Matt Schramm Quotes in Thumbsucker (2005)

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Matt Schramm Quotes:

  • [Justin sneaks to his mother's place of work at the rehab center for celebrities, while outside he bumps into his mom's favorite celebrity smoking outside, Matt Schramm]

    Matt Schramm: So, what, are you in juvie?

    Justin Cobb: Yeah.

    Matt Schramm: What's your poison?

    Justin Cobb: Uh, dope.

    Matt Schramm: What flavor?

    Justin Cobb: I don't know. Everything I guess.

    Matt Schramm: Mmm. Welcome to the fucking club. I never met a drug I didn't like.

    Matt Schramm: [Matt notices Justin looking back at his mother through the open curtain in the window] Yeah, she's a tough one. In fact, I consider her my guardian angel.

    Justin Cobb: Are you friends?

    Matt Schramm: Mmm. It's deeper than that. A month or so ago, I fly in here. I work in TV. My studio commits me. Have you ever seen my show, The Line? You know, sometimes you gotta cross it.

    Justin Cobb: I don't know.

    Matt Schramm: Anyway. So naturally, I smuggle in a stash, right? Tucked up my ass. But it's too high up. I can't get to it, so... I take a spoon. Something goes wrong. There's all this blood everywhere.

    [we see the flashback]

    Matt Schramm: Jesus Christ! That's a lot of blood. There's Cobb there. She runs into my room. Sticks her hand in there. No Vaseline, just my blood.

    Audrey Cobb: [in the flashback, we see Matt screaming and whimpering] There it is. There it is.

    Matt Schramm: [laughs] That's heavy, right?

    Justin Cobb: That's sick.

    Matt Schramm: Yeah. She saved my life though. And that was the moment I finally got real about myself. I'm Matt. And I'm an addict. The other night she said to me, we're all addicted to...

    Audrey Cobb: Something. Maybe an idea of ourselves, of our lives. Maybe some idea of success, or failure or...

    Matt Schramm: What, you're scared, too?

    Audrey Cobb: Being the mother of a 17-year-old is a trip.

    Matt Schramm: Oh, yeah.

    Audrey Cobb: Yeah?

    [chuckles]

    Audrey Cobb: You're supposed to have all the answers, and you don't have one.

    Matt Schramm: Wow.

    Audrey Cobb: Even the idea that once you have a family, you'll never be lonely again.

    Matt Schramm: Heavy, huh? We don't like to admit it, but, uh, we're all just scared little animals.

    [Matt gives Justin a hug for the share]

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