
Good Will Hunting Page #35
LAMBEAU:
Now don't do that. Don't you do that!
Don't infect him with the idea that
it's okay to quit. That it's okay to
be a failure, because it's not okay!
If you're angry at me for being
successful, for being what you could
have been--
SEAN:
--I'm not angry at you--
LAMBEAU:
Yes you are, Sean. You resent me.
And I'm not going to apologize for
any success that I've had.
SEAN:
--I don't have any anger at you--
LAMBEAU:
Yes you do. You're angry at me for
doing what you could have done. Ask
yourself if you want Will to feel
that way for the rest of his life,
to feel like a failure.
SEAN:
That's it. That's why I don't come
to the goddamn reunions! Because I
can't stand the look in your eye
when you see me! You think I'm a
failure! I know who I am. I'm proud
of who I am. And all of you, you
think I'm some kind of pity case!
You with your sycophant students
following you around. And your Goddamn
Medal!
LAMBEAU:
Is that what this is about, Sean?
The Field's Medal? Do you want me to
go home and get it for you? Then
will you let the boy--
SEAN:
I don't want your trophy and I don't
give a sh*t about it! 'Cause I knew
you when!! You and Jack and Tom
Sanders. I knew you when you were
homesick and pimply-faced and didn't
know what side of the bed to piss
on!
LAMBEAU:
That's right! You were smarter than
us then and you're smarter than us
now! So don't blame me for how your
life turned out. It's not my fault.
SEAN:
I don't blame you! It's not about
that! It's about the boy! 'Cause
he's a good kid! And I won't see
this happen to him- won't see you
make him feel like a failure too!
LAMBEAU:
He won't be a failure!
SEAN:
If you push him into something, if
you ride him--
LAMBEAU:
You're wrong, Sean. I'm where I am
today because I was pushed. And
because I learned to push myself!
SEAN:
He's not you!
A beat. Lambeau turns, something catches his eye. Sean turns
to look, IT'S WILL. He is standing in the doorway.
WILL:
I can come back.
LAMBEAU:
No, that's fine, Will. I was just
leaving.
There is an awkward moment as Lambeau gets his coat and
leaves.
WILL:
Well, I'm here.
(beat)
So, is that my problem? I'm afraid
of being abandoned? That was easy.
SEAN:
Look, a lot of that stuff goes back
a long way. And it's between me and
him and it has nothing to do with
you.
WILL:
Do you want to talk about it?
Sean smiles. A beat. Will sees a FILE on Sean's desk.
WILL:
What's that?
SEAN:
Oh, this is your file. I have to
send it back to the Judge with my
evaluation.
WILL:
You're not going to fail me are you?
Sean smiles.
WILL:
So what's it say?
SEAN:
You want to read it?
WILL:
No.
(beat)
Have you had any experience with
that?
SEAN:
Twenty years of counseling you see a
lot of--
WILL:
No, have you had any experience with
that?
SEAN:
Yes.
WILL:
(smiles)
It sure ain't good.
INT. WILL'S CHILDHOOD APARTMENT -- FLASHBACK
From a child's P.O.V. we see a man, partially obscured by a
doorframe. The man turns toward the P.O.V.
CUT BACK TO:
INT. SEAN'S OFFICE -- DAY
SEAN:
(after a pause)
My dad used to make us walk down to
the park and collect the sticks he
was going to beat us with. Actually
the worst of the beatings were between
me and my brother. We would practice
on each other trying to find sticks
that would break.
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