Father quotes

“Dad, this is the way it has to be. The upshot is you won't be killed because you're already dead.”

Janeane Garofalo - Bowler

“- Stokely: What are we going to do with the police not being an option?
- Stan: I could call my dad, he'd know what to do.
- Casey: If he's really your dad anymore.”
Clea DuVall - Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Shawn Hatosy - Stan Rosado
Elijah Wood - Casey Connor

“- Jack: Tell me about your dad, what was he like?
- Lucy: He was a lot like me, brown hair, flat chest.”
Bill Pullman - Jack
Sandra Bullock - Lucy

“- Sarabi: Your son's awake.
- Mufasa: Before sunrise, he's your son.”

Madge Sinclair - Sarabi
James Earl Jones - Mufasa

“- Jack Byrnes: Do you want to marry her?
[Greg Focker says nothing]
- Jack Byrnes: Do you want to marry her?
- Greg Focker: I did, till I met you.”

Robert De Niro - Jack Byrnes
Ben Stiller - Greg Focker

“- Ole Golly: Your father has a high pressure job.
- Harriet M. Welsch: What's a high pressure job?
- Ole Golly: It's when you don't get to do what you want to, and when you do, you don't have enough time for it.”
Rosie O'Donnell - Ole Golly
Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet M. Welsch

“Blaming my father for everything I did, isn't that the life of every kid?”
Edward James Olmos - Montoya Santana

- Luis Cali: What does your father do, William?
- William "Billy" Tepper: He's a contractor.
- Luis Cali: According to this he owns the third largest construction company in the world.
- William "Billy" Tepper: Yeah, he's a contractor.
Andrew Divoff - Luis Cali
Sean Astin - Billy Tepper

“- Kirsten's Mother: Your father's in the study.
- Kirsten: What? No. Grandfather's in the study. Dad is dead.
- Kirsten's Mother: Your grandfather is your grandfather and your father!”
Deanna Lund - Kirsten's Mother
Julie Austin - Kirsten

“- Tracy: I loved my father before I loved you.
- Claude Maillot Van Horn: Was he more violent than me?
- Tracy: Stop asking me about violence!
- Claude Maillot Van Horn: Your father was savagely murdered, beaten, his head cut off. I'm on trial for my life. If I'm found guilty they'll hang me by the neck. This isn't a time or place to be shy...” (continue)(continue reading)
Theresa Russell - Tracy
Rutger Hauer - Claude Maillot Van Horn

“- Jon: I wanna tell you something, Pop. I missed you.
- Harry: You know I have to tell you something too. I don't know who the hell you are.”

Tom Selleck - Jon Aldrich
Don Ameche - Harry Aldrich

“You need to have respect for me, I was almost your father, but the line was too fucking long!”
2Pac - Bishop

“I pray you understand why I pushed you so hard! It was only to get you to that next level.”

Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth

“- Trixie Young: I think your dad likes my mom. Usually when a guy does that, I hit him with a car and I knock him down the stairs, I've gotta look out for her. But your dad, he doesn't bug me so much.
- Junior Healy: And you know something? Your mom doesn't bug me so much.”
Ivyann Schwan - Trixie Young
Michael Oliver - Junior Healy

“- Capt. Jake Elby: You like your dad?
- Brenner: My dad was a drunk, a gambler and a womanizer. I worshipped him.”
Boyd Kestner - Captain Elby
John Travolta - Paul Brenner

“My father's law will prevail. For now, I reserve judgement. We'll see who you really are.”

Matthew Broderick - Simba

“- Darth Vader: You have accepted the truth?
- Luke: I have accepted that you were once a Jedi named Anakin Skywalker, my father.
- Darth Vader: That name no longer has any meaning for me!
- Luke: Why not? It's who you are.”
David Prowse - Darth Vader
Mark Hamill - Luke Skywalker

“- Dudley Smith: For the love of God, don't be a detective. Stick to assignments where you don't have...
- Ed Exley: Dudley, I know you mean well, but I don't need to do it the way you did. Or my father.”

James Cromwell - Dudley Smith
Guy Pearce - Ed Exley

“- Gordie: I'm no good. My dad said it. I'm no good.
- Chris: He doesn't know you.
- Gordie: He hates me.
- Chris: He doesn't hate you.
- Gordie: He hates me!
- Chris: No! He just doesn't know you.”
Wil Wheaton - Gordie Lachance
River Phoenix - Chris Chambers

My old man... was a preacher. And when I started messin' with this shit, he said, "you gonna pay for that. You gonna pay for that shit, boy". He was right. You can't cheat this shit no... mo'.
Thomas Jefferson Byrd - Errol Barnes

“It was the first time my father ever kissed me. I felt so happy I could float.”
Andrew Bennett - Narrator

“This is Louisiana, chief! I mean, how do you know who your daddy is? Because your mama told you so?”
Michael Rooker - Bill Broussard

“- Benjamin 'Ben' Healy, Jr.: I slaved to you for 10 years without a raise or a promotion.
- Benjamin 'Big Ben' Healy, Sr.: Is there a lesson to be learned from all this? How about don't trust anyone?
- Benjamin 'Ben' Healy, Jr.: Not even your own father?
- Benjamin 'Big Ben' Healy, Sr.: Especially your own father! You know what your problem is?...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Ritter - Benjamin 'Ben' Healy, Jr.
Jack Warden - Benjamin 'Big Ben' Healy, Sr.

- Jeb Stuart: How'd they ever come to name you Kit Carson Holliday?
- "Kit Carson" Holliday: Mr. Carson and my dad were very good friends and they were so sure I was going to be a boy that they named me before I was born.
Errol Flynn - Jeb Stuart
Olivia Mary de Beauvoir de Havilland - "Kit Carson" Holliday

“- Josie Hemphill: You could go to school over there at Sul Ross. Still live here. You could talk to daddy about that.
- John Hemphill: We talked about college a few years ago. He told me all a father owes his son is room and board for 18 years. And after that, he's on his own.”
Ashley Johnson - Josie Hemphill
Eddie Mills - John Hemphill