Jerome Davenport Quotes in Antwone Fisher (2002)

Jerome Davenport: "Who will cry for the little boy, lost and all alone / Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own"

Antwone Fisher: "Who will cry for the little boy, he cried himself to sleep / Who will cry for the little boy, who never had it for keeps / Who will cry for the little boy, who walked on burning sands / Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man / Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well hurt and pain / Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again / Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be / Who will cry for the little boy, who cries inside of me"

Jerome Davenport: Who will cry for the little boy Antwoine?

Antwone Fisher: I will, I always do.

Jerome Davenport: "Regard without ill-will despite an offense." That's Webster's definition of forgiveness.

Antwone Fisher: Why do I have to forgive?

Jerome Davenport: So you can get on with your life.

[last lines]

Jerome Davenport: Are you hungry, sailor?

Antwone Fisher: I could eat, sir.

Jerome Davenport: Where'd you spend your childhood?

Antwone Fisher: Cleveland.

Jerome Davenport: Parents still live there?

Antwone Fisher: I never had any parents.

Jerome Davenport: They deceased?

Antwone Fisher: I never - I never had parents.

Jerome Davenport: That would make you a medical miracle, Seaman Fisher. Where you from?

Antwone Fisher: I'm from under a rock.

[pause]

Jerome Davenport: Okay!

Antwone Fisher: Where's your wife?

Jerome Davenport: She couldn't make it. Sends along her congratulations. A small gift for you.

[hands Antwone a book]

Antwone Fisher: [reads book cover] The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey. Thank you sir.

Jerome Davenport: You're welcome.