Hope Springs (2012)

Steve Carell: Doctor Feld

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• Dr. Feld : Was oral sex an option? Is that something that you would do regularly?

  Arnold : No, I, I, I, I don't - uh, no.

  Kay : I was not very - I'm - I was not comfortable with that.

  Dr. Feld : Giving or receiving?

  Kay : Huh?

• Dr. Feld : All right. This is good.

  Arnold : Good. Yeah. Good for you. The more we tear each other apart, the more money we have to pay you to put it back together.

• Dr. Feld : Ultimately, I think you have to ask yourself "Is this person worth more to me than my pride?"

• Dr. Feld : Kay and Arnold, I'm so glad you are here.

  Arnold : Well, that makes one of us.

• Arnold : Marriage!

  Dr. Feld : What does that word mean to you?

  Arnold : It means we have a marriage licence and I pay all the bills.

• Dr. Feld : You're back! Let's talk about that.

  Arnold : Let's not. Let's just, uh... I'm-I'm back, alright? That ought to be enough.

  Dr. Feld : It isn't actually.

  Arnold : What do you-what do you want from me, blood?

• Arnold : Okay, next step. What is it? Write a poem? Hold hands in public? Sing a serenade?

  Dr. Feld : Sex.

• Dr. Feld : I can't tell you how many questions I get on what constitutes the perfect marriage. I see couples who think their marriages are over. Who feel like it's impossible to regain what they once had. Well, It's not. It's not impossible. And it's not too late for anyone who truly wants it and is willing to try.

• Dr. Feld : This makes you uncomfortable talking about this, doesn't it?

  Arnold : Well, sue me because I don't want to talk about having sex with my wife with a total stranger.

• Dr. Feld : You two have come here to try to restore intimacy to your marriage. So that is going to be the goal of our very focused sessions together. To find ways to communicate your needs to one another. To cultivate intimacy. And to develop the tools to sustain that intimacy going forward. The first step in rebuilding a marriage is tearing away some of the scar tissue that has built up over the years. It can be very painful, but it's worth it. I like to think of it - the metaphor of when you have a deviated septum and you can't breathe? You have to break the nose in order to fix it.

• Dr. Feld : The more we tear each other apart, the more money we have to pay you to put it back together. Jesus God. You people are worse than lawyers.

• Dr. Feld : Do you have sexual fantasies? Imagine scenarios? Having sex on a mountain top or dressed all in leather?

• Dr. Feld : Do you masturbate?

  Kay : No. Not anymore.

  Dr. Feld : Why not?

  Kay : Because at a certain point, I just - I think I didn't want to think about sex or about Arnold, even. It just made me sad thinking about what I missed.

• Dr. Feld : We're going to talk extensively about your sexual history. When it started. What it included. What it didn't include. If you had orgasms, vaginally or otherwise. If you had issues around sexuality or performance. Whether you talked about sex or during it. What your fantasies are. If you ever acted on fantasies. Brought toys or sex games into the bedroom. Brought sex out of the bedroom. And once we've explored all of those things, I will give you your first sexual, not sex, but sexual, exercise. All right? Let's get started. Arnold, would you like to begin?

• Dr. Feld : Was it the missionary position? Arnold on top?

  Kay : Oh, yeah.

  Dr. Feld : Was it always missionary position?

  Arnold : Oh, please.

  Kay : Mostly, yes.

  Dr. Feld : Were there particular things that you enjoyed doing?

  Kay : Mostly it was the same.

• Dr. Feld : It's not about being a sex object. It's about pleasing the man you love. And letting him please you.

• Dr. Feld : Arnold, let's talk about you. What do you enjoy sexually?

  Arnold : Sex.

• Dr. Feld : If you could have anything you wanted in your sex life with Kay, what would that be? Did you have fantasies that you didn't feel comfortable telling her about?

  Arnold : Of course. Well, I guess I used to think about Kay giving me a - giving me oral - you know - at work - under the desk - at tax time.

• Dr. Feld : [asking about fantasies]  What else?

  Arnold : A threesome.

  Dr. Feld : With?

  Arnold : The neighbor.

  Kay : Helen?

  Arnold : No, Carol.

  Kay : Carol? Carol with the corgis?

• Dr. Feld : Ultimately, I think you have to ask yourself, "Is this person worth more to me than my pride?"