Job quotes

“- Ice Cube: If we we're so good, why didn't you give us contracts in the beginning?
- Jerry Heller: Because nothing is a sure thing, Cube. Even a great talent can crash and burn. Too much ego, too much excess, too many expectations. It tends to ruin things. You oughta keep that in mind.”
O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ice Cube
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller

“- Victoria Lasseter: You were made a temporary supervisor because you kissed the right asses.
- Adrian Yates: Because I'm the right man for the job.
- Victoria Lasseter: According to who? Daffy Duck?”
Connie Britton - Victoria Lasseter
Christopher Grace - Adrian Yates

“And if anyone here thinks I'm superficial or materialistic, go get a job at fucking McDonald's, 'cause that's where you fucking belong!”
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort

“- Howard Keach: You know, looking for working can be a real gas.
- Harry Keach: You got something?
- Howard Keach: Yep, hope it isn't the clap.”
Robby Benson - Howard Keach
Paul Newman - Harry Keach

“- Ambassador Bennington: Must you always be so methodical?
- James Reece: Well that's what you pay me for, sir.”
Richard Durden - Ambassador Bennington
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers - James Reece

“It’s my fault. I gave her the confidence to think she was more than an unemployed housewife.”

Robert De Niro - Rudy

“- Charlane McGregor: Why don't you get a job at the Burgerrama? They'll hire you! My Lord, I saw on the TV, they had this little retarded boy working the register.
- Lelaina Pierce: Because I'm not retarded, Mom. I was the valedictorian of my University!
- Wes McGregor: Well you don't have to put that on your application.”
Swoosie Kurtz - Charlane McGregor
Winona Ryder - Lelaina Pierce
Harry O'Reilly - Wes McGregor

“- Donnie Azoff: How much money you make?
- Jordan Belfort: $70,000 last month.
- Donnie Azoff: Get the fuck outta here!
- Jordan Belfort: Well technically, $72,000 last month.
- Donnie Azoff: You show me a pay stub for $72,000, I quit my job right now and work for you. [later, on the phone] Hey Paulie, what's up? No, everything's fine. Hey...” (continue)(continue reading)
Jonah Hill - Donnie Azoff
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort

“- Kevin Graham: When are you gonna kill him?
- Will Graham: I'm not. It's only my job to find him.”

David Seaman - Kevin Graham
William Petersen - Will Graham

“What we're about to do is the one thing everyone says we can't. We work.”

Bryan Cranston - Dalton Trumbo

“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

“Listen to me, you are our new hitman. I'm the boss now. I'm not going to carry you like Max did. This is your new job. You're going to make a lot of money. The hours are great, you hang out most of the time, it's fun!”
Robert Loggia - Gordon

“There is an art to dealing with the boredom of an 8-hour shift.
An art to putting your mind somewhere else while the seconds slowly tick away.”
Sean Biggerstaff - Ben Willis

“- Mitch McDeere: What led you to law school?
- Avery Tolar: It's so far back I don't think I can remember.
- Mitch McDeere: Sure you can, Counsellor.
- Avery Tolar: I used to caddy for lawyers and their wives on summer weekends. I looked at those long tan legs and just knew I had to be a lawyer. The wives had long tan legs, too.”
Tom Cruise - Mitch McDeere
Gene Hackman - Avery Tolar

“Some guys on this job, the fire owns them, makes 'em fight it on it's level, but the only way to truly kill it is to love it a little.”

Robert De Niro - Donald Rimgale

“- Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?
- Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.
- Dole Office Clerk: What?
- Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.”
Bea Arthur - Dole Office Clerk
Mel Brooks - Comicus

“You know what - contracts are like hearts, they are made to be broken.”
Michael Keaton - Ray Kroc

“The state places a bounty on a man's head. I track that man, I find that man, I kill that man. After I've killed him, I transport that man's corpse back to the authorities. Sometimes that's easier said than done. I show that corpse to the authorities, proving yes, indeed, I truly have killed him, at which point the authorities pay me the bounty....” (continue)(continue reading)
Christoph Waltz - Dr. King Schultz

“- Samson: Why don't you get off the street and get a decent job?
- Hooker In Mr. T's Cab: Cause I need the bread!
- Samson: Then get a job at the bakery.”
Mr. T - Samson
Jacki Clark - Hooker In Mr. T's Cab

“- Mary Mapes: How you're doing, Dan?
- Dan Rather: I'm stepping down as anchor.
- Mary Mapes: When?
- Dan Rather: After inauguration.”
Robert Redford - Dan Rather
Cate Blanchett - Mary Mapes

“This is the same jug Abraham Lincoln used. One drink and he freed the slaves. And we ain't had a job since.”
Charlie Barnett - Tyrone

“All my life, since I was 16, I've been wondering where that next job was gonna come from.”
Jerry Orbach

“I think the choice of actors that we have is a little more varied and rich here in New York than in L.A.”
Jerry Orbach

“- Finnerty: John Cale, why do you want to be in the Secret Service?
- Cale: I can't think of a more important job than protecting the President.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Finnerty
Channing Tatum - Cale

“- Lydia Hillard: It's your job to be our father.
- Daniel Hillard: No it's not a job, it's a joy being your father, I don't have to play the part of your father, I am your father, I may act like a fool, but I am your father, okay?”
Lisa Jakub - Lydia Hillard
Robin Williams - Daniel Hillard