“A Family Thing” quotes

“If he looks white it's 'cause his daddy's white. I don't know how he look, I can't see him like you can, and don't need to. I don't have the blessing of being able to separate people by lookin' at 'em any more.”
Irma P. Hall - Aunt T.

“Being happy ain't nothin' more than havin' something to look forward to.”
Robert Duvall - Earl Pilcher Jr.

“I used to play a little ball. I was small, but I made up for it by being slow.”
James Earl Jones - Earl Pilcher Jr.

“Don't know why anybody'd eat unsalted butter. Might as well eat Vaseline. Got about as much flavor.”
Irma P. Hall - Aunt T.

“I guess everyone is entitled to make a complete and utter fool of himself every now and then.”
James Earl Jones - Ray Murdock

“Nobody ever knows what it's like for somebody else. That's always the problem.”
Irma P. Hall - Aunt T.

“- Ray Murdock: Don't go that way, you're gonna wal straight into the worst parts!
- Earl Pilcher, Jr.: I don't care! I ain't scared of you or any other tough nigger that comes up! Look, I didn't mean it like that.
- Ray Murdock: Only one way to mean it.”
James Earl Jones - Ray Murdock
Robert Duvall - Earl Pilcher Jr.