Dr. Jonathan Steele Quotes in Changeling (2008)

Dr. Jonathan Steele: According to your file, you believe that the police substituted a fake boy for your son.

Christine Collins: No, I didn't say he was a fake boy. He's not *my* boy. They brought home the wrong boy. My son is still missing.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's strange, because I have here a newspaper article with a photo of you at the train station, welcoming home your son.

[shows her the article]

Dr. Jonathan Steele: That is you in the photo, isn't it?

Christine Collins: Yes.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: So, at first, he was your son and now he's not your son. Has this been going on for a long time? People changing, becoming something other than what they are?

Christine Collins: People don't change.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: You don't think people change?

Christine Collins: No, that's not what I...

Dr. Jonathan Steele: Shh! The police, they're not out to persecute you?

Christine Collins: No, they're not.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: No, they're not. The police are here to protect you.

Christine Collins: Yes.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: Really?

Christine Collins: Yes.

Dr. Jonathan Steele: Well, that's odd, because when you were admitted, you told the head nurse that the police were conspiring *deliberately* to punish you. So, either the head nurse and the interns are also conspiring to punish you or you're changing your story.

[pause]

Dr. Jonathan Steele: Do you often have trouble telling reality from fantasy, Mrs. Collins?

Christine Collins: No...

Dr. Jonathan Steele: By signing this, you certify that you were wrong when you stated the boy returned to you by the police was not your son. It further stipulates that the police were right in sending you here for observation and it absolves them of all responsibility.

Christine Collins: I won't sign that.