How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Good Will Hunting.
Quote #4
MAGUIRE: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Gerry. Let's talk about the boy. Why don't we give him time to figure out what he wants?
After listening to Lambeau's rant about Will's genius, Maguire insists that they let Will figure things out for himself. The problem is that Lambeau won't be satisfied with any answer that doesn't result in Will devoting his life to mathematics.
Quote #5
WILL: Oh come on. Why is it always this, I mean, I f***in' owe it to myself to do this… why if I don't want to.
Will is sick and tired of people telling him that he needs to use his gifts and live up to his potential. In his mind, he's the one who gets to decide what he wants to do with his life. The thing is that he actually wants to do more with his intelligence, but he's scared about not being able to do it on his own terms.
Quote #6
CHUCKIE: No. No no. F*** you. You don't owe it to yourself. You owe it to me. 'Cause tomorrow I'm gonna wake up and I'll be fifty. And I'll still be doin' this sh**.
Will is tired of people telling him he's owes it to himself to live up to his potential. But this isn't what Chuckie wants to tell him at all. Chuckie thinks that Will owes it to all the other men he works with on the construction site, because any one of them would kill for a ticket to a better life. Will has that ticket and he refuses to use it, and this annoys Chuckie a whole lot.