Dr. Bruner Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your K-mart clothes, Raymond?
Tell him, Raymond.
K-mart sucks.
Played by Gerald R. Molen 
Rain Man (1988) · 24 quotes
Rain Man (1988) · 24 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Rain Man (1988): in 4 of its 24 quotes
Most scenes with: Charlie (4)
Scenes with Dr. Bruner
4 scenes Dr. Bruner He's not crazy, he's not ****, but he's here.
Dr. Bruner He's an autistic savant. People like him used to be called idiot savants. There's certain deficiencies, certain abilities that impairs him.
So he's ****.
Dr. Bruner Autistic. There's certain routines, rituals that he follows.
Rituals, I like that.
Dr. Bruner The way he eats, sleeps, walks, talks, uses the bathroom. It's all he has to protect himself. Any break from this routine leaves him terrified.
Dr. Bruner Raymond's unable to make decisions.
You're wrong.
Dr. Bruner He can't decide for himself.
He's capable of a lot more than you know!
Dr. Bruner Tomorrow morning you'll meet Dr. Marston, who's in charge of Raymond's psychiatric evaluation.
Yeah, I know.
Dr. Bruner I gave him boxes of files on Raymond, boxes.
Well, good luck.
Dr. Bruner Look, this isn't a close call, son, it's a formality. Your brother's a very disabled individual.
You trying to tell me that Marston's gonna rule against me? Is that why you called me up here?
Dr. Bruner No, I'm telling you it's always been a lost cause, Charlie.
Then what is this about? Why did you call me?
Dr. Bruner Let me tell you something: your father put me in charge of all the money, all right?
Yeah.
Dr. Bruner And it doesn't matter whether or not you win custody of Raymond.
Mm-hm.
Dr. Bruner I won't have to pay you a dime. It's at my discretion, not the court's.
What, so you can't lose?
Dr. Bruner I can lose. I can lose Raymond. I happen to care about your brother's life and the treatment he receives. I made a commitment to your father some 20 years ago, and I'm not willing to gamble with that.
Dr. Bruner It's a very big check.
$250,000.
Dr. Bruner And no strings attached. You just walk away., Charlie. You know, this isn't about you and me, it's not about winning or losing.
When I asked you a week ago, "Why didn't anyone tell me I had a brother?", you didn't have an answer, I don't know. It's funny, I just realized I'm not pissed off anymore that my father cut me out of his will. You were his friend, you probably knew that he tried to contact me a few times over the years. I never called him back, I was a prick. And if he was my son, didn't return my calls, I'd have written him out, **** him. But it's not about the money anymore. It's about...you know, I...just don't understand why didn't he tell me I had a brother? Why didn't you tell me I had a brother? Why didn't anyone ever tell me I had a brother? I mean...because it'd have been nice to know him for more than just these past six days.
[Charlie hands the check back to Dr. Bruner and walks away]
