Fly Away Home (1996)

Anna Paquin: Amy Alden

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Quotes 

• Amy Alden : Mama to Papa. That was so cool!

  Thomas Alden : Yeah, great. I just made a criminal out of my own daughter. Now we'll both do time behind bars.

  Amy Alden : Dad, stop being so dramatic.

  Thomas Alden : Now, look, this is just the beginning, Amy. We've got to make 120 nautical miles by sundown, fly across Lake Ontario, cross an international boundary without a permit carrying stolen goods, without filing a flight plan, without any official approval, four days behind schedule. We're on the edge, my dear.

• Amy Alden : [Just after Barry and Tom have accidentally seen her after her shower]  HE'S SO WEIRD!

  Susan Barnes : You're right. He is.

  Amy Alden : Who was that guy?

  Susan Barnes : Oh, he's just a guy, and he didn't see you.

  Amy Alden : He did. And why did he bring that guy to CHOP THEIR WINGS OFF?

  Susan Barnes : You're father didn't know he was going to do that. Nobody knew he was going to do that.

  [pause] 

  Susan Barnes : Amy, listen to me. I know I can never replace your mother. No one can. But if you let me, I can be your friend. And the first rule about friends is they have to trust each other, right? I promise you, nothing is going to happen to those geese. I won't let it and neither will your dad.

  Amy Alden : [cries] 

• DNR Officer : Who's the guy at the house?

  Amy Alden : It's my Uncle David. He's got a black belt. We call him KILLER!

• Amy Alden : Why did he bring that ranger guy here to CHOP THEIR WINGS OFF?

  Susan Barnes : Your father didn't know, nobody knew he was going to do that...

  Amy Alden : Yes he did and he's coming back!

  Susan Barnes : No!

  Amy Alden : Yes he is! He said he was!

  Susan Barnes : Amy, listen to me.

  Amy Alden : No!

• [first lines] 

  Thomas Alden : Amy? It's your dad.

  Amy Alden : Dad?

  Thomas Alden : I came down from Canada. I've come to take you home.

  Amy Alden : Where's Mom?

  Thomas Alden : Um...

  Amy Alden : Mum died, didn't she?

• Amy Alden : [the ranger picks up Igor, one of Amy's goslings]  Excuse me, sir, please leave him alone.

  DNR Officer : Your name's Amy, isn't it? Well Amy, these geese belong to the crown.

  Amy Alden : What crown?

  DNR Officer : That's the Queen of England.

  Thomas Alden : Pinioning?

  Susan Barnes : I have no idea.

  DNR Officer : She made rules. It's for the good of the goose, it's for the good of the people. Now what you do is you take the wing and you just shave a bit off the cuticle here--

  [prepares to cut the tip off Igor's wing with a fingernail clipper] 

  Amy Alden : [utterly enraged]  WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

  [shoots up from her chair and hits the ranger on the head with a bowl of popcorn] 

  Amy Alden : STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!

  Thomas Alden : [indignantly grabs the ranger and hauls him to the door]  What the hell are you doing?