A Walk on the Moon (1999)

Liev Schreiber: Marty Kantrowitz

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Quotes 

• Pearl Kantrowitz : I went to Woodstock.

  Marty Kantrowitz : You went to Woodstock.

  Pearl Kantrowitz : Ummm...

  Marty Kantrowitz : Was it groovy?

• Lilian Kantrowitz : Do you remember when you were a little boy and you wanted to go swimming with your cousin?

  Marty Kantrowitz : Yeah - you didn't wanna let me go because...

  Lilian Kantrowitz : Because I knew something terrible was going to happen. I knew your cousin was gonna drown.

  Marty Kantrowitz : Yeah, but nothing terrible happened, Ma.

  Lilian Kantrowitz : And why is that?

  Marty Kantrowitz : Because I was careful.

  Lilian Kantrowitz : No. Why did nothing terrible happen?

  Marty Kantrowitz : We were extra careful because you told me.

  Lilian Kantrowitz : And your cousin wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for me.

  Marty Kantrowitz : What's goin' on, Ma? Who's gonna drown?

  Lilian Kantrowitz : [pause]  You are.

• Marty Kantrowitz : There's no such thing as a nice sixteen year old boy.

• Marty Kantrowitz : Did I want a microscope?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : Once.

• Marty Kantrowitz : Sometimes things happen between people that make it impossible for them to stay together.

• Marty Kantrowitz : Who is he?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : You don't know him.

  Marty Kantrowitz : Well what's his name?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : Walker.

  Marty Kantrowitz : What's his FIRST name?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : That IS his first name.

  Marty Kantrowitz : Well then what's his last name?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : Jerome.

  Marty Kantrowitz : Walker Jerome. Does he realize it's backwards? What's he do?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : He's a salesman.

  Marty Kantrowitz : [laughs]  A salesman, that's great. What does he sell?

  Pearl Kantrowitz : Blouses.

  Marty Kantrowitz : Blouses?

  [pauses, then looks shocked] 

  Marty Kantrowitz : He's the blouseman. You're screwing the blouseman. Jesus, Pearl, why not screw the dressman? At least then you'd get a whole outfit.

• Daniel Kantrowitz : [Dad Marty is driving his family on vacation, mom beside him in front, granny & kids in back; they're singing the Name Game: "Shirley Shirley bo-Birly, Bonana Fana fo-Firley" etc]  Let's do "Chuck"

  Marty Kantrowitz : No "Chuck". We don't do "Chuck"

  Daniel Kantrowitz : You never let me do "Chuck".

  Marty Kantrowitz : When you're married you can do "chuck".

  [mom raps dad in the arm, smiling]