Alan Arkin: Bud Newman
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Quotes
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[about the elves, thinking they are short toymakers]
Sylvia Newman : What a quaint little village. Everybody's just so petite.
Bud Newman : No. Tom Cruise is petite. These people are short. What's the deal with them?
Scott Calvin : Who? What? Um... Oh, uh...
[just thought of a question back]
Scott Calvin : Have you ever been to Canada?
Bud Newman : No. It's too far. We did go to Rochester, New York, once, though, to visit her sister.
Scott Calvin : Very lovely place. But it's not Canada, is it?
Bud Newman : No.
Scott Calvin : Well, this is...
[trying to think of an answer]
Scott Calvin : This is what Canadians look like.
[everyone is silent]
Bud Newman : [confused] Ah.
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Bud Newman : [after putting out an oven fire] What's the matter with you people? Don't you realize you were an inch away from Armageddon?
Jack Frost : I'll get a mop!
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Bud Newman : [about the door he's sanding] As smooth as a baby's butt, feel it.
Scott Calvin : [feels it] Oh yeah, very butt-like.
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Bud Newman : They're elves! They're not little Canadians, they're really elves!
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[Carol cries over her broken glass star tree topper]
Sylvia Newman : Oh, honey.
Scott Calvin : Honey, I think maybe I can fix that. I know you're upset.
Bud Newman : Oh, you picked up on that, did you?
Scott Calvin : Bud, what is that supposed to mean?
Bud Newman : Well, maybe if you weren't working all the time, you would know.
Scott Calvin : Well, maybe you don't understand the pressure I'm under.
Bud Newman : Well, maybe it's not as bad as being ripped away from your family and told you can't see them anymore.
Mrs. Claus : Dad.
Scott Calvin : Well, maybe that's why I invited you up here, Bud. So Carol can be surrounded by her family for love and support, while I try to do things you can't even imagine. But rather than try to makes things work, it seems like you're trying to make things worse.
Bud Newman : That's it. We're leaving.
Mrs. Claus : What?
Sylvia Newman : Maybe we shouldn't have come.
Scott Calvin : Maybe you're right. Maybe you shouldn't have come.
Mrs. Claus : Maybe I should never have come either.
[Scott gets frustrated and it's like he's about to say something. Jack rushes up to him]
Jack Frost : Don't say anything you'll regret.
[Carol leaves to sit down]
Jack Frost : I think we all need to cool down for a second. Huh?
[to Scott]
Jack Frost : Why don't you and I take a walk? Come on. Let's go. Let's just go.
[Scott and Jack leave as Carol's parents comfort her]
Sylvia Newman : Oh, sweetheart.
[Jack pulls out his present to Scott as they walk away]
