Up in the Air (2009 film) Quotes

Up in the Air (2009 film) is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Up in the Air ended in 1970.

It features Daniel Dubiecki, Jeffrey Clifford, Ivan Reitman, and Jason Reitman as producer, Rolfe Kent in charge of musical score, and Eric Steelberg as head of cinematography.

Up in the Air (2009 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Up in the Air (2009 film) is 109 minutes long. Up in the Air (2009 film) is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, Anna Kendrick as Natalie Keener, Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran, Danny McBride as Jim Miller, J. K. Simmons as Bob, Jason Bateman as Craig Gregory, Amy Morton as Kara Bingham, Zach Galifianakis as Steve, Tamala Jones as Karen Barnes, and Sam Elliott as Maynard Finch.

Up in the Air (2009 film) Quotes

George Clooney as Ryan Bingham

• (George Clooney) "I thought I was a part of your life."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I thought we signed up for the same thing -- I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis."
• (George Clooney) "I'm a parenthesis?"

• (George Clooney) "Natalie, what is it you think we do here?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "We prepare the newly unemployed for the emotional and physical hurdles of job hunting, while minimizing legal blow-back."
• (George Clooney) "That's what we're selling. It's not what we're doing."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Okay, what are we doing?"
• (George Clooney) "We are here to make limbo tolerable, to ferry wounded souls across the river of dread until the point were hope is dimly visible. And then stop the boat, shove them in the water and make them swim."

• (George Clooney) "You know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet just for a second?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Yes."
• (George Clooney) "Right. Well, I don't."
• (Anna Kendrick) "you're an asshole."

• (Anna Kendrick) "What?"
• (George Clooney) "Follow me."
• (Anna Kendrick) "I really like my luggage."
• (George Clooney) "That's exactly what it is, it's luggage. You know how much time you lose by checking in?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I don't know. Five, ten minutes?"
• (George Clooney) "35 minutes a flight. I travel 270 days a year. That's 157 hours. That makes seven days. You're willing to throw away an entire week on that?"

• (George Clooney) "You know why kids love athletes?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Because they screw lingerie models."
• (George Clooney) "No, that's why we love athletes. Kids love athletes because they follow their dreams."
• (J. K. Simmons) "well I cant dunk"

• (George Clooney) "All the things you probably hate about travelling -the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi- are warm reminders that I'm home"

• (George Clooney) "Tonight most people will be welcomed home by jumping dogs and squeling kids and thousands more will ask about their day and tonight they'll sleep. The stars will wheel forth from their daytime hiding places; and one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over."

• (Irate IT) "I am the one thing that's preventing this place from being totally f***ed in the ass."
• (George Clooney) "Sometimes they just need to vent."

• (George Clooney) "What happened?"
• (Amy Morton) "Jim's got cold feet."
• (Amy Morton) "Today?"
• (Amy Morton) "Yeah that's how cold feet work."
• (George Clooney) "What do you want me to do?"
• (Amy Morton) "Talk to him."
• (George Clooney) "You want me to talk to him?"
• (Amy Morton) "It's either you or me and you know my track record I've already struck out once."
• (George Clooney) "I've never been up to bat, I haven't even been in the dug out."
• (Amy Morton) "Don't you talk for a living? Motivational king of stuff?"
• (George Clooney) "I tell people how to avoid commitment."
• (Amy Morton) "What kind of f***ed up message is that?"
• (George Clooney) "It's a philosophy."
• (Amy Morton) "It's stupid."
• (George Clooney) "It could've helped you."
• (Amy Morton) "You haven't been around much you basically don't exist to us. I know you want to be there for her here it is: this is your chance."

• (George Clooney) "I'm in Newark on the twelfth Bethesda on the thirteenth Oklahoma City on the fifteenth"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Heading south west? I'll be in Albuquerque on the weekend of the sixteenth"
• (George Clooney) "I'll be in Florida on the twentieth"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Fort Lauderdale?"
• (George Clooney) "Miami"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I should probably go back to my room so I can wake up in my bed"
• (George Clooney) "I think that would be the likely thing to do"

• (George Clooney) "Life's better with company"
• (Danny McBride) "Yeah."
• (George Clooney) "Everyone needs a co-pilot"

• (George Clooney) "Good call on that towel rack."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I like how you burritoed me in the sofa cushions."
• (George Clooney) "I was improvising."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Shame we didn't make it to the closet."
• (George Clooney) "Mmm. We gotta do this again."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Oh. yeah."

