Beginners (2010)
Christopher Plummer: Hal
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Quotes
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Hal : Well, let's say...
Oliver : Arthur, down!
Hal : ...let's say since you were little, and... and you... you always dreamed of... of someday getting a lion, and you wait and you wait and you wait and you wait, and the lion doesn't come. Then along comes a giraffe. You can be alone, or you can be with the giraffe.
Oliver : I'd wait for the lion.
Hal : That's why I worry about you.
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Hal : I don't want to be just theoretically gay. I want to do something about it.
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Oliver : Why are you telling them you're turning the corner?
Hal : Well, uh...
Oliver : You, you have stage four cancer.
Hal : It's not as bad as it sounds.
Oliver : Pop - there is no stage five.
Hal : [chuckles] That's not what it means.
Oliver : Well, then what does it mean?
Hal : It just means that it's been through three other stages.
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ICU Nurse #1 : Drinking is not allowed in the room.
[Everybody expresses dissatisfaction]
Hal : Oh, it's not?
[Someone says sorry]
Hal : No, no, no... no, no. She's a wonderful nurse. Here's to health care.
[Everybody laughs loudly]