I Am Sam

Lucy:
All you need is love.

Rita:
Sam, I can go another nine rounds, but you got to let me in.

Rita:
It's like every time I wake up, I FAIL!

Rita:
Home.

Rita:
HOME!

Rita:
HOME, GODDAMN IT!

Sam:
YOU'RE MY LAWYER!

Rita:
That's right.

Sam:
OKAY!

Sam:
You think what they think.

Rita:
It doesn't matter what I think. It matters that we win.

Sam:
No, you think what they think. You think Sam can't take care of Lucy!

Rita:
Sam, it doesn't matter what I think!

Sam:
It matters to me!

Sam:
You're going a little faster than everybody else. I was wondering if you noticed that.

Ifty:
Yeah. It's an outgoing message so I think you need to sound a little more outgoing.

Lucy:
Daddy? Why are you like that?

Sam:
What do you mean?

Lucy:
You're different.

Sam:
Yeah, but what do you mean?

Lucy:
You're not like other daddies.

Sam:
I'm sorry.

Lucy:
No, daddy it's ok. It's ok. Nobody else's daddy ever comes to the park.

Sam:
That's true!

Rita:
Uhh, Annie we're here. The door handle is right there if...

Annie:
NO!

Sam:
I don't think Annie's ready to leave just yet.

Sam:
You don't know what it is when you try, and you try, and you try and you never get there!

Sam:
You've grown.

Lucy:
Have I?

Sam:
Yeah, 'cause your ears are bigger and your eyes are older.

Rita:
I am afraid.

Sam:
Of what?

Rita:
That I am getting more out of this relationship than you are.

Rita:
It's just... I've never lost at anything.

Sam:
I don't want to read it if you can't.

Social Worker:
Lucy, your father is 1 hour and 45 minutes late. You only have a few minutes left.

Lucy:
You can leave if you want to.

Rita:
Now, Ms. Cossell, in all the time that you've known them, have you ever questioned Sam's ability as a father?

Annie:
Never.

Rita:
Never?

Annie:
Never. Look at Lucy. She's strong. She displays true empathy for people, all kinds of people. I know that you all think she's as smart as she is despite him, but it's because of him.

Rita:
So what you're saying is you don't worry about Lucy's future?

Annie:
No, I do.

Rita:
Ah...

Annie:
I worry all the time. I worry if they take Lucy away from her father they will take away an enormous piece of her, and I worry that she will spend the rest of her life trying to fill that hole.

Sam:
I need to get Lucy back. We need, we need - to be professional!

Rita:
Do you know what that means?

Sam:
When dealing with Starbucks' customers, 'be friendly but not familiar'. I can be your friend.

Lucy:
Daddy, did God make you to be like this or was it an accident?

Sam:
Okay, what do you mean?

Lucy:
I mean you're different.

Sam:
But what do you mean?

Lucy:
You're not like other daddies.

Sam:
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm sorry.

Lucy:
It's okay daddy. It's okay. Don't be sorry. I'm lucky. Nobody else's daddy ever comes to the park.

Sam:
Yeah! yeah! yeah! We are lucky. Aren't we lucky?

Lucy:
I won't read the word!

Sam:
I'm your father and I'm telling you to read the word 'cause I can tell you to because I'm your father.

Lucy:
I'm stupid.

Sam:
You are not stupid!

Lucy:
Yes, I am.

Sam:
No, you are not stupid 'cause you can read that word.

Lucy:
I don't wanna read it if you can't.

Sam:
No, because it makes me happy! It makes me happy hearing you read. Yeah, it makes me happy when you're reading.

Lucy:
[Lucy reads again]

Lucy:
(while being observed) I want no other daddy but you. (turns to glass; shouts) Did you hear that? I said I didn't want any other daddy but him. Why don't you write that down?

Rita Harrison Williams:
Somehow, I'll never be enough.

Rita Harrison Williams:
Objection! Motion to strike that from the record. It's clear that one's intellectual capacity has no bearing on their ability to love.