• (George Clooney) "Get me in a Dodge Stratus in Kansas City"
• (Kevin) "They're completely out of full size Sedans"
• (George Clooney) "Did you try?"
• (Kevin) "Yes I reminded them of your remarkable number one gold club status for years in the program they are literally moving mountains to see who has the next available one"
• (George Clooney) "Fair enough, any other messages?"
• (Kevin) "Your sister Kara called needs to speak urgently about your sister's wedding I told them you were in the air and even I didn't know your destination"
• (George Clooney) "Well done"
• (Kevin) "And you got an invitation to speak at Gold Quest in Vegas"
• (George Clooney) "Gold Quest twenty?"
• (Kevin) "It's got a hologram on it their calling it Dos Equis"
• (Jason Bateman) "I wish I could have you in about five places at once but I do need you back in Omaha by the end of the week."
• (George Clooney) "I thought you needed me everywhere"
• (Jason Bateman) "We got something real big here a real "game changer""
• (George Clooney) "What are we talking about?"
• (Jason Bateman) "You'll see, today I took my first crap in two weeks hallelujah."
• (George Clooney) "That's me hanging up on you"
• (Jason Bateman) "Great, I love that sound"

• (George Clooney) "Tell me you're not taking this seriously"
• (Jason Bateman) "That's why I brought the entire company in from the road because I'm not "taking this seriously""
• (George Clooney) "There's a methodology to what I do there's a reason why it works"
• (Jason Bateman) "Coke and IBM have been this for years are you familiar with them? Just like everything else it'll take a few months for the transition then everyone's going to settle in"
• (George Clooney) "Who are you taking off the road?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "How are not getting this? You're grounded everybody's grounded it's done"
• (George Clooney) "What we do is brutal and it does leave people devastated there's a dignity to the way I do it"
• (Jason Bateman) "Like stabbing them in the chest instead of the back?"
• (George Clooney) "Am I the only one that sees by doing this we're making ourselves "irrelevant"?"
• (Jason Bateman) "No we're making you "irrelevant",don't blame me blame the high fuel costs, blame insurance premiums, blame technology you better watch yourself you're too young to become a dinosaur"
• (George Clooney) "I'm not a dinosaur"
• (Jason Bateman) "I want you to show her the ropes"
• (George Clooney) "I'm not the only one who knows what's going on here, get someone else to do it you're very confident that this girl doesn't know what she's doing I don't think setting a MySpace page qualifies you to rewire an entire company"
• (Jason Bateman) "Great then here's your chance take her out there show her the magic, take her to the paces"
• (George Clooney) "I'm not a f***ing tour guide"
• (Jason Bateman) "We're ringing the bell and rounding everybody up you want to stay out there your welcome to but you will not be alone you let me know"

• (George Clooney) "How do you like Wisconsin in February?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'll like it if your there and I know a killer burger joint in Milwaukee"
• (George Clooney) "I mean northern Wisconsin, what are you doing this weekend?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "You want me to be your date?"
• (George Clooney) "Yeah"
• (Vera Farmiga) "At your sister's wedding?"
• (George Clooney) "Look, I'm not the wedding type but this is the first time I don't want to be the guy alone at the bar, I want a dance partner I want a plus one so if you can "stomach" it I'd like it to be you"

• (George Clooney) "Last year I spent 322 days on the road, which means I had to spend 43 miserable days at home."

• (George Clooney) "Are you satisfied with Maestro?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Yeah, I am."
• (George Clooney) "A little stingy with their miles. I like Hertz."
• (Vera Farmiga) "No, Hertz keeps its vehicles too long. If a car has over 20,000 miles, I won't drive it."
• (George Clooney) "Maestro doesn't instant checkout. I like to park and go."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Hertz doesn't guarantee navigation."
• (George Clooney) "It's funny. You don't seem like a girl who needs directions."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Oh, I hate asking for directions. That's why I get a nav."
• (George Clooney) "That new outfit, Colonial, it's not bad."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Is that a joke?"
• (George Clooney) "Yes."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Because their kiosk placement blows."
• (George Clooney) "They never have available upgrades."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Basically, it's a fleet of s***-boxes. I don't know how they're still in business."
• (George Clooney) "I'm Ryan."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'm Alex."

