Dad [Mason Jr. bowls a gutterball]
Alright, don't worry about it.
Wish we could use the bumpers.
Dad Bumpers are for kids! Y'know, what're you, two years old? You don't want the bumpers. Life doesn't give you bumpers.
Played by Ethan Hawke 
Boyhood (2014) · 18 quotes
Boyhood (2014) · 18 quotes
Tied for 3rd most-quoted character in Boyhood (2014): in 4 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Mason Evans Jr. (4)
Scenes with Dad
4 scenes Dad Dad Dad? ...There's no, like, real magic in the world, right?
Dad What do you mean?
You know, like elves and stuff. People just made that up.
Dad Oh, I don't know. I mean, what makes you think that elves are any more magical than something like... like a whale? You know what I mean? What if I told you a story about how underneath the ocean, there was this giant sea mammal that used sonar and sang songs and it was so big that its heart was the size of a car and you could crawl through the arteries? I mean, you'd think that was pretty magical, right?
Yeah. But, like... right this second, there's, like, no elves in the world, right?
Dad [beat]
No. Technically, no elves.
Dad [while canvassing for the 2008 Presidential Election]
Go get that McCain sign, would you?
What?
Dad Get the McCain sign. Go rip it up, come on. Get it, get it, get it, go, go, go! [Mason runs across the street to grab the sign to him] Good job, good job. Proud of you, son. [closes trunk before driving off]
You guys are gonna get us arrested.
Dad Hey look, I'm a patriot. Alright? And sometimes in this life, you gotta fight.
So what's the point?
Dad Of what?
I don't know, any of this. Everything.
Dad Everything? What's the point? I mean, I sure as shit don't know. Neither does anybody else, okay? We're all just winging it, you know? The good news is you're feeling stuff. Y'know, and you've got to hold on to that. You do. I mean, you get older and you don't feel as much. Your skin gets tougher. The point is those pictures you took, thousands of submissions from all over the state, and you won.
Well, I got silver. And nine other people did, too.
Dad I'm gonna kill you. I'm tryin' to tell you that I believe in you, Mason. I think you're really special, and if some girl doesn't see that, then **** her, y'know?
