Power Play (TV Series)
Perambulate Me Back to My Habitual Abode (1998)
Caterina Scorsone: Michelle Parker
Quotes
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Michelle Parker : I had a chance to buy into a snowboard rental deal. I got 10% of business for $12 grand up front.
Brett Parker : Wait a minute, where did you get $12 grand?
Michelle Parker : The BioEthics Club. I'm treasurer.
Brett Parker : My daughter into ethics. Wow.
Michelle Parker : There is no club, Dad. I made it up to get the money.
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Michelle Parker : [to Brett] It's too late for you to be a father.
Brett Parker : You think you're the only one who didn't have a father! I didn't really have a father either, you know. I don't think I told you that, did I?
Michelle Parker : You never told me anything.
Brett Parker : All right. Well, my father was a hockey player. He was a career minor leaguer. He was always on the road and I hardly ever saw the guy.
Michelle Parker : But you made up for it with me.
Brett Parker : No, I was terrified of you. My dad, he got killed driving home from a game one night and I lost him for good. So when you were born, I was your age. I figured that you'd be better off if I stayed away.
Michelle Parker : So you stayed away from me so that I wouldn't lose you?
Brett Parker : Yeah.
Michelle Parker : That's um... stupid, Dad. It's really, really stupid.
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Michelle Parker : [to Brett] I don't even know what to call you.
Brett Parker : I don't know. What about "Dad"?
Michelle Parker : I don't think so.
Brett Parker : Why not?
Michelle Parker : "Dad" is something you earn, like "Major" or "Doctor."
Brett Parker : Listen, I am your father. I paid the bills for 17 years.
Michelle Parker : I said earn it, not buy it.