• (George Clooney) "How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that you're carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel 'em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. You start with the little things. The things on shelves and in drawers, the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff, clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens, your TV. The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. Your home, whether it's a studio apartment or a two bedroom house. I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now try to walk. It's kind of hard, isn't it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we can't even move. And make no mistake, moving is living. Now, I'm gonna set that backpack on fire. What do you want to take out of it? What do you want to take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who can't remember. Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burn and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing. It's kind of exhilarating, isn't it? Now, this is gonna be a little difficult, so stay with me. You have a new backpack. Only this time, I want you to fill it with people. Start with casual acquaintances, friends of friends, folks around the office, and then you move into the people that you trust with your most intimate secrets. Your cousins, your aunts, your uncles, your brothers, your sisters, your parents and finally your husband, your wife, your boyfriend or your girlfriend. You get them into that backpack. And don't worry. I'm not gonna ask you to light it on fire. Feel the weight of that bag. Make no mistake; your relationships are the heaviest components in your life. Do you feel the straps cutting into your shoulders? All those negotiations and arguments, and secrets and compromises. You don't need to carry all that weight. Why don't you set that bag down? Some animals were meant to carry each other, to live symbiotically for a lifetime; star crossed lovers, monogamous swans. We are not those animals. The slower we move, the faster we die. We are not swans. We're sharks."

• (Terminated Employee) "This is what I get in return for 30 years of service for my company? And they send some yo-yo like you in here to try to tell me that I'm out of a job? They should be telling you you're out of a job."
• (Terminated Employee) "You have a lot of gall coming in here and firing your number one producer. And then you're going to go home tomorrow and make more money than you've ever made in your life, and I'm going to go home without a pay check. f*** you."
• (Terminated Employee) "I just -- I guess you leave me dumbfounded. I don't know where this is coming from. How am I supposed to go back as a man and explain this to my wife that I lost my job?"
• (Terminated Employee) "On a street level, I've heard that losing your job is like a death in the family. But personally, I feel more like the people I worked with were my family and I died."
• (Terminated Employee) "I can't afford to be unemployed. I have a house payment. I have children."
• (Terminated Employee) "I don't know how you can live with yourself, but I'm sure that you'll find a way while the rest of us are suffering."
• (Terminated Employee) "Who the f*** are you, man?"
• (George Clooney) "Excellent question. Who the f*** am I? Poor Steve has worked here for seven years. He's never had a meeting with me before, or passed me in the hall, or told me a story in the break room. And that's because I don't work here. I work for another company that lends me out to pussies like Steve's boss, who don't have the balls to sack their own employees, and in some cases, for good reason. Because people do crazy s*** when they get fired."

• (George Clooney) "Personally? This the most personal situation you'll going to enter, so before you try to "revolutionize" my business, I'd like to know you actually know my business."

• (George Clooney) "Jim it's Marriage, it's one of the most beautiful things on Earth, it's what people aspired."
• (Danny McBride) "Well you never got married --"
• (George Clooney) "That's true --"
• (Danny McBride) "I mean, you never even tried."
• (George Clooney) "Uh, it's hard to define "tried'."

• (George Clooney) "Kara mentioned you had some thoughts about the marriage."
• (Danny McBride) "I don't think I need you to do this."
• (George Clooney) "Why would you say that today?"
• (Danny McBride) "Last night I was lying in bed, I couldn't fall asleep, so I started thinking about the wedding and the ceremony. I thought about how we'd buy a house and move in together, I thought about having a kid then having another kid, I thought about Christmases and thanksgivings, spring break vacation, I thought about going to football games then all of a sudden they've graduated, have jobs, getting married and then I'm a grandparent then I'm retired, I'm losing my hair, getting fat and then the next thing I'm dead. I couldn't stop thinking to myself "what's the point?""
• (George Clooney) "The point?"
• (Danny McBride) "What am I starting?"
• (George Clooney) "It's marriage it's one of the most beautiful things on earth it's what people aspire to do."
• (Danny McBride) "You seem happier like all my unmarried friends."
• (George Clooney) "I'm not going to lie: marriage can be a pain in the ass and your right all this stuff leads to your eventual demise we're all on running clocks that can't be slowed down or paused we're all going to the same place."
• (Danny McBride) "There's no point."
• (George Clooney) "There is no point. That's what I'm saying, I'm not normally the guy you'd talk to about stuff like this."

• (George Clooney) "Are you available?"
• (Check-in Lady) "This line's reserved for members of our Matterhorn Program."

• (George Clooney) "Are you angry at your computer?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I type with purpose."

