Wish I Was Here (2014)

Zach Braff: Aidan Bloom

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• Aidan Bloom : [From opening]  "When I was a kid my brother and I used to pretend we were heroes with swords. We were the only ones who could save the day. but perhaps we set the bar a little bit high. Maybe we were just regular people, the ones who get saved."

• Tucker Bloom : [Asking for the password to Aidan's iPad]  Dad!

  Aidan Bloom : I have no fucking idea!

  Tucker Bloom : Swear jar!

  Aidan Bloom : Fuck the swear jar.

  Sarah Bloom : Aidan!

  Aidan Bloom : I'm sorry but fuck the swear jar.

  Tucker Bloom : That word means sex. You're gonna have sex with the swear jar?

• Grace Bloom : Uncle Noah? Hi It- it's grace. Did Janine like the costume? Did she give you some 'poontang'?

  Noah Bloom : Uh... Yeah, she sure did!

  Grace Bloom : Uncle Noah, I've never asked you for anything have I?

  Noah Bloom : No.

  Grace Bloom : I didn't get mad when you forgot my birthday, or Hanukkah. Or that time you got drunk and peed in my closet?

  Noah Bloom : Uh... Well grace, I-I got... I got locked in there. Somebody locked me in there...

  Grace Bloom : I want you to come see grandpa.

  Noah Bloom : Grace... Um, can I tell you a secret?

  Grace Bloom : Yeah.

  Noah Bloom : I'm scared. Losing my mum was the hardest thing I've ever been through. I don't know if I can take it again.

  Grace Bloom : I know that you're sad. But we're sad too, and we should all be together. Listen, I know that you don't believe in God but maybe you can believe in family. Uncle Noah? He hung up.

  Aidan Bloom : What?

  Grace Bloom : Maybe we got disconnected... It kinda felt like he hung up.

• Aidan Bloom : Oh! There's so much bad news all at once. What do we do?

  Gabe : What do you mean, "What do we do?" We move forward. It's the only direction God gave us.

• Grace Bloom : If I die, I'm going to be so pissed at you.

  Aidan Bloom : We have a deal.

• Aidan Bloom : How are you feeling?

  Gabe : I'm not afraid. Isn't that funny? I thought I'd be afraid.

  Aidan Bloom : I think that's the bravest thing I've ever heard.

  Gabe : Really?

  Aidan Bloom : Yeah. I really do.

  Gabe : You promise?

  Aidan Bloom : I promise you.

• [last lines] 

  Aidan Bloom : Do it. Go for it.

• [first lines] 

  Aidan Bloom : [narrating]  When I was a kid, my brother and I used to pretend we were heroes with swords. We were the only ones who could save the day. But perhaps we set the bar a little bit high. Maybe we're just regular people. The ones who get saved.