How to Deal (2003)

Trent Ford: Macon Forrester

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Quotes 

• Macon : So do you hate me?

  Halley : Not you, per se. I hate the way that your hair falls in your face. And I hate the way that your voice gets really low when you're serious.

  [Macon bites lower lip] 

  Halley : And I hate the way that you bite your bottom lip when you're nervous. And the way your eyebrow goes

  [whistles and motions with hand] 

  Halley : like that. I hate that.

  Macon : So that's it? You just hate the way I walk and talk and look.

  Halley : No. That Jedi mind trick thing? I hate that.

• Macon : You're going to move closer to me so I can wrap my arms around your waist. And on the count of 3... 2... 1

  [kisses] 

  Macon : You're a good kisser.

  Halley : You tricked me. You Jedi Mind Tricked me.

• Halley : I imagine star wars figurines must be expensive

  Macon : I don't have Star Wars figurines... well, not many. But I don't play with them... much.

• Macon : Dun, Dun, Dun. Stand back. Leaf man to the rescue.

  Halley : Where did you get that?

  Macon : Well you know a guy's gotta pay for gas and bacon burgers somehow right?

  Halley : And toys because I imagine star wars figurines must get pretty expensive.

  Macon : I do not have any star wars figurines... well... not many. And I don't play with them... much

• Macon : Hey I'm back

  Halley : you really don't get it do you? and I don't want to wait for you to grow up.

• Macon : You're gonna let this slide, because it's only the first day , it was an honest mistake, and the fire got put out as quickly as it was started.

• [Michael is shopping around for a card for Scarlett with the "assistance" of Macon] 

  Macon Forrester : [reading a card]  Let me count the ways that this card can be used to induce... nausea, gastric distress, vomiting.

  Michael Sherwood : Yeah, go ahead and mock me, but this is serious. I need to find something funny and something sweet - just the way Scarlett is. Remember that time I got her...

  Macon Forrester : Okay. Look, here's one.

  Michael Sherwood : Not helping.

  [Macon starts reading a card] 

  Macon Forrester : "From small beginnings come great things."

  [Michael grabs the card, finishes reading it and looks up, unamused] 

  Michael Sherwood : "Congratulations on your new baby." I thought you were gonna help.

  Macon Forrester : Oh come on, lighten up, Sherwood.

  [Michael grabs another card and starts reading] 

  Michael Sherwood : "The first we met, you stole my heart."

  [Macon snatches the card from Michael] 

  Macon Forrester : "Good luck in finding a compatible organ donor." Nice.

  [Michael makes a face] 

  Macon Forrester : I'm kidding, okay? It's blank inside.

  Michael Sherwood : You know something? You're not too funny, Forrester. This girl is amazing - unlike you - and she's sensitive - unlike you. And she's sexy...

  Michael Sherwood : unlike you.

  Macon Forrester : [said simultaneously]  Unlike me. There's gotta be a card... for a redhead... from a newly smitten hunka hunka burning love. I mean... look. Summer romance has its own section.

  Michael Sherwood : It's not a summer romance. I mean... Scarlett is...

  Macon Forrester : Standing right behind you, dude.

• Macon : When I ask you to go out with me this Friday night you're gonna think you're the one asking me because you're gonna say 'yes Macon, I would love to go out with you because I know we'll have a totally great time together. In fact, I'd been hoping you'd ask me all week.'

  Halley : You wanna go out on a date with me?

  Macon : See, I told you you'd ask me.

• Macon : If you are ready to jump, I will be here to catch you.

• Macon : Your afraid to go out with me because you might actually like me?

  Halley : No... but that's a good theory I guess if you want to protect your fragile male ego because you can't handle rejection.

• Halley : Oh Macon, I think I like you too much already to actually go out with you.

  Macon : What kind of logic is that?

  Halley : It's logical logic. Haven't you ever noticed that when two members of the opposite sex get together eventually someone ends up getting hurt?