How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Kramer vs. Kramer.
Quote #10
SHAUNESSY: This time it'll be Billy that pays. I'll have to put him on the stand.
TED: You can't do that. No, I don't want to do that.
Ted fights back tears.TED: Thanks very much for your time. I'm gonna take a walk.
By the end of the film, Ted's primary duty is to Billy, not to some client or his new bosses at the ad agency. It's his job not just to provide a roof over Billy's head and plenty of Salisbury steak, but to protect him, and that's why he refuses to put his kid on the witness stand.