The Woodcarver (2012)

John Ratzenberger: Ernest

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• Ernest Otto : Before you do anything, I need you to ask yourself a question.

  Matthew Stevenson : A question?

  Ernest Otto : Yeah. W.W.J.D.

  Matthew Stevenson : What's that?

  Ernest Otto : Well it's short for "What would Jesus do?"

• Ernest Otto : You see this grain, how beautiful it is? It's called flame and quilt. Now that only happens randomly in individual trees. You don't discover it until after you saw the wood.

• Ernest Otto : Lord makes the wood. I just carve it.

• Ernest Otto : I'm not about to tell anybody how to raise their child, but if your boy needs a place to stay to clear his head, then he can stay here with me. Lord knows I could use the company.

• Ernest Otto : Look, son, you've only got two choices. You can either lend a hand or get out of the way.

• Ernest Otto : Ah, never underestimate the power of belief combined with hard work.

• Ernest Otto : All sons need their father, and all fathers need their sons.

• Ernest Otto : Well, I know it sounds foolish, but over the years I've been accustomed to gettin' paid for doing a job, and cashing a check for doing nothing just doesn't seem right.