How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Rain Man.
Quote #1
CHARLIE: Who the hell are you? Huh? Whoa, wait a second. Where are you going?
RAYMOND: Thirteen minutes to Judge Wapner and The People's Court.
CHARLIE: Hold it, wait a second, I wanna ask you a question.
In this early interaction, Charlie and Ray have just met, and Charlie is trying to figure out who Ray is… and why he knows the family car so well. However, Ray is one-track about getting back inside to watch Wapner, and isn't really engaging with the conversation. Of course, Charlie is being just as one-track in really just bulldozing ahead in the conversation to get the information he needs.
Quote #2
DR. BRUNER: Raymond has a problem communicating and learning. He can't even express himself or probably even understand his own emotions in a traditional way.
Here, Doctor Bruner is explaining Ray's unique challenges to Charlie. Charlie really doesn't seem to get it—probably because he's not really listening and just thinking about the money that Ray inherited instead of him. Like we mentioned, Charlie's communication skills aren't really the best, either.
Quote #3
SUSANNA: Put it back! He said not to touch the books!
RAYMOND: Not to touch books.
CHARLIE: You like Shakespeare, Ray?
RAYMOND: I don't know.
CHARLIE: Did you read all this?
RAYMOND: I don't know.
CHARLIE: You don't know.
RAYMOND: Vern?
CHARLIE: Did you read Macbeth?
RAYMOND: I don't know. Vern?
CHARLIE: You read Hamlet?
RAYMOND: I don't know. Vern?
CHARLIE: You read the Twelfth Night?
SUSANNA: Stop it!
RAYMOND: Yes.
CHARLIE: Yes?
RAYMOND: Yes.
CHARLIE: You read all these stories that are in this book, and you don't know if you read the book?
RAYMOND: I don't know. V-E-R-N.
CHARLIE: You don't know?
VERN: Maybe you'd better put it back.
When Charlie first sees Ray's room at the hospital, he's shocked to learn that his brother, who doesn't communicate well, has read all of these books. Then, he's even more confused by the fact that Ray doesn't seem to know he's read the books. Charlie is pretty aggressive in asking about Ray's reading habits, and between that—and the fact that Charlie's touching all his things—Ray is getting super nervous. But, once again, Charlie is just being a bull(y)dozer and doesn't really care about how what he's saying or doing makes anyone feel.