Job quotes

“I worked graveyard shift at a grocery warehouse, filling orders for the trucks to take to the various stores in the morning. I liked it for three reasons: I'd gotten the job on my own, it paid enough that I did not have to ask the old man for cash, and it annoyed Daniel that his son was even working at such a low class job.”
James Marsden - Neal Oliver

“My business was with his wounds, not his politics.”

Errol Flynn - Peter Blood

“- Interviewer: What do you think about the El Nino phenomenon?
- Bridget Jones: It's a blip. Latin music's on its way out.”

Joseph Alessi - Interviewer
Renee Zellweger - Bridget Jones

“- Judith: Now that you're here, we're all giving up.
- Terry Randall: At least I'm gonna have a try at it. If I can act, I want the world to know it. If I can't, I want to know it.”

Lucille Desiree Ball - Judith
Katharine Hepburn - Terry Randall

“Corky has turned impossible, I don't believe it. Well, I should have been a cesspool cleaner like my mama wanted.”
Burgess Meredith - Ben Greene

“Well, well, well! Mr. Blind Man, you're positively an incredible human being. You're a walking advertisement for hiring the handicapped!”

Noble Willingham - MacCready

“I was just checking the specs on the endline for the... rotary... girder... I'm retarded.”

Chris Farley - Tommy

“How can a guy be breaking the law when he's trying to save the resources of this country?”

Spencer Tracy - Square John Sand

“- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Oh, I had a job waitin' tables once. S' on a riverboat. I wasn't no older than Newt, there, but I hadda give it up.
- Newt Dobbs: How come?
- Augustus 'Gus' McCrae: Well I was, too young and pretty and the whores wouldn't let me alone.”
Robert Duvall - Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
Ricky Schroder - Newt Dobbs

“You're looking at a living legend, Lilly. The only active agent who ever lost a president.”

Clint Eastwood - Frank Horrigan

“- Mary Poppins: Now about my wages; the reference here is very obscure.
- George Banks: [dazed] Very obscure.
- Mary Poppins: We must be clear on that point, mustn't we?
- George Banks: Yes, we must indeed.
- Mary Poppins: I shall require every second Tuesday off.
- George Banks: [Banks stares into the fireplace] Every Tuesday.
- Mary Poppins:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Julie Andrews - Mary Poppins
David Tomlinson - Mr. Banks

“- Claire Porter: You're really not like a detective at all, Mr. Charles. You don't pound the table or shout or threaten.
- Nick Charles: I'm not really a detective. I just use that as an excuse to get out of the house at night.”
Stella Adler - Claire Porter
William Powell - Nick Charles

“- The Narrator: What do you do for a living?
- Tyler Durden: Why? So you can pretend like you're interested?”
Edward Norton - The Narrator
Brad Pitt - Tyler Durden

“- Jolie: What do you do in L.A., Buck?
- Buck O'Brien: Nothing.
- Jolie: I know a lot of people who have that job. It's one of the better jobs you can have. I bet you're very good at it.”
Meredith Tucker - Jolie
Mike White - Buck O'Brien

“- Aboriginal Man: So... You actually make money by dressing up like a woman?
- Tick: Oh, sure. You can make a fine living in a pair of heels.”
Alan Dargin - Aboriginal Man
Hugo Weaving - Tick

“Don't worry, on a new job it's quite common for things not to go well at first.”
Laura San Giacomo - Crazy Cora

“- James Ubriacco: Honey, this isn't me. I wanna be myself.
- Mollie Ubriacco: Okay, you're not gonna get this job if you're yourself.”

John Travolta - James
Kirstie Alley - Mollie Ubriacco

“Gentlemen, congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training. Now please step this way, as we provide you with our final test: an eye exam...”

Rip Torn - Zed

“A reporter has the right to do things an ordinary person shouldn't.”
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew

“- Bartleby: What work did you do? You lit a few fires.
- Loki: I rained down sulphur, man, there's a subtle difference.
- Bartleby: Oh, yeah, I'm sure.
- Loki: Hey, you know, fuck you, man. Any moron with a pack of matches can set a fire. Raining down sulphur is like an endurance trial man. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ben Affleck - Bartleby
Matt Damon - Loki

“- Lorna Cole: What happened last night?
- Martin Riggs: Gunfight, explosions, sharks, you know, the usual.”
Rene Russo - Lorna Cole
Mel Gibson - Martin Riggs

“- Russell Franklin: You do understand my concern, right?
- Carter Blake: Look, I got a workable deal here. I don't make waves, I meet the terms of my parole. I'm not out to change the world like the doc, and I'm not out to wreck it either.”

Samuel L. Jackson - Russell Franklin
Thomas Jane - Carter Blake

“Don't worry about it. They always hire bums like me for jobs like this.”

Michael Paré - Tom Cody

“- Bobby Cooper: What do you do?
- Grace McKenna: A little of this, a little of that. Mostly I tell fortunes.”
Sean Penn - Bobby Cooper
Jennifer Lopez - Grace McKenna

“- Graves: Hey Downs, what do you do for a living?
- Sgt. Downs: I blow up things, especially people. Bend over captain, I'll give you a demonstration.”
Clark Johnson - Graves
Maury Chaykin - Sgt. Downs