2 Best Robert Benton Monologues

Kramer vs. Kramer (Joanna Kramer)

Kramer vs. Kramer (Joanna Kramer)

Category: Movie Role: Joanna Kramer From: Kramer vs. Kramer

I woke up this morning, kept thinking about Billy and I was thinking about him waking up in his room with his little clouds all around that I painted and I thought I should have painted clouds downtown because then he would think that he was waking up at home. I came here to take my son home. And I realized he already is home. I love him very much. I’m going to take him with me. Can I go up and talk to him?

Kramer vs. Kramer (Ted Kramer)

Kramer vs. Kramer (Ted Kramer)

Category: Movie Role: Ted Kramer From: Kramer vs. Kramer

Some things, once they are done, can’t be undone. My wife, ex-wife, says she loves Billy. I believe she does. But I don’t think that’s the issue here. If I understand it correctly, what means the most here is what’s best for or son, what’s best for Billy. My wife used to always say to me why can’t a woman have the same ambitions as a man, I think you’re right and maybe I learned that much. But by the same token what law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex? You know a lot of times, think about it. What is it that makes somebody a good parent? You know, it has to do with constancy, it has to with patience, It has to do with listening to them. It has to do with pretending to listen to them when you can’t even listen any more. And it has to do with love, like she was saying. And I don’t know where it is written that says a woman has a corner on that market. That a man has any less of those emotions than a woman does? Billy has a home with me, I’ve tried to make it the best I could. It’s not perfect. I’m not a perfect parent. I don’t have enough patience. I forget he’s just a little kid. But then I get up in the morning. And we eat breakfast, and he talks to me. And we go to school, and at night we eat dinner together, and we talk then and I read to him. And we built a life together and we love each other. If you destroy that it, it may be irreparable. Joanna, don’t do that, please. Don’t do it twice to me.