Job quotes

“- Captain York: I'm Captain Yorke, sir. I bid you welcome, General Thursday.
- Lt. Col. Owen Thursday: I'm not a general, Captain. A man is what he's paid for. I'm paid in the rank of Lt. Colonel.
- Captain York: I'd remembered you as a general from the war, sir.”
John Wayne - Capt. Kirby York
Henry Fonda - Lt. Col. Owen Thursday

“Joe, you usually know what you're doing. But it's one thing to represent Tucker legally - as his lawyer, I mean. I mean, it's the business of lawyers to protect a lot of people. They even teach that at Harvard.”
Paul McVey - Hobe Wheelock

“- Tommy Green: Pop, what's that?
- Phil Green: That's a statue of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders.
- Tommy Green: No kidding? That's what Grandma says you're doing. She says she wishes you'd leave the world alone once in a while.”
Dean Stockwell - Tommy Green
Gregory Peck - Philip Schuyler Green

“- Tim: Hey, would you be interested in coming to work in the factory with me?
- Sam Tucker: Are you crazy? What would I do in a factory? I'm a farmer.”
Charles Kemper - Tim
Zachary Scott - Sam Tucker

“- Deckard Shaw: This job requires stealth. Look at you.
- Luke Hobbs: I'm trying to save the world, which, for the record, will be my fourth time. 'Cause I'm really good at it.”
Jason Statham - Shaw
The Rock - Hobbs

“- Allen Kincade: So, uh, Rick, explain to the audience exactly what it is a stunt double does.
- Rick Dalton: Well, actors are required to do a lot of dangerous stuff. Say Jake Cahill gets shot off his horse. Now, can I fall off a horse? Yes, I can. Yes, I have. But say I fall off wrong and I sprain my wrist or twist my ankle. Now, that can put...” (continue)(continue reading)
Spencer Garrett - Allen Kincade
Leonardo DiCaprio - Rick Dalton
Brad Pitt - Cliff Booth

“- Woody: Okay, like it or not, you are a toy. Maybe you don’t like being one, but you are one nonetheless. Which means you are going to be there for Andy when he…
- Forky: Who’s Andy?
- Woody: I mean, Bonnie. You have to be there for Bonnie. That is your job.
- Forky: Well, what’s your job?
Woody: Well, right now, it’s to make sure you do...” (continue)(continue reading)
Tom Hanks - Woody
Tony Hale - Forky

“It must be really nice to have a job where you get to sit around and read all day.”
Taylor Schilling - Angela

“It is my job to uphold the law and to protect democracy in this city.”
Christian Slater - Josh Davis

“- Natalie: Is this how you normally get to work?
- Donny: Um, if I had a job, yeah.
- Natalie: ...Are you gonna get a job?”
Rebel Wilson - Natalie
Brandon Scott Jones - Donny

“- Albertine: I’m worried about you.
- Celeste: You’re worried about me? You don’t need to worry about me. I’m solid. I worry about you. Baby, that’s my job to worry about you.”

Raffey Cassidy - Albertine
Natalie Portman - Celeste

“- Ariane Chavasse: Papa, you are a cynic!
- Claude Chavasse: I guess I am.
- Ariane Chavasse: You enjoy your work!
- Claude Chavasse: I guess I do.
- Ariane Chavasse: You'd enjoyed it even if you weren't paid for it!
- Claude Chavasse: I wouldn't go that far.”
Audrey Hepburn - Ariane Chavasse
Maurice Chevalier - Claude Chavasse

“I could think worse ways to spend a hot afternoon deliverin' cool well water to Miss Meighan.”
Lonny Chapman - Rock

“- Abigail: I hoped I might be employed here. By you. As something.
- Lady Sarah: A monster for the children to play with, perhaps?”
Emma Stone - Abigail
Rachel Weisz - Lady Sarah

“- Dr. Donald Shirley: I am not a medical doctor. I'm a musician. I'm about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South. What other experience do you have?
- Tony Lip: Public relations.”

Mahershala Ali - Dr. Donald Shirley
Viggo Mortensen - Tony Lip

“Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.”
Rose Byrne

“I love my work and am grateful to God to have a profession that brings joy to so many.”
John Amos

“- Jewel: So, uh, what did you say you do?
- Forrest Tucker: Well that’s a secret.
- Jewel: And why is that?
- Forrest Tucker: Well because if I told you, you probably wouldn’t want to see me again.
- Jewel: Who said I was going to see you again?
- Forrest Tucker: Would you?”

Sissy Spacek - Jewel
Robert Redford - Forrest Tucker

“I figure producers are paying me a lot of money and I ought to dress well.”
Bob Cummings

“The word ‘actress' or ‘authoress' always struck me as condescending. A doctor's a doctor, right? So I've always referred to ‘actors' and ‘writers,' regardless of their sex.”
Sidney Lumet

“- John McClane: You're a truck driver?
- Jerry Parks: No I'm a beautician. Of course I'm a truck driver!”

“- Travis McCredle: I know we met before but what is your involvement in this again?
- Eric Murphy: I'm the producer of the movie.”
Haley Joel Osment - Travis McCredle
Kevin Connolly - Eric

“- Sartana: I started working on the night shift taking out the trash. But I worked my way up. As translator, assistant... now I'm Special Agent in charge of investigations.
- Machete: Sounds like they still got you taking out the trash.”
Jessica Alba - Sartana
Danny Trejo - Machete

“There's always work at the post office.”
Robert Townsend - Bobby Taylor

“So not knowing who we're meeting tonight is gonna make me extra effective. That's okay, I get it. I got shit to do. You'll probably be fine. why don't I go get you a nice dress to be buried in? Dumb ass.”
Melissa McCarthy - Susan Cooper