“Darling Companion” quotes

“- Joseph: This is - this is a difficult time for you; for both of us. And especially for a woman, there are physical changes that affect everything.
- Beth: Oh, tell me about being a woman.
- Joseph: I think that the anger you're feeling is not about me. It's hormonal.
- Beth: No. It's not menopause. It actually is about you.”
Kevin Kline - Joseph
Diane Keaton - Beth

“- Carmen: When I realized Django was my spirit-mate, the animal world became so visible to me.
- Joseph: As opposed to the vegetable and mineral worlds?”

Ayelet Zurer - Carmen
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“- Patient: This is the best my back has felt in three years. Joseph, you're a genius.
- Joseph: That's my job. I'm a surgeon. But I'm no genius.”
Paul Kiernan - Patient
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“- Penny: Shut up, Joseph. You're such a tight ass. Do you have to be so one-dimensional?
- Joseph: Excuse me for living in this dimension.”

Dianne Wiest - Penny
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“- Beth: I'm not talking about doctors, I'm talking about you.
- Joseph: Have I ever put my work before you or the girls? Ok, sometimes. When I'm doing surgery on someone's spine to relieve them of a life of pain, I have put my work first! The girls always understood and they never complained.
- Beth: Were we living in the same house?”
Diane Keaton - Beth
Kevin Kline - Joseph

“You know more about your patients than you do about your own family.”
Diane Keaton - Beth

“- Joseph: We haven't lost a person. We lost a dog.
- Beth: Love is love. It doesn't matter if it's a dog.”
Kevin Kline - Joseph
Diane Keaton - Beth