Job quotes

“- Mother 2: This isn't your main job, is it?
- Phil: I'm a miner.
- Mother 2: A miner?
- Phil: You remember them, love? Dinosaurs, dodos, miners.”
Vanessa Knox-Mawer - Mother 2
Stephen Tompkinson - Phil

“My daddy works on a computer all day, and is the head of his company and he, um, he has a moustache and a beard, and he... he doesn't have a lot of hair, and cuz... um, since his head is so big, he can't wear any hats.”
Sarah Rose Karr - Emma

“- Roman: We did all that for a damn cigar?
- Carter Verone: No. You did that for a job.”

Tyrese Gibson - Roman Pearce
Cole Hauser - Carter Verone

“- Moses Hightower: I was a florist.
- Carey Mahoney: A florist?
- Moses Hightower: Yeah, you know, flowers and shit.”
Bubba Smith - Moses Hightower
Steve Guttenberg - Carey Mahoney

“I'm 60 years old, Gene. What are you going to do: write me a recommendation for the morgue?”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Glenn Holland

“- Lenny Brown: Mark, I don't sell drugs. I'm in real estate.
- Mark: I don't sell drugs, either. I'm a screenwriter. But until the ship comes in, you gotta cover the waterfront.”

James Woods - Lenny Brown
Marc Poppel - Mark

“- Violet Sanford: Look, are you really the owner? 'Cause I've had a rough couple of days and so the last thing I need is some waitress on a power trip wastin' my time.
- Lil: You start Friday night.”
Piper Perabo - Violet Sanford
Maria Bello - Lil

“- Yelena: I'm an agent too. I've been undercover for two years.
- Xander Cage: Two years? What was your plan? Have them die of old age?”
Asia Argento - Yelena
Vin Diesel - Xander Cage

“- Andie: Why do they always forget my bacon?
- Jeannie Ashcroft: I can't believe you got that guy knocked out.
- Andie: Only for a few seconds.
- Lana Jong: Andie, I am loving your notes on this piece.
- Andie: [with her mouth full] Thank you, Lana.
- Lana Jong: When are you seeing him again?
- Andie: Tonight. He's inviting me over to his house...” (continue)(continue reading)
Kate Hudson - Andie Anderson
Annie Parisse - Jeannie
Bebe Neuwirth - Lana Jong

“Do you know why I hired you? I always hire the same girl - stylish, slender, of course... worships the magazine. But so often, they turn out to be- I don't know- disappointing and, um... stupid.”

Meryl Streep - Miranda Priestly

“- Skip Skipperton: Are you telling me that your last job before becoming a psychologist was an investigator for the IRS?
- Dr. Mumford: Everybody has a story, Skip.
- Skip Skipperton: Seems like you got the variety pack.”
Jason Lee - Skip Skipperton
Loren Dean - Mumford

“Being scared is part of the job.”
Tige Andrews - Ted

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

“- Edward Fletcher-Wooten: How do you know so much about so much?
- Nick Mercer: I’m a hooker.”
Jack Davenport - Edward Fletcher-Wooten
Dermot Mulroney - Nick Mercer

“- Music: What the hell are those guys up to?
- Brennan: Going to work, what do you think?
- Music: At this hour?
- Brennan: Don't worry about it. Let it roll! They've got a hard ass for a boss, just like us.”
Gene Barge - Music
Ron Dean - Brennan

“When you marry a tour guide, confine his authority to mixing the drinks.”
Jeannetta Arnette - Silver Melville

“- Ben: I'm in advertising. I work mostly with alcoholic beverages and athletic equipment companies, and I'm trying to break into the jewellery market right now.
- Andie: Saving the world one keg party at a time?
- Ben: What about you?
- Andie: What about me?
- Ben: Have I seen your work?
- Andie: I work at Composure.
- Ben: Fastest growing...” (continue)(continue reading)
Matthew McConaughey - Ben Barry
Kate Hudson - Andie Anderson

“- Harry Dunne: I can't believe we drove around all day, and there's not a single job in this town. There is nothing, nada, zip!
- Lloyd Christmas: Yeah! Unless you wanna work forty hours a week.”
Jeff Daniels - Harry Dunne
Jim Carrey - Lloyd Christmas

“So, now we all live together in New York. I myself, am a master of the custodial arts. Or a janitor, if you wanna be a dick about it.”
Dave Chappelle - Thurgood Jenkins

“- Joseph Turner White: What's an associate producer credit?
- Bill Smith: It's what you give to your secretary instead of a raise.”
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Joseph Turner White
Lionel Mark Smith - Bill Smith

“- Mr. Bart Newberry: What have you been doing with your life?
- Marty: Uh... professional killer.
- Mr. Bart Newberry: Oh! Good for you, it's a... growth industry.”
Mitchell Ryan - Mr. Bart Newberry
John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank

“- Pop Fisher: You know my mama wanted me to be a farmer.
- Roy Hobbs: My dad wanted me to be a baseball player.
- Pop Fisher: Well you're better than any player I ever had. And you're the best God damn hitter I ever saw. Suit up.”
Wilford Brimley - Pop Fisher
Robert Redford - Roy Hobbs

“- Ed Walters: You were a patent clerk.
- Albert Einstein: Sigmund Freud, I'm sure, was a tobacconist.”
Tim Robbins - Ed Walters
Walter Matthau - Albert Einstein

“- Jane: I was taking inventory in the back.
- Mr. Mooney: Yeah, my Aunt Fanny!
- Jane: Ew.”
Selma Blair - Jane Burns
Loren Lester - Mr. Mooney

“- Turner Kendall: He's a hair dresser.
- Alex Sternbergen: That's what he does, that's not what he is.”

Jeff Bridges - Turner Kendall
Jane Seymour Fonda - Alex Sternbergen