Between Love and Hate (1993 TV Movie)
Patrick Van Horn: Matt Templeton
Quotes
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Charles Templeton : Your mother was worried half out of her mind when you didn't come home last night.
Matt Templeton : I told her I'd be late.
Charles Templeton : This isn't late, Matt. It's dawn. Where the hell have you been, anyway?
Matt Templeton : None of your business.
Charles Templeton : Matt, as long as you're living under this roof, everything you do is my business.
[walks over to Matt]
Charles Templeton : Look, I just want to make sure you're not doing something you'll be sorry for later.
Matt Templeton : [not buying it] Get real. You don't care about me. You don't care about Mom either. And the only reason why you're back in this house is 'cause you're flat broke.
Charles Templeton : [slaps him hard]
Matt Templeton : There's Dad I know.
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Matt Templeton : [on the phone] Yeah, Mom, hi. I just wanted you to know I got here safe and sound. Okay, I'll be home in a couple days. Okay, Mom.
[hangs up]
Vivian Conrad : That was so sweet.
Matt Templeton : I don't like my Mom to worry.
Vivian Conrad : Well, all mothers worry about their children.
Matt Templeton : Yeah, well, this is different.
Vivian Conrad : It is? How is this different.
Matt Templeton : I did something a while back that really scared her a lot.
Vivian Conrad : It sounds like it must've been pretty serious.
Matt Templeton : It was serious.
Vivian Conrad : Well, do you wanna tell me about it?
Matt Templeton : I don't think I really wanna talk about it right now.
Vivian Conrad : I hope you know that you can tell me anything and it's never gonna change the way I feel about you.
Matt Templeton : I tried to kill myself.
Vivian Conrad : Why?
Matt Templeton : To get away from my Dad.
Vivian Conrad : What did he do to you?
Matt Templeton : It started when I was about 6. He used to slap me with his hand. That wasn't so bad. When that didn't work, he used to whip me with a belt. A *thick* *black* *leather* *belt*. Anything would set him off. If I didn't win a swim meet, if I didn't bring home straight A's on my report card.
Vivian Conrad : Oh, Matt.
Matt Templeton : He'd just grin at me and then he'd snap that belt. I can still hear it.
Vivian Conrad : Did your mother ever try to stop it?
Matt Templeton : She tried, but he'd just slap her down and keep coming at me.
Vivian Conrad : When did it stop?
Matt Templeton : It stopped... it never stopped. There were times he beat me so hard, I thought he was gonna kill me. That's when I decided to kill myself and save him the trouble. But my Mom walked in on me.
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Alec : You know, I can't believe you actually showed up today.
Matt Templeton : Sorry, man, but it's not like I've been hiding out.
Alec : Yeah, well, you could've fooled me.
Matt Templeton : Alec, have you ever cared about someone so much, that it hurt. That if you left them behind, you thought you'd die?
Alec : Once.
Matt Templeton : Well, then maybe you'll understand what's been going on. I'm in love.
Alec : Well, that explains a lot. You finally did it, didn't you? You did it and you kept it all to yourself. Well, come on, Matt, who is she?
Matt Templeton : Vivian Conrad.
Alec : [Alec's face drops]
Matt Templeton : We've been seeing each other since the beginning of the summer. We're in love.
Alec : Oh, man. You are in way over your head.
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Katherine Templeton : I didn't know whether to show them to you or not.
Charles Templeton : [calls Matt into the room] Matt, get in here!
Katherine Templeton : Charles, he leaves for school soon.
Charles Templeton : You let ME handle this.
Matt Templeton : What?
Charles Templeton : What's going on here?
[holds up credit card]
Charles Templeton : This is Vivian Conrad's credit card. I want an answer.
Matt Templeton : [looks at his mother] I'm in love with her, Mom.
Katherine Templeton : You can't mean that.
Matt Templeton : Vivian's the best thing that ever happened to me.
Charles Templeton : You must be out of your mind.
Katherine Templeton : Matt, she's a grown woman. She's married and she has a child. You haven't even finished school.
Matt Templeton : Vivian wants me to finish school. She's the only reason I'm bothering to go back.
Katherine Templeton : This just... isn't normal.
Matt Templeton : Oh, sure. Like this family wrote the book on being normal.
[walks away]
Charles Templeton : JUST A MINUTE. I'm not through with you yet.
[tries to grab Matt]
Matt Templeton : [knocks his hand away] DON'T YOU TOUCH ME AGAIN.
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Matt Templeton : [Matt sees his father beating his mother] Get away from her, you hear me! Leave her alone!
[Matt starts to struggle with his father]
Matt Templeton : [Matt gains the upper hand] Where's your belt now, Dad!
Katherine Templeton : Matt, stop it!
Matt Templeton : You got two choices; you could pack your bags and get out of our lives or I could finish you off right now! Which is it gonna be!
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Alec : You did WHAT?
Matt Templeton : I copied the letter she sent me. The one about how I made love to her, about how she missed being with me, *everything*.
Alec : Tell me you're making this up, man. You *are* making this up?
Matt Templeton : No, I really did it. I plastered it everywhere. I plastered it all over the club, all over their neighborhood, *everywhere*.
Alec : What did you do that for?
Matt Templeton : BECAUSE, the Conrads are running around telling lies about me, THAT'S WHY. I can't let them get away with that, Alec. I want everyone to know the truth about *me* and *Vivian*.
Alec : The truth about you and Vivian? The truth is she used you. She used you and she dumped you.
Matt Templeton : You don't understand. We loved each other.
Alec : Matt, it had nothing to do with love.
Matt Templeton : Damn it, Alec!
Alec : Matt, I know what I'm talking about.
Matt Templeton : No you don't. No one understands.
Alec : Matt, I do understand.
Matt Templeton : [looks away, annoyed]
Alec : Did she give you a shirt too?
Matt Templeton : [Matt looks at him]
Alec : I thought so. Matt, I hate to break this to you, but she does this every summer. Last summer it was me. Don't worry, man, you'll get over it. I did.
