When they all get fired and the big boss comes out of his office and tells that guy to think of it as taking an early retirement, he also tells him that if there's anything he can do, just let him know and the guy replies 'Well, I certainly hope you die soon'
I could not stop laughing :-)
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I say it here, it comes out there!
shareWhat's even funnier is the reaction.
shareI've always been partial to this exchange, mostly for the fantastic delivery by Brooks:
Cusack: Oh, you think anyone who's proud of the work we do is an ass-kisser.
Brooks: No, I think anyone who puckers up their lips and presses it against their boss' buttocks and then *smooches* is an ass-kisser.
Cusack: My gosh... and for a while there I was attracted to you.
Brooks: Well, wait a minute, that changes everything!
In Mexico senor, these are the years of sadness.
The absolute GENIUS of that line is that they have that, to us, completely vague and confusing exchange TWICE and meet at a different place each time! They know each other SO well that each can inuite what the other means at a given moment in time; they barely need words. Doing that twice and having them go to a different place each time really shows how bonded they were and how well they understood one another.
shareIt's really hard to say in a movie that is, let's face it, wall-to-wall with fantastic lines. But I think Aaron's line "A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts!" is hands-down the top. One of the great movie lines of all time.
share“It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always know you are the smartest person in the room,” says the boss.. and Hunter replies “No, it’s awful".
share“No, it’s awful".
The way Holly Hunter delivered her line made it my all time favorite quote.
My two favorite lines are actually not any of the funny lines, and were both said by Holly Hunter.
The first one was when she wanted to leave Aaron to go back to Tom, and when Aaron got upset at her, she wailed, "This is important to me!"
The second time was in the airport and Tom was telling her how he re-edited the piece, and Tom was being flippant, and Jane screams something like, "if you keep talking like that I'm going to lose it!"
For some reason, I could relate to her humanity in that movie, and both those lines/scenes really resonated with me.
The first one was when she wanted to leave Aaron to go back to Tom, and when Aaron got upset at her, she wailed, "This is important to me!"
Jane more YELLS that line rather than "wails." Jane is hot-tempered and at that point, is fuming and it shows.
Both she and Aaron are passionate. Aaron is not as hot-headed as Jane, but like Jane, is very stubborn and opinionated. Often he's blunt, which leads to arguements with the emotional, strongly ethical Jane...which is why a romance between those two couldn't last either.The second time was in the airport and Tom was telling her how he re-edited the piece, and Tom was being flippant, and Jane screams something like, "if you keep talking like that I'm going to lose it!"
I love that scene. It illustrated why a romance between Jane and Tom couldn't last...Tom is too glib and too bland for the emotional Jane. It's funny because Tom just speaks in a flat monotone with a few mild glib jokes while Jane is fuming and yelling her head off.
Jane is a real fireball, yet has heart also, which is clearly illustrated in the laying off of employees scene.For some reason, I could relate to her humanity in that movie, and both those lines/scenes really resonated with me.
Me too. Jane was very real and relateable. Holly was right for the role because Holly's not some glamour model, but is down-to-earth and just so real.
It's mine too. Among so many funny/pithy lines.
"The place by the thing we went that time"
"Want to take a walk?"
"Outside?"
Aaron: do you know the names of all the members of the cabinet
Tom: look, I'm not gonna take a test for you, unless it comes out in conversation
Aaron: ok, we're conversing...so, do you?
Tom: YES
Aaron: you know the names of all the cabinet members?
Tom: YES
Aaron: All 12?
Tom: YES
Aaron: there's only ten!
Tom: feelin' good, aren't you?
Aaron: yeah, and starvin' too
completely zany stuff!
The fired employee saying to the smug exec "I certainly hope you'll die soon" is absolutely golden, as has already been mentioned.
I also love Aaron's long speech when he confronts Jane, when he finishes up with: "....and I'm in love with you. (pause) How do you like that? I buried the lead."
And of course everything Joan Cusack says and does is hilarious, especially the sequence where she runs to the control room with the videotape. And telling Jane, "Except for socially, you're my role model."
I don't understand the question, and I won't respond to it.
I like this line:
“It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always know you are the smartest person in the room,” says the boss.. and Hunter replies “No, it’s awful".
But I also like the line (which I can't recall correctly) about Aaron being the devil, that Jane would be the only one he would tell, that's how their friendship is.
"Welcome to the SH, Bitch."
- Gilmore Girls
What does buried the lead mean anyway -- was he saying he told her he loves her before William Hurt did?
share"What does buried the lead mean anyway -- was he saying he told her he loves her before William Hurt did?"
No. It means instead of starting off the "broadcast" with the "big" story he saved it until later on. He "buried" the lead [story].
"You're too short for that gesture."
http://imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=5642503
Oh thank you!
shareNot exactly. "Buried the lede" (newsroom spelling to differentiate from the lead slugs used with the old Linotype machines) is a newspaper term meaning the most important part of the story — the first paragraph, or "lede" — is too far down in the story.
Aaron said that because in a proper news story, "I'm in love with you" would've been in the first graf.
"Well, I certainly hope you die soon" and "Except for socially, you're my role model" are both LOL moments.
share>Aaron: do you know the names of all the members of the cabinet
>Tom: look, I'm not gonna take a test for you, unless it comes out in conversation
>Aaron: ok, we're conversing...so, do you?
>Tom: YES
>Aaron: you know the names of all the cabinet members?
>Tom: YES
>Aaron: All 12?
>Tom: YES
>Aaron: there's only ten!
>Tom: feelin' good, aren't you?
>Aaron: yeah, and starvin' too
I like that part too. It's funny this way, but at the end, Aaron actually says, "Yeah, I'm starting to."
"Tom: feelin' good, aren't you?
Aaron: yeah, and starvin' too"
I believe Aaron says "I'm starting to."
"I would give anything if you were 2 people. So I could call up the one who's my friend, and tell her about the one I like so much!"
That sums up the way I felt about a certain woman around the time this movie came out. We had almost the exact same relationship that Jane and Aaron for close to 5 or 6 years.
Tom: "What do you do when your real life exceeds your expectations?"
Aaron: 'You keep it to yourself!"
I think Albert Brooks (Aaron) stole the movie, and my favorite line of his was "Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?" Kind of sad and pathetic of me, I know. I wanted to slap Jane for not appreciating Aaron more. Her loss!
shareAARON: I think I just need to be myself right now.
ERNIE: I understand. I'll come with you.
No kidding! In the real world, men like Aaron are gold. A man like that, once he reaches his 30s, will not remain single for long.
shareWhen Jane is talking to Tom on the phone about Aaron's broadcast, during which Aaron sweated buckets. Jane asks "It wasn't unprecedented was it?" and Tom replies "Well...not if you count "Singing in the Rain."
Aaron to Jane: "I would give anything if you were two people, so I could call up the one who's my friend and tell her about the one who I like so much!"
"You'll never leave south Boston and I'm gonna see the whole damned world!
$19,000? Not bad."
"I can't believe I risked my life for a network that tests my face with focus groups. I don't feel so good."
"Well I certainly hope you die soon."
"I would give anything if you were two people, so I could call up the one who's my friend and tell her about the one I like sooooooo much!
Oh Bubba."
"You know I'm not the devil because if I were we have the kind of friendship where you'd be the only one I'd tell."
"You could knock of two or three million from your salary."
"It's not nice to make fun of single fat ladies."
Those are off the top of my head but there are a million in the movie. Love it.
"Girl,you betta bash Mister upside the head and think about heaven later!" - Sophia