Working quotes

“When I came to England at the very beginning of commercial television it was easy for me because I was only doing one or two shows a week at most. It was really a holiday.”
Richard Lester

“- Peter Parker: I sold another couple of photos to the Bugle, so that ought to help.
- Aunt May: Yeah, it would really help if that guy would pay you a fair wage.
- Peter Parker: Oh, Jameson pays me a fair wage. If it was 1961, he pays me a fair wage.”
Andrew Garfield - Peter Parker
Sally Field - Aunt May

“- Tommy Corn: Little girls like you, they have to work in dark factories where they go blind, for a dollar sixty a month just to make Mommy her pretty shoes. Can you even imagine that, Caitlin?
- Caitlin Corn: I don't want the children to work in factories! Stop it from happening!”

Mark Wahlberg - Tommy Corn
Saige Ryan - Caitlin Corn

“Hoke, I want you to understand something. Now, you'd be working for me. She can say anything she likes, but she can't fire you. You understand?”

Dan Aykroyd - Boolie Werthan

“Well I would love to sell you some weed, Jeremy, but I'm at my fucking job right now. Obviously, because you called me at work, you know that I'm at my place of work, so I can't just leave here and sell you some weed. I can sell you some weed when I'm done.”

Jonah Hill - Matthew the Waiter

“- Grandpa Joe: Mr. Wonka, I don't know if you remember me, but I used to work here in the factory.
- Willy Wonka: Were you one of those despicable spies who everyday tried to steal my life's work and sell it to those parasitic copy-cat candy-making cads?
- Grandpa Joe: No, sir.
- Willy Wonka: Then wonderful, welcome back.”
David Kelly - Grandpa Joe
Johnny Depp - Willy Wonka

“In France, we dug trenches ten miles long. We took earth from here and made hills there. We moved entire fields. You wouldn't believe what we did. It's possible. It's just hard work.”
Ian Hart - Johnny Shellshocked (Jones)

- Helen Caperelli: Mike...
- Mike Wallace: Mike? "Mike"! Try "Mr. Wallace". We work in the same corporation doesn't mean we work in the same profession.
Gina Gershon - Helen Caperelli
Christopher Plummer - Mike Wallace

“- Les: Why'd you do it?
- Michael Dorsey: I needed the work.
- Les: The only reason you're still breathing is because I never kissed you.”

Charles Durning - Les
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“I only work in black and sometimes very, very dark grey.”
Will Arnett - Batman

“Get your balls out of your wife's purse and write me a fucking check.”
Vince Vaughn - Pendelton 'Penny' Wise

“Don't take an interest in people outside of work. There is no such thing as trust.”
Nicolas Cage - Joe

“Sorry madam, I don't work on Sundays.”

“- Oliver: He's paying me hourly.
- Vincent: I'm showing him how the world works. You work, you get paid, you drink.
- Maggie: You're drinking alcohol?
- Vincent: ...I honestly don't remember.”
Jaeden Lieberher - Oliver
Bill Murray - Vincent
Melissa McCarthy - Maggie

A big boss must have a vision. We gotta town with thousands of small stores and businesses. People are working real hard. I think they should be working real hard. For us. Because we are for the people. "And if you ain't for the people, you can't buy the people". Lincoln.
Al Pacino - Big Boy Caprice

“- Itzhak Stern: Let me understand. They put up all the money. I do all the work. What, if you don't mind my asking, would you do?
- Oskar Schindler: I'd make sure it's known the company's in business. I'd see that it had a certain panache. That's what I'm good at. Not the work, not the work... the presentation.”
Ben Kingsley - Itzhak Stern
Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler

“- Ana: Well, it's nice to see you busting your ass today.
- Steve: Oh, that's sarcasm. That is awesome. Yeah, you know, I would love to help, but a captain never works alongside his men.”

Sarah Polley - Ana
Ty Burrell - Steve

“- Gang Member: Why are you working for these people? Pakis.
- Johnny: It's work, that's why.”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Johnny

“Sunday is the day before the day I work, so it gets poisoned.”
Meg Ryan - Kate McKay

“- Joby: Hi Bob. Working hard, or hardly working?
- Bob: Pays the same either way.”
David Thewlis - Joby
Lucas Hedges - Bob

“Just because they showed up to collect the money, is no guarantee that they'll show up to do the work... and if they do, I can't pay for it!”
Tom Hanks - Walter Fielding

“- Weinstein: We always said that we would bail on any job if the intel sucked. Already the vault specs are shit, we're behind schedule, our number 3 guy Lancelot is a fuckin' psycho. We got two hillbillies in the lobby playing with weapons-grade plastic explosives, our faces in the open. Ten years ago we would have bailed, you know I'm right.
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John Ventimiglia - Weinstein
Mekhi Phifer - Darrien

“If you wanna work here, in this restaurant, I really think that you need to ask yourself one simple question. How do you feel about frontal male nudity?”
Ryan Reynolds - Monty

- Shale: Did you ever look up the word "mercenary"? It's someone who "works merely for money".
- Joey: Everybody works for money.
- Shale: It's not the money that bothers me; it's the "merely".
Tom Berenger - Jonathan Shale
Raymond Cruz - Joey Six

“- Ray: So you've used the door, the building's still intact, people are happy you've arrived, they feel safe now, there's an officer there and he's done a good job, so you might want to tell him he's done a good job.
- John Hancock: What the hell did I have to come for, Ray, if he's done a good job?”

Jason Bateman - Ray
Will Smith - John Hancock