I got a real great compliment for you, and it’s true.[Melvin Udall]I’m so afraid you’re about to say something awful.[Carol Connelly]Don’t be pessimistic. It’s not your style. Okay, here I go. Clearly a mistake. I’ve got this, what, ailment. My doctor, a shrink that I used to go to all the time, he says that in 50 or 60 percent of the cases, a pill really helps. I hate pills. Very dangerous thing, pills. Hate. I’m using the word “hate” here about pills. Hate. My compliment is, that night when you came over and told me that you would never… Um, all right. Well, you were there. You know what you said. Well, my compliment to you is, the next morning I started taking the pills.[Melvin Udall]I don’t quite get how that’s a compliment for me.[Carol Connelly]You make me want to be a better man.[Melvin Udall]That’s maybe the best compliment of my life.[Carol Connelly]Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.[Melvin Udall]
