Philadelphia (1993)

Jason Robards: Charles Wheeler

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• Andrew Beckett : I appreciate your faith in my abilities.

  Charles Wheeler : Faith, Andy, is the belief in something for which we have no evidence. It doesn't apply to this situation.

• Charles Wheeler : Regarding Andy I want to know everything about his personal life does he frequent those pathetic bars? What other homosexual facilities does he go to? What deviant groups does he secretly belong to?

  Bob Seidman : Let's make a fair settlement offer and just put this whole tragic business behind us.

  Charles Wheeler : Bob, Andy brought AIDS into our offices, into our *Men's* Room, he brought AIDS to our annual God damn family picnic

  Walter Kenton : We ought to be suing him, Bob.

  Bob Seidman : Where is your compassion gentlemen?

  Charles Wheeler : [to Bob]  Bob, we gave him Highline, Did Andrew Beckett say I might not be able to serve our client to the best of my ability? He said nothing and now, disregarding the trust and affection I conferred upon him, Andrew Beckett proposes to hall me into court, to sling accusations at me, to call me a *bigot* - in full view of the entire Philadelphia judicial establishment. My God.

  Kenneth Killcoyne : Beckett doesn't want to go to court. He's looking for a quick tasty settlement.

  Bob Seidman : [to everyone]  A jury might decide he has a case.

  Charles Wheeler : [to Bob]  Wait a minute, he was fired for incompetence not because he has AIDS. You didn't know he was sick, did you, Bob?

  Walter Kenton : Holy shit, did you Bob?

  Bob Seidman : [nervously]  No. No, not really.

• Charles Wheeler : You may tap dance around me all you wish with your innuendoes and locker room fantasies. But the truth still remains that your client worked when he wanted to work, telling us what he thought we needed to know about who he really was. Andy insisted on bending the rules and his work suffered tremendously in the long run as a result of that.

  Joe Miller : Will you explain this to me like I'm a six-year-old, Mr. Wheeler, 'cause I just don't get it. Who makes these rules that you're talking about, huh? You?

  Charles Wheeler : Read your Bible, Mr. Miller, Old - and the New Testament. Pretty valuable rules in there.