My Dog Skip (2000)

Frankie Muniz: Willie Morris

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Quotes 

• [Referring to the leg Jack lost in combat] 

  Willie Morris : Does it ever itch or hurt, like it's still there?

  Jack Morris : Yes, it hurts.

  Willie Morris : But they gave you a medal for it, didn't they?

  Jack Morris : I'd rather have the leg.

• Dink : You bawling like a big baby 'cause you lost that ball game?

  Willie Morris : What do you know about it? You didn't come you big liar. Leave me alone.

  Dink : That's how it is, isn't it? You're a hero today, and then you're a goat tomorrow. Now I didn't come because games don't mean nothing to me anymore.

  Willie Morris : It's not the game. It's Skip. He's gone for good.

  Dink : For good? Now how do you know that? You some kind of fortune teller?

  Willie Morris : I got mad at him and I hit him. And he ran away. Just like you ran away. Skip was never afraid of nothing.

  Dink : You think I don't know what folks are saying? That old Dink's a coward? Huh? Well I know. And you know what? They're right. I got scared. And I ran. You think it was 'cause I was afraid of dying? Because I wished I was dead plenty of times.

  Willie Morris : Then what was it?

  Dink : It ain't the dying that scary, boy. It's the killing. Now look, that dog ain't lost. You just need to know where to find him. There's gotta be at least one place around here that you hadn't thought of to look at, right?

  [Willy runs off to find Skip] 

  Jack Morris : Sometimes he gets mad and says things he doesn't mean. He gets it from his mother. When I got back from Spain, I got into accounting. I figured I could hide behind a desk. I looked down, and I didn't so much as look up for a whole year. When I finally did, people weren't staring at me anymore. I guess they kind of forgot about it.

  Dink : Well, Mr. Morris. You got a purple heart. I got a yellow stripe. You can trust me. They don't forget about cowards.

  Jack Morris : Well, folks like to keep things small, Dink. Fit you into one pocket or the other. Give a man a label, and you never really need to get to know him. My son, he looks up to you, Dink. Not because you can run or throw a ball. You're his hero because you're his friend. And that's what he needs. A friend.

• Willie Morris : [writing a letter to Dink]  How long does it take mail to get from here to Europe?

  Ellen Morris : Where in Europe?

  Willie Morris : Where Dink is, Foxhole in the south of France.

  [Skip barks. Willie turns to Skip] 

  Willie Morris : Are you for Roosevelt, boy?

  [Skip barks] 

  Willie Morris : What do you think about Hitler?

  [Willie growls, and Skip growls ever fiercer] 

• Willie Morris : Haven't seen you around much.

  Dink : Yeah, I've been pretty busy.

  Willie Morris : I'm playing some ball now, ya know.

  Dink : Oh yeah? That's good.

  Willie Morris : Yeah. Right. Well, see ya. Dink, It's opening day. That's what they call the first game of the season, and well, I was sort of wondering if... I was hoping that maybe... you might come.

  Dink : Yeah, sure kid. That'd be fine.

  Willie Morris : Really? Ok, great! Well, I better get on down there. See ya!

  Dink : Thanks for picking my number.

• Willie Morris : [grabs Junior and shakes him angrily]  WHAT'D YOU DO TO HIM? THAT'S MY DOG! SKIP!

  Junior Smalls : [grasps Willie]  I told you to keep that damn mutt out of here.

• Willie Morris : Canine 4-F! I can't believe it! He obeys orders really well, I know.

  [Willie, Rivers and Skip start walking] 

  Willie Morris : And he can do all those tricks. I don't know what got into him.

  Rivers Applewhite : Maybe he just got scared.

  Willie Morris : You're saying my dog's a chicken?

  Rivers Applewhite : No, I'm not saying your dog's chicken. I'm just saying maybe he might got scared.

  [a car horn horns] 

  Mrs. Jenkins : Dink's coming home, Willie! Dink's coming home! My boy's coming home!

  Willie Morris , Rivers Applewhite : [jump excitedly]  Yes, Dink's coming!

• Willie Morris : You want to know how to throw a curve?

  [Sammy nods] 

  Willie Morris : Dink's gonna show me how when he gets home.

  Sammy : Who's Dink?

  Willie Morris : Where are you from? Mars?

  Sammy : Nope. Right across town over there.

  Willie Morris : And you haven't heard of Dink Jenkins?

  [Sammy shooks his head] 

  Willie Morris : He's only the best ballplayer anywhere around here. Ever.

  Sammy : Well you haven't seen Waldo Grace.

  Willie Morris : He a colored boy?

  Sammy : Yep, and the best in the whole world.

• Big Boy Wilkinson : Deserters, puppy dogs and now girls. Guess we were wrong about you, Willma.

  Willie Morris : Skip's lost. We gotta find him.

  Rivers Applewhite : Won't you help us find him?

  Big Boy Wilkinson : 'Won't you help us find him?'

  [Spit giggles] 

  Willie Morris : Listen, Skip's missing. We're gonna find him. You wanna help? Fine. You don't, you can stick it up your big fat butt.

  Big Boy Wilkinson : Who said I didn't want to help? Let's go.

  Willie Morris : Okay. Spread out. Look everywhere and ask everyone.

• Willie Morris : Where are we going?

  Big Boy Wilkinson : You know who's buried here, don't you?

  Henjie Henick : My uncle's buried here.

  Big Boy Wilkinson : [pushes Henjie]  No, stupid. The witch. The witch of Yazoo.

  Willie Morris : That's just an old wives' tale.

  Spit McGee : That's what you think, buster. She was a genuine witch. Everybody knows she used to lure men to her house just to kill them. Why she even let her cats lick their bones after she got done with them.

  [spits] 

  Big Boy Wilkinson : That's until she got killed herself.

  [Willie blinks] 

  Big Boy Wilkinson : You sure you wanna be one of us?

  Willie Morris : I guess.