• (George Clooney) "Every Family has a person who keeps the genealogy in check that's my sister Kara: the glue"
• (Amy Morton) "Hello,Hey how you holding up?"
• (George Clooney) "Fine you and the kids?"
• (Amy Morton) "Missy's outstanding Matthew made varsity how's the road?"
• (George Clooney) "Couldn't be better"
• (Amy Morton) "Good, I didn't want to ask you this I know how you are about doing things for others but we're coming up on Julie's and there's something we could use your help on"
• (George Clooney) "Yeah"
• (Amy Morton) "We've been sending people kits so they can print out photos of Julie and Jim on card board and then photos of them at interesting places kind of like the Nome in that French movie"
• (George Clooney) "Why"
• (Amy Morton) "Because its Julie's wedding and she thinks it would be fun, does it matter why?"
• (George Clooney) "How is Julie?"
• (Amy Morton) "Would you call her? She thinks you've turned to butter so your assistant said you're going to be in Vegas, can you get a photo of the cut out in front of the Luxor pyramid?"
• (George Clooney) "The place is a s*** hole nobody stays there"
• (Amy Morton) "I'm not asking you to check in can you just take a stupid photo?"
• (George Clooney) "I'll "try my best""
• (Amy Morton) "Thank you for "trying your best""

• (George Clooney) "Five words: "randomly selected for additional screening""

• (George Clooney) "You're up."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I have to fly stand by to make a meeting in Cincinnati."
• (George Clooney) "Ok."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I made you feel cheap."
• (George Clooney) "Just leave the money on the dresser."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'll text you later so we can swap schedules."
• (George Clooney) "I really like you."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I like you too."
• (George Clooney) "Good, go catch your flight."

• (George Clooney) "Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's because they sat there that they were able to do it."

• (George Clooney) "I was hoping to hear from you"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'm in Hot-lanta and I need a rib joint recommend bad"
• (George Clooney) "Fat Matts: bring a bib"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'm out of Hartsfield into IAD with a connection to ORD and SDF"
• (George Clooney) "Oh, sorry"
• (George Clooney) "Tell me about it how long is your lay over? They got multiples at SDF can you push?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Yeah I can push"

• (George Clooney) "Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You busted tables at Il Picatorre to support yourself. Then you got out of college and started working here. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Twenty seven thousand a year."
• (George Clooney) "At what point were you going to stop and go back to what made you happy?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "that's a good question."

• (George Clooney) "Aww -- Maplewood card. How dare you bring that into this place?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Hilton offers equal value and better food but the Maplewood gives out warm cookies at check-in -- I'm a sucker for simulated hospitality."
• (George Clooney) "There's an industry term for that. It's a mixture of faux and homey; faumey."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Oh, my God. I wasn't sure this actually existed. This is the American Airlines --"
• (George Clooney) "It's a Concierge Key, yeah."
• (Vera Farmiga) "What is that, carbon fibre?"
• (George Clooney) "Graphite."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Oh, I love the weight."
• (George Clooney) "I was pretty excited the day that bad boy came in."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'll say. I put up pretty pedestrian numbers. 60 thousand a year, domestic."
• (George Clooney) "That's not bad."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Don't patronize me. What's your total?"
• (George Clooney) "It's a personal question."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Please."
• (George Clooney) "And we hardly know each other."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Come on, show some hubris. Come on, impress me. I bet it's huge."
• (George Clooney) "You have no idea."
• (Vera Farmiga) "How big? What is it, this big? This big?"
• (George Clooney) "I don't want to brag."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Oh, come on. Come on."
• (George Clooney) "Let's just say I have a number in mind and I haven't hit it yet."
• (Vera Farmiga) "This is pretty f***ing sexy."
• (George Clooney) "Hope it doesn't cheapen our relationship."
• (Vera Farmiga) "We're two people who get turned on by elite status. I think cheap is our starting point."
• (George Clooney) "There's nothing cheap about loyalty."

• (George Clooney) "Never get behind people traveling with infants. I've never seen a stroller collapse in less than 20 minutes. Old people are worse. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left. Bingo, Asians. They pack light, travel efficiently, and they have a thing for slip on shoes. Gotta love 'em."
• (Anna Kendrick) "That's racist."
• (George Clooney) "I'm like my mother, I stereotype. It's faster."

