Speak (2004)

D.B. Sweeney: Jack Sordino

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Quotes 

• Jack Sordino : [to Melinda]  And these are for you!

  [pushes the presents towards Melinda] 

  Jack Sordino : Open the big one first.

  Joyce Sordino : [after Melinda opens up a television]  For your room! It will help you fall asleep.

  Jack Sordino : Oh, yeah and one more.

  Joyce Sordino : [after Melinda opens up a sketchbook and pencils]  Well, we noticed you were drawing.

  Joyce Sordino : Hope we got the right kind.

• [Dad walks in the kitchen and sees the Thanksgiving turkey in a pot on the stove] 

  Jack Sordino : You're boiling it?

  Joyce Sordino : Too big to fit in the microwave!

• Jack Sordino : How's she doing?

  Melinda Sordino : [shrugs]  It's Thanksgiving.

  Jack Sordino : [chuckles]  Hey, you wanna go for donuts?

• Principal : Well?

  Joyce Sordino : Oh, for the love of God. Open your mouth, Melinda.

  Jack Sordino : This is childish, honey.

  Joyce Sordino : I don't know why she's doing this to us.

  Guidance Counselor : We're not ganging up on you. We're here to help.

  Principal : Let's start with grades. This isn't what we expected of you, Melissa.

  Jack Sordino : Melinda!

  Principal : Last year, you were a straight-B student. No behavioral problems, few absences. What do you have to say?

  Joyce Sordino : She's mute. She's mute! She not saying anything.

  Guidance Counselor : I think that we need to explore the family dynamics at play.

  Jack Sordino : All I know is that last year, I had a sweet loving little girl and now she's flushing her grades down the toilet? What have you folks done to her? Huh? I play golf with the school board president. Did you know that?

  Joyce Sordino : Nobody cares who you know, Jack.

  Jack Sordino : Did you know that?

  Joyce Sordino : Nobody cares.

  Guidance Counselor : Can I just remind everyone that we need to one: reassure, two: stay open and three: don't judge.

  Joyce Sordino : How old are you?