“So, what was it?” – Terence Mann, Field of Dreams ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Field of Dreams 1989

Terence Mann

So, what was it?

Ray Kinsella

Hmm?

Terence Mann

The "terrible thing" you said to your father. What was it?

Ray Kinsella

I told him I could never respect a man whose hero was a criminal.

Terence Mann

Who was his hero?

Ray Kinsella

Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Terence

He wasn't a criminal. You knew that. [Ray nods.] So why'd you say it?

Ray Kinsella

I was seventeen.

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Ray Kinsella Fifty years ago, for five minutes you came within... y-you came this close. It would kill some men to get so close to their dream and not touch it. God, they'd consider it a tragedy. Dr. Graham Son, if I'd only gotten to be a doctor for five minutes... now that would have been a tragedy. Ray Kinsella You lied to me. Terence Mann Well, you were kidnapping me at the time, you big jerk! Ray You lied to me! Terence Well, you said your finger was a gun! Ray Kinsella I did it all, I listened to the voices, I did what they told me, and not once did I ask what's in it for me. Shoeless Joe Jackson What are you saying, Ray? Ray Kinsella I'm saying... what's in it for me?