Lucy: Daddy, did God make you to be like this or was it an accident?
Sam: Okay, what do you mean?
Lucy: I mean you're different.
Sam: But what do you mean?
Lucy: You're not like other daddies.
Sam: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm sorry.
Lucy: It's okay daddy. It's okay. Don't be sorry. I'm lucky. Nobody else's daddy ever comes to the park.
Sam: Yeah! yeah! yeah! We are lucky. Aren't we lucky?
Sam Dawson
Sean Penn · 5 quotes
Rita Harrison Williams
Michelle Pfeiffer · 3 quotes
Lucy Diamond Dawson
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I Am Sam quotes
Rita: Now, Ms. Cossell, in all the time that you've known them, have you ever questioned Sam's ability as a father?
Annie: Never.
Rita: Never?
Annie: Never. Look at Lucy. She's strong. She displays true empathy for people, all kinds of people. I know that you all think she's as smart as she is despite him, but it's because of him.
Rita: So what you're saying is you don't worry about Lucy's future?
Annie: No, I do.
Rita: Ah...
Annie: I worry all the time. I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her, and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.
Sam: I need to get Lucy back. We need, we need - to be professional!
Rita: Do you know what that means?
Sam: When dealing with Starbucks' customers, 'be friendly but not familiar'. I can be your friend.
Social Worker: Lucy, your father is 1 hour and 45 minutes late. You only have a few minutes left.
Lucy: You can leave if you want to.
All you need is love.
I'M YOUR FATHER
Lucy: (while being observed) I want no other daddy but you. (turns to glass; shouts) Did you hear that? I said I didn't want any other daddy but him. Why don't you write that down?
Objection! Motion to strike that from the record. It's clear that one's intellectual capacity has no bearing on their ability to love.
OK, remember when Paul McCarthney wrote the song "Michelle" and then he only wrote the first part, Annie said. And then he gave that part to John Lennon, and he wrote the part that said, "I love you, I love you, I love you." And Annie said that it wouldn't have been the same song without that... and that's why the whole world cried when the Beatles broke up on April 10, 1970.
Sam, I can go another nine rounds but you've got to let me in.
Social Worker: Lucy, it's quarter to five. You only have a few minutes left.
Lucy: You can leave if you want to.
Somehow, I'll never be enough.
That's a wonderful choice.
THAT'S A WORD!
You made her.... cry... :(