Empire Falls (2005)

Jeffrey DeMunn: Horace

Quotes 

• Horace : I don't know if I've told you, Bea, but in my experience, most human beings are selfish, greedy, venal, unprincipled

  [with Bea] 

  Horace : utterly irredeemable shit-eaters!

• Horace : I don't eat onions, Miles. I know you've been away, but I haven't changed. I read "The Globe," I write for "The Sentinel," I never send Christmas cards and I don't eat onions.

• [about the growth on Horace's forehead] 

  Max Roby : You should have that thing removed.

  Bea : Max.

  Horace : What thing?

  Max Roby : I'm always afraid it's going to explode when I'm talking to you. What would it cost you to have it cut off?

  Horace : Don't know, never looked into it.

  Max Roby : Oh, boy, I would have. If I had that thing growing out of my forehead, I'd had it looked into pronto.

  Horace : Oh, I don't know, Max. I think it might be the source of my intelligence.

  [Bea laughs] 

  Horace : What if I had it cut off and then found that it was responsible for all my best ideas?