Elf (2003)

James Caan: Walter Hobbs

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Quotes 

• Walter : [whispering]  I think we should call security.

  Deb : [whispering]  Good idea.

  Buddy : [whispering]  I like to whisper too!

• Emily : We can't just throw him out in the snow.

  Walter : Why not? He loves the snow. He's told me 15 times.

• Walter : Who sent this Christmas Gram?

  Buddy : What's a Christmas Gram? I want one!

• Walter : What do you want? Some money?

  Buddy : No! I just wanted to meet you and thought maybe you might want to meet me.

  Walter : Who wouldn't wanna meet you?

• Walter : [Buddy had just caused Walter to lose a client]  You get the hell out of here.

  Buddy : Where do you want me to go?

  Walter : [Getting Angry]  I don't care where you go.

  [Angry] 

  Walter : I don't care that you're an elf!

  [Angry] 

  Walter : I don't care that you're nuts!

  [Really angry] 

  Walter : I don't care that you're my son!

  [Furious] 

  Walter : Get out of my life! Now!

• Miles Finch : [pitching ideas for a book]  No tomatoes. Too vulnerable. Kids, they're already vulnerable.

  Walter : See, I told you guys. I told them the same thing...

  Miles Finch : And no farms. Everyone's pushing small town rural. A farm book would just be white noise.

• Walter : [Buddy raises his hand up]  Yes, bud.

  Buddy : Why is your name on the desk?

  Walter : I bought the desk and my name's there so that no one steals it.

• Buddy : [23:31]  Dad!

  Walter : All right. Let's get it over with

  Buddy : I walked all day and night to find you

• Fulton : Haven't seen you since the retreat. You're looking good.

  Walter : Oh, thank you very much. You as well. To what do I owe the, uh, pleasure?

  Fulton : Well, to be honest, I got a call from my niece. She wants to know how a certain puppy and a certain pigeon escape the clutches of a certain evil witch.

  [shows Walter his incomplete book] 

  Walter : Believe me, uh, we're already looking for new printers. This one has obviously gotten a little sloppy.

  Fulton : Maybe it isn't the printer who's gotten sloppy.

  [shows Walter the template] 

  Fulton : That's your signature, right?

  Walter : [unphased]  You know, we could sit here and point fingers all day.

  Fulton : I've got news for you: even if those two pages were in there, the book still would have sucked. Have you seen the numbers for this quarter?

  Walter : Uh, they'll be here today.

  Fulton : Oh, they're in. That friggin' puppy and pigeon are tanking hard, Hobbs. My people estimate we're gonna post a minus eight for this quarter. A *minus eight*! That does not happen!

  Walter : You know, we'll... we'll bounce back, we...

  Fulton : No, no, no. We're gonna ship a new book the first quarter. I'm gonna be back in town on the 24th. At that time, I would love to hear, in exact detail, what your plans are for this new book.

  Walter : Uh, wait a minute, the, uh the 24th, that's Christmas eve.

  Fulton : And?

  Walter : And, uh... no problem. Be great to have you in the loop.