The Minus Man (1999)

Brian Cox: Doug

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• [Doug talks to Vann after slapping himself in the face] 

  Doug : Sorry. Uh, a persons brains is like... are like a pet. Sometimes... sometimes it gets loose, and sometimes it gets lost. Sometimes it just sort of behaves itself and stays in the yard.

• [Doug talks to Jane about inviting him down for dinner] 

  Doug : Is Vann having dinner with us?

  Jane : Of course not.

  Doug : Maybe we should invite him down his first night?

  Jane : No, no. Doug, the last thing you want is for your tenant to become your guest. Keep your distance.

  Doug : I suppose.

  Jane : Well, don't. Don't. Leave him alone. Let's... let's give him a chance to get adjusted first.

  Doug : [Doug pauses to look at the food]  With the skins still on? The potatoes.

  Jane : Yes. Just the way you like them.

  Doug : Yummy.

• [Vann talks to Doug about Doug's daughter Karen coming home for Christmas] 

  Vann Siegert : Listen, if Karen's coming home for Christmas and you want I should leave for a while, it's okay, I can.

  Doug : [Doug responds drunkenly]  No, I don't want you to leave for a while. She's not coming home for Christmas. 'It's okay, I can.' Halloween, or the fucking Fourth of July either.

  Vann Siegert : I just thought if she was coming home from college...

  Doug : College my ass. Our little Karen's not at college. Or if she is, it's news to me. I don't know where she is. Anyway... You're the daughter now, huh? Vann the Man. Fuck her. And the mother she rode in on.