Fireproof (2008)

Erin Bethea: Catherine Holt

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• Catherine Holt : So, what day are you on?

  Caleb Holt : 43.

  Catherine Holt : There's only 40.

  Caleb Holt : Who says I have to stop?

  Catherine Holt : Caleb, I don't know how to process this. This is not normal for you.

  Caleb Holt : Welcome to the new normal.

• Catherine Holt : What are you doing?

  Caleb Holt : I see you left me no pizza.

  Catherine Holt : Caleb, I just lit that candle. I like the way it smells.

  Caleb Holt : Well, I don't! Did you leave me any dinner at all?

  Catherine Holt : I assumed you were eating with Michael.

  Caleb Holt : Does it not occur to you that there are two people living in this house and both of them need to eat?

  Catherine Holt : You know what, Caleb, if you would communicate with me, maybe I can have something for you.

  Caleb Holt : Why do you have to make everything so difficult?

  Catherine Holt : Oh, I'm making everything difficult? Seems to me like I'm carrying the weight around here while you're off doing your own thing.

  Caleb Holt : Excuse me? I'm the one working out there to pay this mortgage, and I pay for both of the cars.

  Catherine Holt : Yeah, that's all you do! I pay for all of our bills with my salary!

  Caleb Holt : Which you agreed to do. That's fair! Do you not like this house? Do you not like your car?

  Catherine Holt : Oh, Caleb, who takes care of this house? Me! Who washes all the clothes? Me! Who gets all the groceries? Me! Not to mention that I'm helping my parents every weekend! You know I've got all this pressure on me, and the only thing you ever do for anybody is for yourself!

  Caleb Holt : Let me tell you something: you don't know the first thing about pressure. All right, you think I put out house fires for myself? Or rush to car wrecks at 2AM for myself? Or pull a child's body out of a lake for myself? You have no idea what I go through!

  Catherine Holt : Oh, yeah, but what do you do around here other than watch TV and waste time on the Internet? You know what? If looking at that trash is how you get fulfilled, that's fine, but I will not compete with it!

  Caleb Holt : Well, I sure don't get it from you!

  Catherine Holt : And you won't! Because you care more about saving for your stupid boat and pleasing yourself than you ever did about me!

  Caleb Holt : SHUT UP! I'M SICK OF YOU! YOU DISRESPECTFUL, UNGRATEFUL, SELFISH WOMAN!

  Catherine Holt : I'm not selfish...

  Caleb Holt : HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT TO ME! YOU CONSTANTLY NAG ME AND YOU DRAIN THE LIFE OUT OF ME! I'M TIRED OF IT! IF YOU CAN'T GIVE ME THE RESPECT I DESERVE... LOOK AT ME! THEN WHAT'S THE POINT OF THIS MARRIAGE?

  Catherine Holt : I want out. I just want out.

  Caleb Holt : If you want out, THAT'S FINE WITH ME!

• Caleb Holt : You never assume I would do anything worthy of respect! Anything honorable!

  Catherine Holt : Honorable? Honorable? What were you just looking at, Caleb? What was on that computer screen? Was that honorable? Who do you think you're fooling? Do you know why your sweet little gestures mean nothing to me? It's because that's the kind of man you've become. When you're alone, that's what you default to, and there is nothing honorable about it.

• Catherine Holt : Is it too late to ask you to grow old with me?

• Latasha Brown : Honey, I agree with you. You gotta get out. He don't deserve you.

  Deidra Harris : You can say that again. A real man's got to be a hero to his wife before he can be to anybody else, or he ain't a real man.

  Ashley Phillips : Catherine, do you need a place to stay? I can't imagine living in the same house as that man.

  Catherine Holt : No, I decided last night that I am not the one who's leaving. He's the problem, not me.

  Deidra Harris : That's right, girl, stand your ground. Make him respect you. If there's one thing a man understands...

