The Big Chill (1983)
Kevin Kline: Harold
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Quotes
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Sam Weber : In Hollywood, I don't know who to trust. I don't know who likes me or why they even do like me.
Harold Cooper : Well you don't have that problem here.
[Sam smiles]
Harold Cooper : You know I don't like you.
Michael : Me neither.
Meg : Ditto.
[Gets up and leaves the room]
Harold Cooper : So relax.
Sam Weber : [Rolls over on the floor, on his back, and pulls off one of his boots] Assholes.
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Nick : Since when did you get so friendly with cops? Harold?
Harold : You know you're fuckin' stupid? Stupid, yeah. First off, that cop has twice kept this house from being ripped off. Happens to be a hell of a guy. And you...
[turns away]
Nick : Come on, Harold. What is it?
Harold : What is it with you? Is jail another "experience" you want to "try?" See what that's "like?" You know, I live here. This place means something to me. I'm dug in. I don't need this shit.
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Karen : How about you Michael? So tell us about the world of big time journalism.
Sam Weber : Yeah.
Michael : Well iwhere I work we only have one editorial rule. You can't write anything longer than it takes your average person to take an average crap.
[everyone laughs]
Michael : I'm getting tired of everything I write being read in the can.
Harold : You can read Dostoyevsky in the can.
Michael : Yes, but they can't finish it.
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Harold : Getting away from you people was the best thing to ever happen to me. I mean, how much sex, fun, friendship can one man take?
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Harold : Who's this?
Harold and Sarah's Son : Jeremiah.
Harold : Jeremiah?
Harold and Sarah's Son : He's a Jeremiah.
Harold : Jeremiah! Oh, it's Jeremiah versus Moby Dick.
Harold and Sarah's Son : [singing] Jeremiah was a bullfrog, Was a good friend of mine,
Harold : Alright!
Harold and Sarah's Son : Never understood a single word he said, But I helped him drink his wine, Singing joy to the world, All the boys and girls now, Joy to the fishes, In the deep blue sea, Joy to you and me.
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Harold : Not all of us have been able to see each other much these last years. But neither time nor distance could break the bonds that we feel.