Mr. Braddock Quotes in The Graduate (1967)

Mr. Braddock: Ben, what are you doing?

Benjamin: Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.

Mr. Braddock: Why?

Benjamin: Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here.

Mr. Braddock: Have you thought about graduate school?

Benjamin: No.

Mr. Braddock: Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?

Benjamin: You got me.

Benjamin: [It's morning. Mr. Braddock is in the kitchen. Ben walks in] I'm going to marry Elaine Robinson.

Mr. Braddock: Well, well, well!

[He almost giggles as he crosses to Ben and takes his hand to shake it. Mrs. Braddock appears in the doorway]

Mrs. Braddock: What's happening

Mr. Braddock: Ben says he and Elaine are getting married.

Mrs. Braddock: I don't believe it.

Mr. Braddock: That what he says. Right?

Benjamin: I'm going up to Berkeley today.

Mrs. Braddock: Oh, Ben. This is so exciting.

Mr. Braddock: Come on, let's call the Robinsons. We've got something to celebrate.

Benjamin: No. I think you'll want to wait on that.

Mr. Braddock: They don't know?

Benjamin: No, they don't.

Mr. Braddock: Well, when did you decide all this?

Benjamin: About an hour ago.

Mr. Braddock: Wait a minute. You talked to Elaine this morning?

Benjamin: No. She doesn't know about it.

Mr. Braddock: She doesn't know that you're coming up to Berkeley?

Benjamin: No. Actually, she doesn't know about us getting married yet.

Mr. Braddock: When did you two talk this over?

Benjamin: We haven't.

Mr. Braddock: Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked.

Benjamin: No, it's not, Dad. It's completely baked. It's a decision I've made.

Mrs. Braddock: But what makes you think she wants to marry you?

Benjamin: [Ben picks up his suitcase, walks to the door] She doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me.

Mr. Braddock: What's the matter? The guests are all downstairs, Ben, waiting to see you.

Benjamin: Look, Dad, could you explain to them that I have to be alone for a while?

Mr. Braddock: These are all our good friends, Ben. Most of them have known you since, well, practically since you were born. What is it, Ben?

Benjamin: I'm just...

Mr. Braddock: Worried?

Benjamin: Well...

Mr. Braddock: About what?

Benjamin: I guess about my future.

Mr. Braddock: What about it?

Benjamin: I don't know... I want it to be...

Mr. Braddock: To be what?

Benjamin: [looks at his father] ... Different.