7th Heaven (TV Series)

Bye (2000)

Barry Watson: Matt Camden

Quotes 

• Matt Camden : [to Mary]  Look, I'm sorry I haven't been around much. You're important to me. What happens to you is important to me. What happens to you is important to everyone in the family, but I've been watching you, and I haven't really been interested in being a part of anything that's going on in your life, so I've basically avoided you, but maybe I should have cornered you and given you my take on what you're doing a lot sooner. I've seen so many young women who are losers, mostly in the emergency room or entering drug rehab at the hospital. I don't want you to be a loser. It's too easy to be the bad girl. You're better than that. I know I'm not perfect. I know I don't have all the answers, but I can tell you this. The most powerful thing I ever did for myself was make up my mind to become a responsible person, and I still haven't worked up to being responsible 24 hours a day, but I'm getting better at it. And I'm hoping that sharing this with you will help you make up your mind to become a responsible person! If you can't do it for yourself, then maybe you could consider the rest of us, and how much we need you to be responsible. Whatever you do affects us all. I know you know that, and yet you act like you don't care. All of us have to strive to be the best we can be, not because anything else is unacceptable, but because anything else is just plain misery. I can see you're miserable. You are. This is not the best you can do. You can do better and I will do anythingI can to help you do better. You just have to make up your mind that that's what you want to do, and I'm there for you. We all are.

• Matt Camden : [about Mary and her money issues]  I don't have time for this.

  Lucy Camden : I don't have time for this, either! I have a paper to write!

  Matt Camden : You know, I don't even know why we're yelling at each other when we should really be yelling at Mary.

  Lucy Camden : We can't yell at Mary. We can't find her!

• Annie Camden : You stole $500 from your own brothers? From babies?

  Ruthie Camden : I'm sorry, it's all my fault. Punish me any way you like.

  Matt Camden : What's going on?

  Rev. Eric Camden : What do you think is going on? Your 10-year-old sister is lying about stealing money so the rest of you can cover for Mary.

  Annie Camden : Is that it? Is that the truth?

  Ruthie Camden : No! You're wrong! I took it. I'm very bad. I'm a very bad girl.

  Matt Camden : No, Ruthie. I'm a very bad big brother for letting this happen.