Come on, Luce. We've got to do something with him, he's a sailor on leave! He needs a bar, a brawl, and a brothel!
Max
Why isn't the issue here who I am?
Because, Maxwell, what you do defines who you are.
Max
No, Uncle Teddy, who you are defines what you do, right Jude?
Jude
Surely it's not what you do, but it's the...the way that you do it.
Jude
What are you going to do if you don't go back to college?
Max
What any irresponsible, unmotivated, drop-out would do. Go to New York, like tonight.
Sadie
You got a good memory for faces?
Max
Yeah, I think so. Why?
Sadie
There's no mirror in your bathroom.
Is there any reason you shouldn't serve in this man's Army?
Max
I'm a cross-dressing homosexual pacifist with a spot on my lung.
As long as you don't have flat feet...
You still have options man.
Max
Yeah, jail or Canada and they both suck. I mean I could never come home, so what is it, it's a choice of a 6x4 cell or an endless wasteland of frozen tundra.
Montreal is cool.
Max
Man, they speak French there.
So learn French. Learn French or die.
Max's Father: Goddammit, Max! Get serious, for once! What are you going to DO with your life?
Max
Why is it always what will I do? "What will he do", "What will he do," "Oh, my god what will he do", Do, do, do, do, do. Why isn't the issue here who I am?
Because, Maxwell, what you do defines who you are.
Max
No, Uncle Teddy, who you are defines what you do, right Jude?
Jude
Surely it's not what you do, but it's the...the way that you do it.
Max
So that's how it is?
Jude
Yeah. That's how it is.
Max
Well, speaking as a brother, I think she could do better.
Lucy
Max? Get out!
Max
Well I'm sorry, but, as blissful as you are in the throes of young love, I'm just letting you know I have a date with Uncle Sam.
