Journalism quotes

“Look who's here. Amy Archer, Prize-itzer Pule winner.”

Tim Robbins - Norville Barnes

“I know I pissed off a lot of people over the years, many of whom are in this room right now. But I think that's what good investigative reporting does. It ruffles feathers.”

Jeremy Renner - Gary Webb

“I know there's things you cannot tell people. But I also know there's a story here people will hear about it.”
Mark Ruffalo - Mike Rezendes

“- Michael McDougal: What's with all the grunt work? I'm a columnist.
- Henry Hackett: You're not a columnist. You're a reporter who writes long.”
Randy Quaid - Michael McDougal
Michael Keaton - Henry Hackett

“Personally I'm of the opinion that for a paper to best perform its function, it really needs to stand alone.”
Liev Schreiber - Marty Baron

- Eric Kluster: We're doing this with or without you, Lowell. If you like, I can sign another producer to edit your show.
- Lowell Bergman: Since when has the paragon of investigative journalism allowed lawyers to determine the news content on "60 Minutes"?

Stephen Tobolowsky - Eric Kluster
Al Pacino - Lowell Bergman

“I hate being the subject of photographs.”
Richard Griffiths

It is so rare that I am at a loss for words, the only response I could come up with was, I said "I'll bet that is the first time in history the headline of the paper could include the words 'beaver' and 'nipple' and nobody would be offended by it".

Jeff Foxworthy - Jeff Foxworthy

“- Nancy: Who's Dick Dent?
- Brenda Winczor: He's just some wanky journalist who don't appreciate The Sex Pistols.”
Chloe Webb - Nancy Spungen
Kathy Burke - Brenda Windzor

“- Dave Skylark: When you score a Bin Laden, or a Hitler, or an Un, you take it by the balls! It's the first rule of journalism. You give the people what they waaant!
- Aaron Rapaport: That's not the first rule of journalism. I think it's like the first rule of like circuses and demolition derbies.”
James Franco - Dave Skylark
Seth Rogen - Aaron Rapaport

“I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right?”
James Cromwell - Alan Rittenhouse

“- Joanna Reece: And that's where it all went wrong. That's why the secret is lethal.
- Martin Rose: Is that your headline?
- Joanna Reece: Huh, no headline without proof.
- Martin Rose: You've obviously never read a British newspaper.”
Julia Stiles - Joanna Reece
Eric Bana - Martin Rose

“- Richie: You guys use my name on this and I'll fucking find you. You understand?
- Henry Hackett: I got it. Police department source only. Promise, right?
- Richie: These kids? They didn't do it.”
Mike Sheehan - Richie
Michael Keaton - Henry Hackett

When a reporter tells his assignment editor that he thinks he may be on to something that could be really big, the assignment editor is supposed to say: "You've got forty eight hours, kids, and you better come up with something good or it's going to be your neck!" That's what he's supposed to say, I saw it in a movie.
Elliott Gould - Robert Caulfield

“Journalism is hard work. Everybody's under pressure. Everybody grinds to get the issue out. Nobody's getting any sleep, but you are allowed to smile every once in awhile.”

Hayden Christensen - Stephen Glass

“There are 16,800 magazines in this country, but only one calls itself the inflight magazine for Air Force One. That's the thrill of working at The New Republic. You're underpaid, the hours are brutal, but what you write gets read by people who matter: presidents, lawmakers. Your work can actually influence public policy. That's an amazing...” (continue)(continue reading)
Hayden Christensen - Stephen Glass

“- Bernie White: I hate columnists! Why do I have all these columnists? I got political columnists, guest columnists... celebrity columnists - The only thing I don't have is a dead columnist. That's the kind I could really use.
- Henry Hackett: Right. Listen...
- Bernie White: We reek of opinions. What every columnist at this paper needs to do is...” (continue)(continue reading)
Robert Duvall - Bernie White
Michael Keaton - Henry Hackett

You're under contract to the "Star" for five more years. You're not in the position to resign. Unless you wish to retire from journalistic efforts over that period.

Walter Connolly - Oliver Stone

“- City Editor Bostwick: Why anyone is simple minded enough to want to work on a newspaper I've never been able to find out.
- Nancy Drew: Journalism is a very noble and glorious career. With all the adventure and romance and everything I'd think you would just love it.”
Thomas E. Jackson - City Editor Bostwick
Bonita Granville - Nancy Drew

“You know what the problem with you bums is? You never leave a guy alone unless you're leaving him alone.”

John Turturro - Herbie Stempel

“What I do like is the fact that I live in a country where you and I can make that decision for ourselves. I like the fact that I live in a country where I can pick up Hustler magazine and read it, or throw it in the garbage can if that's where I think it belongs.”

Courtney Love - Althea Leasure Flynt

“- John Jones: Foreign correspondent, huh?
- Mr. Powers: No, reporter. I don't want correspondence, I want news.”

Joel McCrea - John Jones
Harry Davenport - Mr. Powers

“- Woman Reporter: It's a big day for American cycling, to have two Americans beat an Olympic champ. You must feel some pride.
- Jerome: Come on man, walk it off.
- Muzzin: No, no, I'm alright. OK. I'm not riding for America lady. I tried riding for America. I spent four years of my life working shitty jobs so I could train and make the Olympic...” (continue)(continue reading)
Judith Jordan - Woman Reporter
Robert Townsend - Jerome
Luca Bercovici - Muzzin

“What is it with reporters? You take one person's tragedy and force the world to experience it, spread it like sickness.”
Brian Cox - Richard Morgan

“Awful, awful, what do they expect us to do with all this information? What am I suppose to do about crack babies? Terrorism? I can't stand those terrorists, they're so mad at everybody, I wish they'd just get over it! Maybe I should adopt a crack baby, sent it to a good school, get a chance of... Oh shut up! I'm gonna raise an inner city child...” (continue)(continue reading)
Holly Hunter - Judith Moore