1:23:01
Joanna, things are not the same now.
1:23:04
Ted is not the same man.
1:23:05
-You don't know how hard he's tried--
-Mrs. Phelps!
1:23:08
They're beautiful together.
1:23:10
The witness is asked to step down.
1:23:12
If you could see them together...
1:23:14
...maybe you wouldn't be here now.
1:23:16
Mrs. Phelps, that will be all!
1:23:24
I'm sorry.
1:23:27
When you were talking--
1:23:29
When my ex-wife was talking about how
unhappy she was during our marriage...
1:23:34
...most of what she said
was probably true.
1:23:37
There's a lot I didn't understand.
1:23:40
There's a lot
I'd do different if I could...
1:23:43
...just like there's a lot you wish
you could change but can't.
1:23:46
Some things, once they're done,
can't be undone.
1:23:50
My wife--
1:23:52
My ex-wife says she loves Billy
and I believe she does.
1:23:58
But I don't think
that's the issue here.
1:24:01
If I understand it correctly...
1:24:04
...what means the most here is
what's best for our son.
1:24:08
What's best for Billy.
1:24:11
My wife used to say to me:
1:24:13
"Why can't a woman have
the same ambitions as a man?"
1:24:17
I think you're right.
1:24:19
And maybe I've learned that much.
1:24:21
By the same token, I'd like to know...
1:24:24
...what law says a woman is a better
parent simply by virtue of her sex?
1:24:29
I've had time to think about
what makes a good parent.
1:24:32
It has to do with constancy.
It has to do with patience...
1:24:35
...listening to him...
1:24:37
...or pretending to listen
when you can't anymore.
1:24:40
It has to do with love,
like she was saying.
1:24:43
I don't know where it says a woman
has a corner on that market...
1:24:47
...that a man has any less
of those emotions than a woman.
1:24:51
Billy has a home with me.
I've made it the best I could.
1:24:54
It's not perfect.
I'm not a perfect parent.
1:24:57
Sometimes I don't have enough patience
and I forget that he's a little kid.