The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Ken Leung: School Therapist

Quotes 

• School Therapist : I wonder how you're feeling right now.

  Walt Berkman : I don't know.

  School Therapist : Why don't you tell me about something less uncomfortable, like a nice memory, maybe?

  Walt Berkman : Isn't that kind of a stock question for a shrink?

  School Therapist : Yes. That's more or less how this works.

  Walt Berkman : I can't think of anything right now

  School Therapist : Just think. Come one. Just something. Meet me halfway here.

  Walt Berkman : Um, alright, let's see. Okay, um, when I was around six my mom and I, she and I ducked out of Julie Glynn's birthday party to watch Robin Hood together on our TV.

  School Therapist : That sounds like a nice memory.

  Walt Berkman : I liked Errol Flynn.

  School Therapist : Errol Flynn. That's all?

  Walt Berkman : And... I was glad she let me leave the party early to watch the movie. She and I loved that movie. It's like... It's like we were pals then. You know, we'd do things together. We'd look at the knight armor at the Met, the scary fish at the natural history museum. I was always afraid of the squid and the whale fighting. I could only look at it with my hands in front of my face. When we'd get home, after my bath, she'd go through all the different things we saw that day at the museum and... And we'd get to the Squid and the Whale and she'd describe it for me which was, maybe, still scary but it was less scary. Anyway, it was fun, it was fun to hear about it.

  School Therapist : Did your dad live at home back then?

  Walt Berkman : Yeah, why?

  School Therapist : You didn't mention him. Where was he during all of this?

  Walt Berkman : He was... I don't know, exactly. He was... He was downstairs, maybe. He didn't ever come to the museum. This was before my brother was born. This was before... It was earlier.