The Game Plan (2007)

Paige Turco: Karen Kelly

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Quotes 

• Karen Kelly : [During a group hug]  Joe...

  Peyton Kelly : Daddy...

  Karen Kelly , Peyton Kelly : Can't breathe.

  Joe Kingman : Me neither.

  [They let go of each other] 

• Karen Kelly : How are things going there?

  Peyton Kelly : Terrific, the food's not all that great, but my room is huge.

• Peyton Kelly : Hey, Joe. You got money on New York or something?

  Joe Kingman : [Chuckles]  Peyton?

  [Groans] 

  Joe Kingman : Come here. Please tell me you're not on the lam again.

  Karen Kelly : No, this time she brought the warden with her.

  Joe Kingman : What are you guys doing here?

  Peyton Kelly : I called an audible. See, I thought you'd be better of without me. But judging by the butt-whupping you got out there, I guess I was wrong. I love you, Daddy. I want to come home.

  Joe Kingman : I love you too, Peyton. I love you so much.

• Karen Kelly : Please tell me that Peyton's all right.

  Joe Kingman : She's gonna be...

  [he turns around seeing that Karen showed up] 

  Monique Vasquez : She's going to be fine. The doctor said that she's going to be fine.

  Karen Kelly : You're lucky I haven't called the police.

  Joe Kingman : Karen?

  Karen Kelly : I got home early and I see you and Peyton. Your face is plastered on the front of every magazine. I called Peyton hundred times yesterday. She didn't answer. I flew out here, got off the plane. And I see all of this on the news.

  Joe Kingman : Karen?

  Karen Kelly : Is that all you can say for yourself is Karen?

  Joe Kingman : I-I thought you were dead.

  Karen Kelly : I can assure you I'm not dead. How did you find her?

  Joe Kingman : I didn't. She found me. Wait a minute. Is Peyton's mom still in Africa?

  Karen Kelly : She didn't tell you, did she? Joe. Sara died in a car accident 6 months ago.

• Karen Kelly : Are you saying you want Peyton to live here with you?

  Joe Kingman : Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying.

  Karen Kelly : You haven't even been in her life.

  Joe Kingman : That's not my fault. I didn't even know she existed! And we've come such a long way in a short time.

  Karen Kelly : What? You mean since a month ago when you left her in a bar?

  Joe Kingman : I'm not the same man that I was.

  Karen Kelly : Or an hour ago when she almost died on your watch? This is not about you. This is about Peyton, what's best for her. And she needs to be in a stable home with someone who's known her her whole life.

  Joe Kingman : Peyton needs her father. She needs me.

• Karen Kelly : That's not your decision to make. Sara appointed me her guardian.

  Joe Kingman : I missed 8 years of Peyton's life. And I'm not gonna miss any more. And I will fight for this.

  Karen Kelly : Oh, that would be a great thing to put her through, don't you think? Do you have any idea how to take care of a child?

  Joe Kingman : I've been doing it for a month now!

  Karen Kelly : And look where we're standing, Joe.