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Dustin Hoffman in Boychoir (2014)

Dustin Hoffman: Carvelle

Boychoir

Dustin Hoffman credited as playing...

Carvelle

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Quotes9

  • Master Carvelle: Your clock is ticking kid.
  • Stet: Well your clock is ticking too old man.
  • Stet: I hate Handel.
  • Master Carvelle: Handel hated singers too.
  • Master Carvelle: Hmm... Odessa. I remember. You walked out on me. That was a first.
  • Master Carvelle: This is a community of people feeling the same thing. Most of them, strangers. But you are uniting them. You are giving them your voice. And that's as spiritual as it gets.
  • Master Carvelle: This is very simple Mr. Owens. I continue your son's instruction and you secret remains just that.
  • Master Carvelle: And now gentlemen, the note on the page. The high D.
  • [Boys attempt it]
  • Master Carvelle: Not even close, but whoever hits it first sings lead treble in New York.
  • Master Carvelle: We all think we know these boys, what goes on with them, but we don't. We don't know a damn thing. We have forgotten what it was like to be them.
  • Master Carvelle: This is about music. It's about you. It's fifty minutes of your life, and I want you to celebrate yourself.
  • Carvelle: [berating Stet] How Dare You Squander Your Gift

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