no point now.
Debbie : Why?
Graham Holt : I told you. I cried in front of the child I was hoping to adopt and his - what's it called - his key worker.
Debbie : Best thing you could have done. Now they're both crazy about you.
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James : [emerging from the school bus Friday afternoon] You've got a broody expression, like a hen with constipation. Well, don't, 'cuz I've got the hermity. We're going camping this weekend. It'll be great!
Graham Holt : Not this weekend.
James : Why not?
Graham Holt : We have a visitor.
James : [pauses, puzzled] We never have visitors.
