My Girl (1991)

Dan Aykroyd: Harry Sultenfuss

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• [first lines] 

  Vada Sultenfuss : I was born jaundiced. Once I sat on a toilet seat at a truck stop and caught hemorrhoids. And I've learned to live with this chicken bone that's been lodged in my throat for the past three years. So I knew Dad would be devastated when he learned of my latest affliction.

  [to Harry] 

  Vada Sultenfuss : Dad, I don't want to upset you, but my left breast is developing at a significantly faster rate than my right. It can only mean one thing: cancer. I'm dying.

  Harry : [making a sandwich]  Okay, sweetie, hand me the mayonnaise out of the fridge.

• Vada : Daddy, how come this coffin's so small?

  Harry : They come in all sizes, honey, like shoes.

  Vada : Is it for a child?

  Harry : Of course not!

  Vada : Then for who is it?

  Harry : Short people. Very short people.

• Shelly : She won't come out. It's been a whole day. You have to do something, Harry.

  Harry : The funeral's starting.

  Shelly : Open your eyes, she's eleven years old! Her only friend in the world is dead.

  Harry : I know that, but what do you want from me?

  Shelly : Stop hiding, Harry! You run, Harry. When I first came here, the idea of working with dead people didn't exactly thrill me. When I saw a family that lived here, I thought, if I'm living without a family, at least I can work with one and maybe, once in a while, be invited in for supper.

  Harry : Yeah... and when those suppers are disrupted because there's a car crash, or there's a fire, or a little boy steps on a beehive...

  Shelly : I'm not asking you to stop caring for those people. But life isn't just death, Harry. Don't ignore the living, especially your daughter.

• Harry : He's gone, sweetheart. he's gone.

• Harry : Vada, wait! Vada!