The Fabelmans (2022)
Judd Hirsch: Uncle Boris
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Quotes
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Uncle Boris : Art will give you crowns in heaven and laurels on Earth, but also, it will tear your heart out and leave you lonely. You'll be a shanda
[disgrace in Yiddish]
Uncle Boris : for your loved ones. An exile in the desert. A gypsy. Art is no game! Art is dangerous as a lion's mouth. It'll bite your head off.
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Uncle Boris : Family, art: It will tear you in two.
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Sammy Fabelman : Putting your head in a lion's mouth is art?
Uncle Boris : No, sticking your head in the mouth of lions was balls! Making sure that lion didn't eat my head? That is art!
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Uncle Boris : [to Sammy, about Mitzi] She could have been that concert piano player. What's she got in her heart is what you got.
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Uncle Boris : [to Sammy] We're junkies. Art is our drug.
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Uncle Boris : You never seen a guy grieving before?