“- Stanley: I got fired today!
- Eugene Morris Jerome: Fired? You mean for good?
- Stanley: You don't get fired temporarily. It's a permanent lifetime firing.”
Brian Drillinger - Stanley
Jonathan Silverman - Eugene Morris Jerome

“- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve.
- Stephen Glass: What?
- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve. You've lost your job.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Hayden Christensen - Stephen Glass

“As the producer, I can fire anybody I want, and I am fucking fired!”
Cary Elwes - John Houseman

“If the 405 is your morning route, I hope you don't have a history of showing up late to work, 'cause today you're fired.”

Tamala Jones - Laura Leeton

“- Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: What the hell are you doing here?
- Cadet Laverne Hooks: I wanna be a police officer.
- Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: What? I can't hear you-u?
- Cadet Laverne Hooks: [whispering] I wanna be a police officer.
- Lieutenant Thaddeus Harris: Don't unpack.”
G.W. Bailey - Captain Harris
Marion Ramsey - Laverne Hooks