The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Walking Distance (1959)
Gig Young: Martin Sloan
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Quotes
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Robert Sloan : Martin.
Martin Sloan : Yes, Pop.
Robert Sloan : You have to leave here. There's no room, there's no place. Do you understand that?
Martin Sloan : I see that now, but I don't understand. Why not?
Robert Sloan : I guess because we only get one chance. Maybe there's only one summer to every customer. That little boy, the one I know - the one who belongs here - this is *his* summer, just as it was yours once. Don't make him share it.
Martin Sloan : Alright.
Robert Sloan : Martin, is it so bad where you're from?
Martin Sloan : I thought so, Pop. I've been living on a dead run, and I was tired. And one day I knew I had to come back here. I had to come back and get on the merry-go-round, and eat cotton candy, and listen to a band concert. I had to stop and breathe, and close my eyes and smell, and listen.
Robert Sloan : I guess we all want that. Maybe when you go back, Martin, you'll find that there are merry-go-rounds and band concerts where you are. Maybe you haven't been looking in the right place. You've been looking behind you, Martin. Try looking ahead.
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Martin Sloan : [to his younger self] Martin, I only wanted to tell you that this is a wonderful time of life for you. Don't let any of it go by without enjoying it. There won't be any more merry-go-rounds, no more cotton candy, no more band concerts. I only wanted to tell you that this is a wonderful time for you. Now. Here. That's all, Martin. That's all I wanted to tell you. God help me. That's all I wanted to tell you.