Joe Dirt (2001)

Fred Ward: Joe's Dad

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Quotes 

• Joe Dirt : [tearfully]  Why did you do that to me? I was only eight years old - I was just a little kid. Do you have any idea what it's like to be a kid and have nobody around to talk to? No one that cares if you're alive or dead? Every day you just think you're worthless and there's a void in your life?

  Joe's Mom : [chuckles]  Oh, come on, honey.

  Joe's Dad : Lighten up, buddy.

  [Joe goes real upset] 

  Joe's Mom : [takes a clown figurine]  Lose that frown. When you're down, stare at a clown.

  [Joe stands up and takes it] 

  Joe's Dad : That's right, boy.

  Joe's Mom : [hits him]  Hey, sit down! Sit down! You're blocking the cameras! The cameras can't see!

  Joe's Dad : Move over a bit!

  Joe Dirt : [angrily breaks the clown to the wall]  I don't care about that! AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS!

  Joe's Dad : Hey! What the hell are you doing?

  [Joe walks up and kicks down a shelf of clowns destroying them all] 

  Joe Dirt : [leaves in tears]  And I don't want to see you for another 25 years!

  Reporter at Parent's House : [leaves with the crew]  Joe, wait!

  Joe's Mom : My God! Oh, my clowns! Look at my clowns! I wish he never found us! Look what he did to my children! Oh, no! Hey! Hey, TV people! Hey, TV people!

  Joe's Dad : Hey, you're grounded! Where are you all going? Hey, come on! You don't have to follow him just because he's going!

• Joe Dirt : [after finally finding his parents]  I - I - I don't mean to interrupt your clown pitch there, but - but how exactly do you not go right back to the place where you saw me?

  [the news crew goes baffled] 

  Joe's Dad : [sarcastically]  Hey! How exactly is a rainbow made? How exactly does a sun set? How exactly does a posi-trac rear-end on a Plymouth work? It just does.

  [guffaws] 

  Joe's Mom : It just does.

  Joe Dirt : [sternly]  I'm not talking about a posi-trac; I'm talking about me. How long did you look for me before you gave up? How lone were you riding in that car before you realized I wasn't in it? Exactly how long?

  [a few seconds of silence] 

  Joe's Dad : All right! We didn't lose him; we just left him. So what? The dude's doing fine! Look at him!

  [guffaws again] 

  Joe's Mom : He look good.