Alan Johnson quotes from Reign Over Me (2007)

Alan Johnson

Better bring out the big guns on this one. She's crazy with a side of crazy!

Charlie Fineman

Can he go out? Is he allowed out?

Alan Johnson

Don't do that, dont ask my wife permisson for me to go out.

Charlie Fineman

Alright, you're right. Can you go out?
[Alan looks at Janeane]

Charlie Fineman

Are you a ****?.

Alan Johnson

Don't say ****, you just don't call people **** that's rude.

Charlie Fineman

To a gay guy it is, to you it's just a funny word like poundcake or pickle... You really need some Mel.

Charlie Fineman

Take one adult and one ****.

Charlie Fineman

I had three daughters.

Alan Johnson

I... I know.

Charlie Fineman

Geena was five. Jenny was seven, she, uh... she liked boys already. Julie was 9. She was... she was older. They all looked alike, Johnson. Like Doreen. Doreen was my wife. DT. That was her nickname. Doreen Timpleman. She had a dog, Spider. Spider... the poodle. They'd wake me up all the time, Saturday mornings, you know, singing Beatles songs to me in harmony, the four of them... so cute, so cute. Doreen never judged me... never nagged like some wives do. Wanted me to take my shoes off so I didn't wreck the carpet. That's it. Doreen and the girls were VERY female. I... I... I was the oddball, you know. Mr. Man. They adored me, Johnson...

Alan Johnson

I bet they did... I know they did, Charlie.

Charlie Fineman

With the long brown hair... except little Geena. She kept the hair short... to be different from everybody... she, um, she had a birthmark, though. Looked like a burn... but it wasn't. She always said it was gonna go away, but it... it never did. Jenny, Jenny, this one... she wanted to be a gymnast. She was such a klutz, though. I didn't have the heart to mention it as a problem. They, uh, went to see Doreen's sister Ellen and her girls in Boston, and they took Spider, because... I had to work and they didn't trust me to feed her, but that was a joke. We were all going to DT's little cousin's wedding in Los Angeles, and I was gonna meet them out there... The kids wanted to go to Disneyland, but they... they uh, were already gonna miss a couple days of school, so we had to say no. You know. So I'm going out to meet them in Los Angeles, and on the way to JFK, I'm in a taxicab and I hear on the radio... [slowly starts to cry]

Charlie Fineman

I get there and the man tells me the plane's from Boston... another man tells me there's two planes.[sobs]

Charlie Fineman

Then I go inside the airport and I'm watching. I'm watching on the television... and I... and I... I... I saw it. I saw it and I felt it at the same time. I thought about Geena's birthmark, and I... I felt them burning...

Charlie Fineman

Are you kidding me? She's a baby.

Alan Johnson

Listen, you're right, she's young. But, she-she's good. She's got a lot of experience with loss and grief counseling. Just...

Charlie Fineman

She's got nice tits, that's not good.

Alan Johnson

Since when?

Charlie Fineman

Good point.

Alan Johnson

Look, we'll just do the meet-and-greet, and see if you like her, and if you do, we'll just - we'll go from there.

Charlie Fineman

Am I wrong about her tits, though?

Alan Johnson

No, you're right. They're wonderful.

Angela Oakhurst

So what are you guys talking about? What's so wonderful? [silence from Charlie and Alan]