Seabiscuit (2003)
Jeff Bridges: Charles Howard
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Quotes
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George Woolf : Wanta know what I think?
Charles Howard : Of course.
George Woolf : I think it's better to break a man's leg than his heart.
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Charles Howard : The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.
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Charles Howard : You could be crippled for the rest of your life.
Red Pollard : I *was* crippled for the rest of my life. I got better. He made me better. Hell, you made me better.
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[Red is not eating his food at the dinner table]
Charles Howard : Go ahead, eat.
Red Pollard : I'm not that hungry.
Charles Howard : Sure, you're not.
Red Pollard : It's just a lot of food.
Charles Howard : I'd rather have you strong than thin.
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Charles Howard : [speaking to the newsmen after the win at Santa Anita] Well, I just think this horse has a lot of heart. He may have been down, but he wasn't out. He may have lost a few, but he didn't let it get to him. I think I learned a lick or two from this little guy. Oh, and by the way, he doesn't know he's little. He thinks he's the biggest horse out there.
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[displaying Seabiscuit's jockey silks]
Marcela Howard : You don't think the "H" is too big?
Charles Howard : You seen the size of our jockey?
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Charles Howard : [about the horse] Will he get better?
Tom Smith : Already is. A little.
Charles Howard : Will he race?
Tom Smith : No. Not that one.
Charles Howard : So why are you fixing him?
Tom Smith : 'Cause I can. Every horse is good for something.
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Charles Howard : It isn't just the leg. He could fall off. He could get trampled. He could...
Marcela Howard : He could die?
[She picks a little ball game out of his pocket]
Marcela Howard : You know I play with this all the time, too. No matter how hard I try, I can't get that damn ball to stay in the hole. Just let him ride. Just let him do it.
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[Howard is selling a new Buick at his dealership, explaining the advantages of a car over a horse]
Charles Howard : To tell you the truth, I wouldn't spend more than five dollars on the best horse in America.
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Charles Howard : Son, what are you so mad at?
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Red Pollard : This isn't just any race. This is the Santa Anita. I had that race. I was there.
Charles Howard : I know.
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[in a restaurant, reacting to Riddle's refusal]
Charles Howard : Shit!
Marcela Howard : Charles!
Charles Howard : [quietly] Shit!
Marcela Howard : Yeah, I know what you mean.
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Charles Howard : [Some months after the tragic death of their young son, Charles Howard sees his wife, Annie cleaning a bit of blood on the porch with a mop] Why don't you come inside?
Annie Howard : I want to clean this up, first.
Charles Howard : Let Sam clean it up.
Annie Howard : [firmly and distraught] I don't want *Sam* to clean this, *I* want to!
Charles Howard : [reaching over to comfort her] Honey...
[Annie angrily pushes Charles away, yelling in protest. Scene shifts to Annie Howard leaving the ranch by taxicab, with Charles sadly watching from a upstairs window]