Jay Patterson credited as playing...
Brother Constance
- Brother Thadeus: [Dunn, Rooney, Caesar, Williams and Corbet are in Brother Thadeus' office after the melee in the auditorium] Can you gentlemen give me one good reason why you shouldn't be expelled?
- Michael Dunn: It's my fault, brother. I'm the one who should be expelled.
- Brother Thadeus: You all acted as one, Mr. Dunn. And as one, you shall bear the consequences.
- Michael Dunn: Yes, brother, but I started it.
- Brother Thadeus: Did you? As I understand it, Brother Constance started it.
- Brother Constance: [in disbelief] What?
- Brother Thadeus: I'm suspending you for two weeks. Good day, gentlemen.
- Brother Constance: [boys leave... Brother Dominic comes in and hands Thadeus a sheet of paper, which he signs... Constance is angry] What do you mean I started it? They've assaulted the faculty, the've disgraced this institution, and they destroyed a statue of St. Basil.
- Brother Thadeus: I always hated that statue.
- [signs paper and hands it to Constance]
- Brother Constance: What's this?
- Brother Thadeus: Well, you're transferred out of this institution. I don't want you working with children anymore.
- Brother Constance: [angry] You can't do this! I will demand an investigation. I will take this all the way to the bishop if I have to.
- Brother Thadeus: Take it whereever you want, brother...
- [opens door]
- Brother Thadeus: just take it out of my office!
- [Constance glares at Timothy and then storms out the door]
- Brother Thadeus: It appears we have a vacancy, brother. Think you can fit in?
- Brother Timothy: [smiles] I think so, brother.
- [Caesar's desk falls apart when Brother sits on it]
- Brother Constance: Oh, you'll pay for that Caesar!
- Caesar: [indignantly] But, Brother my screws are gone!
- Brother Constance: [in Thadeus' closed-door office after melee in auditorium] They should be expelled. In the real world, they'd be charged with assault.
- Brother Timothy: In the 'real world', they'd have a case of self-defense!
- Brother Constance: I think expulsion is justified here.
- Brother Timothy: I don't think so.
- Brother Constance: Well, no one cares what you think!
- Brother Thadeus: [to Brother Dominic, also in his office] Let the boys in here.
- Brother Constance: Are you familiar with the term "miserable"? Because miserable is what I'm going to make your miserable lives, every miserable minute of every miserable day!
- Rooney, Caesar, Michael Dunn, Corbet, Williams: Yes, Brother.
- Brother Constance: Yes Brother what?
- Rooney, Caesar, Michael Dunn, Corbet, Williams: Yes Brother, miserable, Brother.
- [Brother William brings the five into the gymnasium, where Brother Constance is standing in front of the exercise horse]
- Brother Constance: That's far enough. Thank you, brother.
- [Brother William leaves]
- Brother Constance: Gentlemen, we will dispense with the traditional accusation denial ritual. It is such a bore, and not likely to convince me that I don't have before me right now at least one, if not all of the vandals. But since I'm a just man with no taste for punishing the innocent, I will afford the guilty the opportunity to speak now and to save the innocent from an impending state of wretchedness. Well?
- Rooney: Could you repeat that, brother?
- Brother Constance: [walks toward Rooney] Shut up. All right, who did it? Speak now or you will all suffer for it.
- Michael Dunn: I did.
- Brother Constance: [walks to Michael] Mr. Dunn.
- Rooney: He didn't do it. Uh, Williams did it.
- Williams: What do you mean "I did it"? Corbet did it.
- Corbet: No, it was Caesar's idea to take the head off.
- [the five protests and argue about the incident]
- Brother Constance: [impatient and angry] All right. All right! That's enough!
- [the boys fall silent]
- Brother Constance: Have it your own way, gentlemen.