Kramer vs. Kramer1979

[Joanna returns to New York]

Joanna Kramer:
All my life I've felt like...somebody's wife or somebody's mother, somebody's daughter. Even all the time we were together I never knew who I was. And that's why I had to go away. And in California, I think I found myself. I got myself a job. I got myself a therapist, a really good one. And I feel better about myself than I ever have in my whole life. I learned a great deal about myself.

Ted Kramer:
Such as?... No, really, I'd really like to know what you learned.

Joanna Kramer:
Well, I've learned that I love my little boy. And that I'm capable of taking care of him.

Ted Kramer:
What do you mean?

Joanna Kramer:
I want my son.

Ted Kramer:
You can't have him

Joanna Kramer:
Don't get defensive. Don't try to bully me.

Ted Kramer:
I'm not getting defensive. Who walked out 15 months ago?

Joanna Kramer:
I don't care. I'm still his mother.

Ted Kramer:
Yeah, from 300 miles away. And because you sent post cards gives you the right to come back?

Joanna Kramer:
I never stopped wanting him.

Ted Kramer:
What makes you sure he wants you?

Joanna Kramer:
What makes you sure he doesn't want me?

Ted Kramer:
Okay look. We're gonna sit here and bat this back and forth. It's like old times.

Joanna Kramer:
You can't deny me...

Ted Kramer:
Don't tell me what I can or cannot do! Don't talk to me that way!

Joanna Kramer:
I anticipated this.

Ted Kramer:
Okey look, I don't want to hear this. Do what you have to. I'll do what I have to.

Joanna Kramer:
Fine... I am very sorry about this.

Ted Kramer:
Okey, just do what you have to do.