“Your daddy is doing the best he knows how, but he is overwhelmed. He...” – Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis (2005) ... Movie Quotes Database

Colonel Tom Parker

[After the death of his beloved mother, Elvis is grieving alone in her closet, sobbing quietly. Colonel Parker enters.] [gently]

Your daddy is doing the best he knows how, but he is overwhelmed. He needs your help.

Elvis Presley

[crying]

I can't go out there. I just wanna stay here forever.

Colonel Tom Parker

Oh, my boy. No one could never replace her. But you listen to me. From this moment on, everything she would have done, I will carry out, in her name. When you are overseas, I will stay here at home. And I will work and I will worry. Trust me. Now you go and you stand by your papa. You comfort him. [helps Elvis to his feet] You comfort him. Comfort your friends and your family and even your fans. Hmm? Because if you don't do that, all that your mama has sacrificed for you will be for nothing.

Elvis Presley

[Still crying, Elvis embraces Colonel Parker]

No matter what happens, you stay with me through thick and thin, okay? You're like a... like a father to me.
[the Colonel pats him on the back, comfortingly]

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