Orphans (1987)

Albert Finney: Harold

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• Harold : You're a dead-end kid though, ain't you? I know... I know a fucking dead-end kid when I see one.

• Phillip : What happened?

  Harold : His feelings were too much for him. He tried, though, didn't he? Little dead-end kid. I appreciate that.

• Harold : I'm talking about red-headed women, Treat. Red-headed freckled women, Phillip. Do you like breasts?

  Phillip : I like breasts.

  Harold : I have just the girl for you.

• Harold : There's no justice.

  Treat : What's that supposed to mean?

  Harold : If you're looking for justice, you're living in the wrong century. This is the 20th century.

• Harold : There's your feelings.

  Treat : What's the matter with my feelings?

  Harold : They're still uncontroleable.

  Treat : What am I supposed to do with them, huh?

  Harold : Ah did... did you ever try counting to ten?

  Treat : Counting to ten?

  Harold : Yeah. You know one, two, three, four, etcetera.

  Treat : You must be kidding, right?

  Harold : I'm serious. It's the first step to give your emotions time to settle down.

  [Trent angrily walks up the stairs counting to ten] 

• Harold : [punhes Treat]  That's the lesson number one, Philip. It does not pay to lose control. You ever lose control?

  Phillip : No.

  Harold : C'mon here, son. You're a good boy. Let me encourage you. You want a little encouragement, don't you?

• Harold : Drop the knife, Treat. Little dead-end kid. My own little dead-end kid. You're gonna be dead, dead-end kid.

• Harold : You're violent.

  Treat : Fuckin' A, mister!

  Harold : I like it.