  Caleb Holt : [Cuts to Caleb and Michael, discussing the same situation]  ... .it's respect. That's the issue. That's the reason our marriage is failing. She shows me no respect at all. And the saddest part about it is...

  Catherine Holt : [Cuts back to Catherine and her group of friends]  He doesn't have a clue. He thinks our marriage has been fine for the most part. You know, he probably thinks...

  Caleb Holt : [Cuts to Caleb and Michael]  Our marriage has been fine until this year. Now all of a sudden she goes off the deep end.

  Michael Simmons : Do you really think this happened all of a sudden?

  Caleb Holt : I don't know what to think. I don't understand her. She's emotional about everything, she's easily offended, and way too sensitive.

  Catherine Holt : [Cuts to Catherine, starting to sob]  I mean, he's so insensitive. You know, he doesn't truly care how I feel, he doesn't listen to me. Even if I say it over and over and over again.

  Caleb Holt : [Cuts to Caleb and Michael]  And then she starts nagging me and saying I don't listen to her... or something like that. It drives me crazy. I feel like I'm going...

  Catherine Holt : [Cuts to Catherine]  Insane. You know, he doesn't understand my needs. It feels like we are completely and totally...

  Caleb Holt : [Cuts to Caleb and Michael]  Incompatible. She's probably whining to her friends, making me sound like a criminal. I can see them all right now: crying, having some sort of group hug.

  Latasha Brown : [Cuts back to the women crowded around Catherine, comforting her, giving her a group hug]  It's gonna be OK, sweetie. It's gonna be all right.

  Ashley Phillips : You'll get through this.

  Deidra Harris : We have your back. Whatever you want. Whatever you need. Whatever you need.

  Michael Simmons : [Cuts to Caleb and Michael]  So, you think it's past the point of no return?

  Caleb Holt : I don't have a reason to return.

• Catherine Holt : I know you always told me to hang on during the hard times, but you don't know what I've been competing with. Momma, when he looks... he makes me feel so humiliated. And he doesn't even know it. When did I stop being good enough for him?

• Pastor Strauss : It is the desire of Caleb and Catherine to establish their vows from this point on as a covenant, and not a contract. For marriage is a sacred institution established by God and one that is meant to last for life. Caleb, in the presence of God and these witnesses, do you come today to freely and unconditionally commit to this covenant marriage with Catherine?

  Caleb Holt : I do.

  Pastor Strauss : And, Catherine, do you come today to freely and unconditionally commit to this covenant marriage to Caleb?

  Catherine Holt : I do. With all my heart.

• Caleb Holt : Did you have breakfast already?

  Catherine Holt : Yes.

  Caleb Holt : What did you eat?

  Catherine Holt : I had the last bagel and a yoghurt.

  Caleb Holt : Do you plan on making a grocery trip soon?

  Catherine Holt : Caleb, you work 24 hours and then you're off for 48. You've got more time to go than I do.

  Caleb Holt : Hey, I just asked you a simple question. You don't need to get smart with me. You could at least have saved me some breakfast.

  Catherine Holt : Well, I never know when you're coming home or going out. You don't tell me these things.

  Caleb Holt : Catherine, what is your problem? Did I offend you by walking in the door this morning?

  Catherine Holt : No, you just can't expect me to work every day and still get the groceries while you sit at home looking at trash on the internet and dreaming about getting your boat.

  Caleb Holt : You chose to take this job! And no-one said you had to work full-time!

  Catherine Holt : We need the income. Especially since you took away a third of your salary saving for a boat we don't need. You got $24 000 in savings while we have things in our house that need fixing.

  Caleb Holt : Like what?

  Catherine Holt : The back door needs to be painted, the yard needs better landscaping, and I keep telling you I want to put more shelves in the closet.

  Caleb Holt : Those are called preferences, Catherine. Those are not needs. There's a difference. If you want to spend your money on that stuff; go ahead, that's fine. But I've been saving up for my boat for years; you're not taking that away from me.

  Catherine Holt : This is so pointless. I don't have time for this.