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Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Lee Remick in Toughlove (1985)

Dana Elcar: Max Wiley

Toughlove

Dana Elcar credited as playing...

Max Wiley

Quotes1

  • Max Wiley: ...Come in, Rob. Shut the door, would you? Sit down. Any word on Gary?
  • Rob Charters: The cops are looking for him; so is his probation officer. Nothing yet.
  • Max Wiley: How long has it been?
  • Rob Charters: Two weeks yesterday.
  • Max Wiley: Sorry about that... Rob, I didn't want you to hear this from anybody else - I gave the job to Walter Keyes instead of you. I hope you understand.
  • Rob Charters: No; as a matter of fact, I don't understand. I'd like to, however.
  • Max Wiley: Rob, you know what this job takes. You've got to be a disciplinarian - a surrogate parent - to a hundred kids every day. Under the circumstances, I just don't think you've got that in you.
  • Rob Charters: Max, I know how you feel. I used to think all this was happening because Jan and I had done a bad job. But it's not always the parent's fault; look at Scott! Gary's just a problem kid.
  • Max Wiley: From where I sit, it doesn't look like you've handled the problem at all.
  • Rob Charters: How *would* you handle it, if your kid literally picked you up and threw you clear across the room, if your kid was high on fifteen different drugs? How do most people handle that sort of thing?
  • Max Wiley: Look, I had to make a decision, and I went with my instincts.
  • Rob Charters: With all due respect, you and your instincts can go to hell.
  • Max Wiley: In that case, *with all due respect*, do us both a favor. Go there yourself. And I mean now.
  • Rob Charters: Gladly.
  • [He spins on his heel and slams out of the office]

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