Where the Heart Is (2000)
Dylan Bruno: Willy Jack Pickens
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Quotes
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Willy Jack Pickens : Why does anyone lie? Cuz we're scared? Or crazy? Or just mean?... There's a million reasons why a person lies... But sometimes, you tell a lie so big... that it changes your whole life... Lie's so big... it makes you think...
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Willy Jack Pickens : I was coming to see you.
Novalee Nation : Sure.
Willy Jack Pickens : I was.
Novalee Nation : What were you going to do, Willy Jack? Go back to the Wal-Mart. Think I'd still be there waiting for you 5 years later?
Willy Jack Pickens : No. I just.
Novalee Nation : I gave birth at a Wal-Mart.
Willy Jack Pickens : Was it a boy? Was it a girl?
[yells]
Willy Jack Pickens : Is it alright? Does it have a name?
Novalee Nation : Yes, it's a girl. Her name is Americus and she's mine. You stay away from her!
Willy Jack Pickens : Stay away from her? I can't even get out of this bed, Novalee. What am I going to do, run away with her?
Novalee Nation : If you think I'm going to feel sorry for you.
Willy Jack Pickens : [interrupts] I just get some new legs and a new liver. That's all.
Novalee Nation : [yells] Then why'd you come here? Why you coming after us?
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Ruth Meyers : Jesus Christ, another guitar player. What's your name?
Willy Jack Pickens : Willie Jack Pickens.
Ruth Meyers : I bet you didn't even have to make that up, did you?
Willy Jack Pickens : What?
Ruth Meyers : So, you just carry that guitar around to keep your balance?
Willy Jack Pickens : You want me to play?
Ruth Meyers : What the fuck do you think I want you to do, call bingo? One tune; your best shot.
Willy Jack Pickens : Well, I wrote this one myself.
Ruth Meyers : I have goosebumps already.
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Novalee Nation : I hope we can find a place to live that overlooks the ocean.
Willy Jack Pickens : Hell, Novalee, you can't see the ocean from Bakersfield!
Novalee Nation : Well... well, maybe a pond then.
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Willy Jack Pickens : Hey Novalee! Wake up, you sound like the damn pig! Jesus, what the hell is the matter with you? And where are your shoes?
[looks through the back windshield]
Willy Jack Pickens : Well that's just great. That's great.
Novalee Nation : My feet are swollen. I had to take them off.
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Novalee Nation : [yells] Ooh!
Willy Jack Pickens : What the hell?
Novalee Nation : Wal-Mart! I can go to the bathroom!
Willy Jack Pickens : Alright, hurry up.
Novalee Nation : Hun, I'm gonna need some money.
Willy Jack Pickens : They're gonna charge you to pee?
Novalee Nation : I could get some house shoes. I gotta get some kind of shoes.
Willy Jack Pickens : Alright, get you some house shoes. Get you some green polka dot house shoes. That way everyone will be sure to notice you!