“The Company Men” quotes

“I will win! Why? Because I have Faith! Courage! Enthusiasm!”
Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker

“I've called everybody I know and a lot of people I don't, and begged, fucking begged for a job, a lead, anything!”

Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker

“America's heavy manufacturing is dead.”

Craig T. Nelson - Salinger

“You were his boss Gene, not his father.”

Patricia Kalember - Cynthia

“You start with some crazyidea, take insanerisks, make barely enough to feed your family, not a chance you're gonna succeed. Then all of a sudden you've got all these things and you're terrified of losing them.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“I've got a kid in college and another one going in the fall. I won't go back to the factory floor.”
Chris Cooper - Phil Woodward

“- Ed: You have kids, Gene?
- Gene: Two.
- Ed: Yeah? How old?
- Gene: Thirty and thirty-two.
- Ed: Wow, out of the house. Lucky you.
- Gene: Yep. Potty-trained and everything.”
Scott Winters - Ed
Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“Men knew their worth, knew who they were.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“You want honesty? I'm a thirty-seven-year-old unemployed fuck-up who can't even support his family!”

Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker

“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.”

Chris Cooper - Phil Woodward

“- 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!”
Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker
Rosemarie Dewitt - Maggie

“Stand up everybody, there's no time for sitting aroung feeling sorry for ourselves.”
Cady Huffman - Joanna

“- Gene: You made twenty-two million last year. These people have lost their homes, their marriages, the respect of their children.
- Salinger: We did what the market required of us to survive!”
Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary
Craig T. Nelson - Salinger

“Endings. We're not used to them. Fear, chaos, anxiety, loss.”
Cady Huffman - Joanna

“- Maggie: We could move in with your folks.
- Bobby: Oh, shit...
- Maggie: They have two extra bedrooms.
- Bobby: We are not moving in with my parents.
- Maggie: It'd just be temporary.
- Bobby: I'd have to kill myself first.”
Rosemarie Dewitt - Maggie

“Times have changed. Loyalty's out of fashion. Your company isn't looking out for you, it's every man for himself.”

Austin Lysy - Liam

“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.”

Craig T. Nelson - Salinger

“We were a couple of kids fresh out of business school, with more energy than sense, and a crazyidea.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“The entire economy is flat. We're in the middle of a damn recession.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“Things won't be great again. I've been looking for months and I haven't had one job offer, not one.”

Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker

“- Salinger: Our stock's in the fucking toilet.
- Gene: Everybody's stock's in the toilet.”
Craig T. Nelson - Salinger
Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“Hi Sally, Bob Walker. Thanks for not returning any of my phone calls. If you do return my call, I would love to know why you fired me without any notice, you fucking cowardly bitch.”

Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker

“One day your're making fifty bucks, then five thousand, then five million.”

Tommy Lee Jones - Gene McClary

“We're going to get through this. Things will be great again.”

Rosemarie Dewitt - Maggie

“- 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.”

Ben Affleck - Bobby Walker
Dana Eskelson - Dierdre