Philip Train Quotes in Chances Are (1989)

[Philip tells Corinne and Alex the things he believes in to be real]

Philip Train: Now, look, I'm just a dumb newspaper man. I believe Monday follows Sunday. I believe that summer follows spring. I believe in God and glasnost. I believe in things you can touch.

[Corinne tells Philip that her and Louie are having a baby]

Corinne Jeffries: Philip.

Philip Train: Hmm?

Corinne Jeffries: We're having a baby.

Philip Train: [Philip pauses, whispering to Corinne in front of Louie] How are we going to break the news to Louie?

Corinne Jeffries: [the three laugh together and hug each other] Philip!

[last lines]

Alex Finch: Philip.

Philip Train: Yeah.

Alex Finch: There's something I have to tell you.

Philip Train: Now?

Alex Finch: I'm in love with Miranda.

Philip Train: I know.

[both men smile, as Alex looks to Miranda walking up the aisle in her bridesmaid dress, and Philip looks to Corinne walking up the aisle in her wedding dress]

Second Minister: [the wedding Officiant begins to speak] Dearly beloved, we have come together in the presence of God to witness and bless...

[Philip finally tells Corinne that he's in love with her]

Philip Train: I'm finding out once and for all what it feels like to hold the woman I love. I've always loved and will always love 'till the day I die.

Philip Train: [Philip kisses Corinne on the lips] I love you, Corinne.

Corinne Jeffries: Why didn't you ever tell me?

Philip Train: How could I?

Corinne Jeffries: All these years...

Philip Train: Louie was always there with us, every moment. In your heart. In my heart. In the air.

Corinne Jeffries: But I don't feel him here now.

[Alex and Philip get in a fight on the floor about not believing Alex is Louie]

Alex Finch: [Alex defensively yells] I'm Louie!

Philip Train: Yeah, and I'm Cleopatra!

Alex Finch: [Philip wrestles Alex down] You are not!

Alex Finch: You fight like her though!

[first lines]

Philip Train: [Philip the best friend and best man, tells Louie the groom, he's in love with Corinne the soon-to-be married bride] Louie. There's something I have to tell you.

Louie Jeffries: [as Corinne walks up the aisle in her wedding dress] Now?

Philip Train: I'm in love with Corinne.

Louie Jeffries: [Louie smiles not taking his eyes off Corinne] I know.

[Alex drives home Philip to Corinne's house]

Philip Train: [Philip looks around the mess throughout Alex's front seat] What are you doing for dinner?

Alex Finch: Dinner? Uh...

Philip Train: [Alex opens his glove compartment revealing a couple oranges and a newspaper] You're coming with me. My friends live just down the street.

[Alex comes out of the bathroom, remembering that he was Louie in a previous life]

Alex Finch: Philip, it's great to see you again.

Philip Train: [Alex wraps a tight hug around Philip] It's great to see you.

Alex Finch: [Alex and Philip turn to see both Miranda and Corinne staring them down, as Alex gets terrified again to have to run back into the bathroom] Excuse me.

[Alex runs back into the bathroom slamming the door shut]

[Corinne asks Philip if he believes someone like Louie could come back to life]

Philip Train: Corinne... I can understand how a person's desires might lead her to believe that. It would be a dream come true. But the last guy to come back, that I know about, was Jesus Christ. You'll see Louie someday.

Corinne Jeffries: I know, in Heaven.

[Corinne kisses Philip on the cheek]

[Corinne sneaks into Alex's bedroom and into his bed wearing only lingerie, crawling under the sheets, not knowing it's Philip she starts to kiss]

Corinne Jeffries: Oh, Louie!

Philip Train: Louie?

Corinne Jeffries: [Corinne sits up turning on the bedroom light] Philip?

Corinne Jeffries: [Corinne covers her chest with the blanket sheet] What are you doing here?

Philip Train: I'm not sure.

Corinne Jeffries: Whatever just happened between us was...

Philip Train: A miracle.

Corinne Jeffries: We almost... We could've...

Philip Train: We still can.