When you look in the mirror, what do you like best about yourself? Glenn Holland: [Glenn looks back at Cole] I never said you were stupid. I can teach you notes on a page, I can't teach you that other stuff.”, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. Glenn Holland: Playing music is supposed to be fun. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. And so to answer them, he composed and conducted the seventh symphony. Mr. Holland's Opus “A teacher has two jobs: fill young minds with knowledge, yes, but more important, give those minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go to waste.” 1995 Nicholas John Renner - Coltrane "Cole" Holland (age 6), Joseph Anderson - Coltrane "Cole" Holland (age 15), Anthony Natale - Coltrane "Cole" Holland (age 28). Vice Principal Wolters: You know, I'm not as popular as you. I want to talk to my son! Vice Principal Wolters: I care about these kids just as much as you do. STANDS4 LLC, 2020. Web. Glenn Holland: Well, congratulations, Gene. Don't you get it? I can't tell him that I love him, I can't tell him who I am. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. It's about heart, it's about feelings, moving people, and something beautiful, and it's not about notes on a page. Glenn Holland: That's because you're the enemy, Gene. Glenn Holland: I'm 60 years old, Gene. But Mr. Holland isn't rich and he isn't famous, at least not outside of our little town. You could help me to know it better, but - no. Student: Mister Holland? Give him what he wants! Glenn Holland: And who was this Mr. Griffith? I don't care what it costs, I don't care what the stupid doctor says it's right or wrong. Playing music is supposed to be fun. But when his wife (Glenne Headley) becomes pregnant, Glenn Holland must put aside his dreams and address the everyday realities of his life, from the melancholy and sometimes tragic fates of his students to the discovery that the son he cherishes is deaf. Like, if he never heard a "C", how did he know that's what he wanted to play? Glenn Holland: [playing Beethoven's Seventh Symphony for his class] He couldn't hear. Not a thing. It's about heart, it's about feelings, moving people, and something beautiful, and it's not about notes on a page. And if I'm forced to choose between Mozart and reading and writing and long division, I choose long division. I'm not anybody's favorite anything. We are the music of your life. Iris Holland: He can barely talk now, he can't say two or three words! And he would lie down next the piano with his ear pressed to the floor, and he would hit the keys with his fingers in order to hear his music through the vibrations of the floor. Mr. Glenn Holland: Let me ask you a question. Glenn Holland: [Cole makes a final gesture, Iris doesn't translate it] Iris... What does this mean? Iris Holland: Oh, he was my music teacher. https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Mr._Holland%27s_Opus&oldid=2653631, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Iris Holland: Why is everyone else's child more important than yours? Glenn Holland: Well, this is a marching band. Of all the lives he changed, the one that changed the most was his own. "Anything an environment makes you feel is about you, not the environment. --Robert Lane, https://www.quotes.net/movies/mr._holland's_opus_quotes_7757. Vice Principal Gene Wolters: Rock 'n' roll by its very nature leads to a breakdown in discipline. A teacher has two jobs; fill young minds with knowledge, yes, but more important, give those minds a compass so that that knowledge doesn't go to waste. Glenn Holland: The guy is a specialist, Iris! I got dragged into this gig kicking and screaming, and now it's the only thing I want to do. You think I don't care about what it is you do or what you love? Gertrude Lang: Well, my father always says that it reminds him of the sunset. Vice Principal Wolters: Well, Mrs. Jacobs and I feel that there's something missing. Glenn Holland: I can't say that I have, no. I don't know what he wants or what he thinks or what he feels.