He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but he became a musician or something.
7 seconds sound clip from the My Cousin Vinny movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Then, from time to time, he would come by, see how I was doin', if I needed anything.
- He was a nice man. I mean, to go out of his way like that for me, you know?
- He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but he became a musician or something.
- I remember when I graduated, he was so proud of me.
- Yeah. So, we got some case ahead of us here, huh?
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