Margaret: Wow, you really know your theater.
Ted: Lady Theater grabbed my heart early on and she never let go. Every year at Christmas, I'd put on a little play for the parents with all the other kids.
[flashback to a young kid performing:]
Boy: Gee whiz, Santa, do you think we can take off in this kind of snow?
Early 20s Ted: Cut! Cut! Cut! Ricky! Grandma and Grandpa are gonna be here in half an hour, and you're still butchering my words. Looks like I'm gonna have to write, direct and star in this thing. Give me your elf hat. Go sit.