“The Company Men” quotes
(2010)
Title The Company Men
Year 2010
Director John Wells
Genre Drama
Year 2010
Director John Wells
Genre Drama
Plot – Bobby is an executive at the peak of his career, but due to a financial crisis he's fired. He refuses to accept the situation and his dream life becomes a nightmare.
All actors – Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Suzanne Rico, Kent Shocknek, Adrianne Krstansky, Lewis D. Wheeler, Celeste Oliva, Tom Kemp, Nancy Villone, Chris Everett, Maria Bello
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“I will win! Why? Because I have Faith! Courage! Enthusiasm!”
“I've called everybody I know and a lot of people I don't, and begged, fucking begged for a job, a lead, anything!”
“America's heavy manufacturing is dead.”
“You were his boss Gene, not his father.”
“Men knew their worth, knew who they were.”
“You want honesty? I'm a thirty-seven-year-old unemployed fuck-up who can't even support his family!”
“The world didn't stop. The newspaper still came every morning, the automatic sprinklers went off at six. Jerry next door still washed his car every Sunday. My life ended and nobody noticed.”
“- Bobby: I have to look successful! I can't just be another asshole with a resume!
- Maggie: You are just another asshole with a resume!”“Stand up everybody, there's no time for sitting aroung feeling sorry for ourselves.”
“Endings. We're not used to them. Fear, chaos, anxiety, loss.”
“Times have changed. Loyalty's out of fashion. Your company isn't looking out for you, it's every man for himself.”
“I can't have you challenging me in front of senior staff. They respect you. When you question my judgement, you undermine my leadership. If you disagree with a decision I've made, I need you to bring it up with me in private.”
“The entire economy is flat. We're in the middle of a damn recession.”
“Things won't be great again. I've been looking for months and I haven't had one job offer, not one.”
“- Salinger: Our stock's in the fucking toilet.
- Gene: Everybody's stock's in the toilet.”“One day your're making fifty bucks, then five thousand, then five million.”
“We're going to get through this. Things will be great again.”
“- Bobby: The birthday girl. You can't be thirty-five. You don't look a day over twenty.
- Dierdre: You're a liar Bobby, but I love you for it.”
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