Uncommon Valor (1983)

Jane Kaczmarek: Mrs. Wilkes

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Quotes 

• Mrs. Wilkes : It's taken me TEN YEARS to get that damn war out of his head!

  Rhodes : Oh yeah? Well it looks like it's still in there strong.

• Col. Cal Rhodes : [arriving at Wilkes' sculpture workshop]  I'm Jason Rhodes. I phoned this morning.

  Mrs. Wilkes : Yeah, I know who you are. Uh, listen, my husband doesn't want to talk to you.

  Col. Cal Rhodes : I phoned him this morning and he said he did.

  Mrs. Wilkes : Yeah, well, not any more. Look, why don't you do me a favor and, uh, go away?

  Col. Cal Rhodes : Not until I see your husband.

  Mrs. Wilkes : Look, you have got no right to be here. It has taken me ten years to get that goddamned war out of his head.

  Col. Cal Rhodes : ...

  [looking skeptically at Wilkes' numerous twisty metal sculptures] 

  Col. Cal Rhodes : Looks to me like it's still in his head pretty strong.

  Mrs. Wilkes : [sarcastically]  Ohh, that's very deep. Gee, where were you all the days he just sat for hours, staring at the walls?