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Okay HeyWhat I did for you it's working outWhat you did changed my lifeNo thank you noteWell part of what I said in this entire history of my lifethat you won't readIs that somehow you have done more
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As Good as It Gets

Well, part of what I said in this entire history of my life which you won't read is that...

Melvin Udall:
Hey, what I did for you... it's working out?Carol Connelly:...What you did changed my life.Melvin Udall:No, no thank-you notes.Carol Connelly:Well, part of what I said in this entire history of my life which you won't read is that somehow you've done more for my mother, my son and me, than anyone else ever has... And that makes you the most important, surprising, generous person I've ever met and that you be in our daily prayers forever. I also wrote one part... I wrote, "I'm sorry"... I was talking about I was sorry when I got mad at you when you came over and you told my son that he ought to answer back so I wrote that I was sorry for busting you on that... and I'm sorry for busting in on you that night... when I said I was never... I was sorry and I'm sorry every time your food was cold and that you had to wait two seconds for a coffee filler... and I'm sorry for never spotting, right there at the table in the restaurant, the human being that had it in him to do this thing for us... You know what, I'm just going to start from the beginning... I have not been able to express my gratefulness to you... even as I look at the word "grateful" now it doesn't begin to tell you what I feel for you

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Okay Hey
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What I did for you it's working out
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What you did changed my life
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No thank you note
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Well part of what I said in this entire history of my life
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that you won't read
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Is that somehow you have done more for my mother my son and me
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than anybody else ever has
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I'm just gonna read you this part of it
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That makes you the most important surprising
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generous person I ever met in my life
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And you're gonna be in our prayers our daily prayers forever
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Lovely
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I also wrote one part I'm just gonna say I wrote I'm sorry
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I was talking about how I was sorry when I got mad at you for
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When you told my son that he ought to answer back
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So I wrote that I was sorry about that and that I
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I wrote I was sorry for busting you on that
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and for busting in on you that night
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when I said I was never
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I was sorry I'm sorry for every time your food was cold and you had to wait
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And I'm sorry for never spotting right there in the restaurant
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the human being that had it in him to do this thing for us
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I'll just start from the beginning
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I have not been able to express my gratefulness to you
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The word 'grateful' doesn't begin to tell you what I feel
Available in 9 languages
Duration
111 seconds
Views
650
Timestamp in Movie
01:16:58
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2026
Genres
Production
TriStar Pictures,Gracie Films

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Movie Summary

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

Actors

Jack Nicholson
Melvin Udall
Helen Hunt
Carol Connelly