As the World Turns (1956–2010)

Trent Dawson: Henry Coleman

Quotes 

• Henry Coleman : [Looking through the Hughes' refrigerator]  Give it a few weeks. I've got to tell you something, I've got some irons in the fire. My ship is coming in. I can see a silver lining in that cloud that's been hanging over me for so long. I'm all out of clichés, baby. But I think you get my drift, don't you?

  Maddie Coleman : Yes I do. But I don't think you understand the urgency of my plight.

  Henry Coleman : A-ha!

  [pulls out a bottle and looks at the lable] 

  Henry Coleman : Creme de menthe? Oh Lord, who are these people, mad?

  Maddie Coleman : Please, please, please. I can not bear it any longer, okay. Okay, all right, I will let you - I give you permission to use a little of that money from B.J. Henry, we can share a place. You can use it and we can share a place.

  Henry Coleman : That money - that money's off limits for now, okay?

  Maddie Coleman : You're right. I shouldn't even mentioned - what was I thinking?

  Henry Coleman : I don't know. Shame on you, shame on you.

  [takes a drink and spits it out] 

  Henry Coleman : Oh God! What am I supposed to drink this or gargle with it?

  Maddie Coleman : What am I supposed to do?

  Henry Coleman : Why don't you try making up with Casey? What the hell?

  [takes another sip] 

  Maddie Coleman : I would rather stick my head in a lion's mouth. Are you still gonna drink that?

  Henry Coleman : Yes! It's that bad, huh? Listen, for every problem there is a solution.

  Maddie Coleman : You sound like my calculus teacher.

• Emily Stewart : My entire life, honestly - men. My father, Tom, Paul - none of them ever wanted me.

  Henry Coleman : There's still good ol' Hal...

  Emily Stewart : Yeah, Hal - I came in second to a warm doughnut, Henry.

• Barbara : A shame to waste good vodka, Barbara.

  Henry Coleman : Somehow I think it won't go to waste.

• Emily Stewart : Face it, Emily. Shooting your fiance is a definite turnoff.

  Henry Coleman : Yeah, you know what? One would think, but obviously not.

• Carly Snyder : I'm surprised, I'm surprised after having one your Mom didn't stop right there. What was she thinking?

  Henry Coleman : She wasn't thinking, she was weighing the odds. You know, this horse, that horse. Mater had a bit of a gambling problem.

  Carly Snyder : She hung out at the track?

  Henry Coleman : All day, every day. If you're a thoroughbred you get her attention, but if you're just some mutt on two legs... you know.

• Emily Stewart : Well, she seems like a great kid.

  Henry Coleman : She's a smart kid, Emily, and she sees right through you like cheap cellophane. Now, I do not have a dark side, and I don't want to be any part of yours. If you want to put out a hit out on Meg, you call the mob. And if you ever reveal any of your twisted schemes in front of my little sister again, I will call the mob myself.

• Maddie Coleman : She's gone? Henry, are you having an affair?

  Henry Coleman : With Emily Stewart?

  Maddie Coleman : You know, you can tell me if you two are.

  Henry Coleman : Not.

  Maddie Coleman : Good. I don't really like her.

  Henry Coleman : She has that effect on people.

  Maddie Coleman : But I do think she has the hots for you.

  Henry Coleman : She does not have the hots for me. She has her talons dug into some other poor slob.

  Maddie Coleman : Really?

  Henry Coleman : Yeah. She's crazy about him. Literally. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

• Henry Coleman : Okay, uh, I will spell it out for you: I am not going to interfere in your life any more. If you want to make Dr. Nightmare over there your next big mistake, that is your business, not mine.

  Katie Peretti : Henry. He is my room mate, that's all!

  Henry Coleman : Bubbles, I know you better than you know your own self. You are lonely, you're vulnerable, you're sad right now, it's only a matter of time before you fall for him.

  Katie Peretti : Um, nope. You're wrong.

  Henry Coleman : No, you love being in love, usually with the wrong guy!

  Chris Hughes : [Coming up behind them, laughing]  Sorry. He does have a point, though.

  Katie Peretti : Chris, not helping.

  Henry Coleman : I didn't know you were back, it's good to see you.

  [Shakes Chris' hand] 

  Chris Hughes : Yeah, you too, you too. So, um, who is this wrong guy that Katie is... madly in love with?

  Katie Peretti : He thinks it's Reid.

  [Chris laughs incredulously] 

  Henry Coleman : No, no, no, no! No, Chris, don't laugh, it's not funny! You have not been here to see what's gone on!

  Chris Hughes : No, no, no. But you are definitely right about one thing: he is the wrong guy for Katie.

  Henry Coleman : See?

  Katie Peretti : Chris doesn't like him, either.

  Henry Coleman : No one likes him! You're the only one that likes him!

  Chris Hughes : Yeah, but it has nothing to do with that.

  [Turns to Reid] 

  Chris Hughes : Um... do you wanna tell him?

  Dr. Reid Oliver : I'm the wrong guy for Katie.

  Henry Coleman : [Sarcastically]  Really? Now, how could that be? I thought you were perfect!

  Dr. Reid Oliver : I am. I also happen to be gay.

• Henry Coleman : Well, how would you feel if the man you loved was shot and killed before he had a chance to see his kid?

  Dr. Reid Oliver : I'm not quite sure how to answer that.

  Henry Coleman : Well, you'd be a mess. And if you were Katie, that would mean long crying, hysterical jags till like three A.M., inappropriate laughter and sudden mood swings and rage and then smashing the dishes which scares the bejeezus out of the baby, but you being a world famous brain surgeon I'm sure you could handle all of that, cutting into noggins all day, so you must have nerves of steel, which you are going to need.

  Dr. Reid Oliver : I sleep with ear plugs.

  [Awkward silence]