Anna Kendrick as Natalie Keener

• (Anna Kendrick) "I thought I'd be engaged by now. I thought by 23, I'd be married, maybe have a kid, corner office by day, entertaining at night. I was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by now."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Well, life can underwhelm you that way."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Where did you think you'd be by err?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "It doesn't work that way. At a certain point, you stop with the dead lines. It can be a little counter productive."
• (Anna Kendrick) "I don't want to say anything that is anti feminist. I really appreciate everything that your generation did for me."
• (Vera Farmiga) "It was our pleasure."
• (George Clooney) "well done."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Sometimes it feels like, no matter how much success I have, it's not gonna matter until I find the right guy. I could have made it work, he really fit the bill, you know. White collar, 6'1, college grad, loves dogs, likes funny movies, brown hair, kind eyes, works in finance but is outdoorsy. I always imagined he'd have a single syllable name like Matt or John or Dave. In a perfect world, he drives a 4 runner and the only thing he loves more than me is his golden lab. And a nice smile. What about you?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "You know, honestly by the time you're 34, all the physical requirements just go out the window. You secretly pray that he'll be taller than you, not an asshole would be nice just someone who enjoys my company, comes from a good family. You don't think about that when you're younger. Someone who wants kids, likes kids. Healthy enough to play with his kids. Please let him earn more money than I do, you might not understand that now but believe me, you will one day otherwise that's a recipe for disaster. And hopefully, some hair on his head. I mean, that's not even a deal breaker these days. A nice smile. Yea, a nice smile just might do it."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Wow. That was depressing."

• (Anna Kendrick) "If there's one word I want to leave you with is ""glocal" our global must become our local. This company keeps twenty three people on the road at least two hundred fifty days a year, its expensive and it's inefficient, when I came to Craig three months ago with this, he told me and quite astutely " it's only a problem if you have a solution", today I stand before you with just that, you all know Ned in reception, today I'm going to "fire" Ned, now Ned could be any employee at anyone of our client's locations worldwide. Strategy packets will be shipped in advance and they'll be given a seat where one of our transitional specialists will be waiting for them."

• (Anna Kendrick) "Mr. Bingham, I regret to inform you that your position at this company is no longer available"
• (George Clooney) "Who the hell are you?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "My name is Ms. Keener; I'm here to tell you about your future"
• (George Clooney) "My future? The only one who can fire me is Greg Gregory"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Mr. Gregory asked me to handle this for him"
• (George Clooney) "Handle what? Handle me? Mr. Gregory hired me, he is the only who can fire me,"
• (George Clooney) "you know what? I'm going to go talk to him, no, no, no, you can't follow me you're on a computer screen remember? Ok let's try this again, fire me again"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I just did"
• (George Clooney) "Actually you didn't, fire me again"
• (George Clooney) "Mr. Bingham, I 'm here today to inform you that your position with no longer available"
• (George Clooney) "I'm fired?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Yes, you're fired"
• (George Clooney) "Never say "fired""
• (Anna Kendrick) "You've been let go"
• (George Clooney) "Why?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "This is a mythical situation, how could I possibly know why"
• (George Clooney) "The "why" doesn't matter, you never know why"
• (Anna Kendrick) "It's important not to focus on the "why" but rather spend your energy thinking about your future."
• (George Clooney) "Well, I'm going to spend my energy on suing you unless you give me a good reason why you're firing me"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Mr. Bingham, the reason's not important"
• (George Clooney) "So, you're firing without grounds, now I really have a lawsuit"

• (Anna Kendrick) "Fear of mortality: it's like, yeah you're going to die one day"
• (George Clooney) "Why do you think that's singular to men?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Probably because you can't have babies"
• (George Clooney) "The "baby argument"?"

• (Anna Kendrick) "No, I don't think of him that way; he's old."

• (Anna Kendrick) "Mr. Laskim, The reason we're having this conversation is because your position at this company is no longer available"
• (Ned) "I don't understand I'm fired?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Hearing the words "you've been let go" is never easy change is always scary but consider the following: anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's because they sat there that they were able to do it."
• (George Clooney) "that's my f***ing line"
• (Ned) "what happens now?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "This is the first step in a new process that will end with you at a job that fulfills you"
• (Ned) "Yeah, but how does it work?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "You're going to take the packet in front of you review it, all the answers you're looking for are inside. Start filling out the necessary information and before you know it and before you know it you'll be on your way to new opportunities. I need you to go back to your desk and putting together your things. As a favor to me I'd appreciate it if you don't spread the news just yet panic doesn't help anyone"
• (Ned) "I understand"
• (Anna Kendrick) "give it up for Ned"
• (Anna Kendrick) "You can start the morning in Boston stop in Dallas over lunch and finish the day in San Francisco all for the price of a T-1 line. Our inflated travel budget increased by eighty five percent, more importantly to you guys on the road, no more Christmases in a hotel in Tulsa no more hours lost to weather delays you get to come home."

• (Anna Kendrick) "I should just date women"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I tried it, we're no picnic ourselves"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I don't mind being married to my career and I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I sleep, I just don't want to settle"
• (Vera Farmiga) "You're young, right now you see settling down as a failure"
• (Anna Kendrick) "It is, by definition"
• (Vera Farmiga) "By the time someone is right for you it won't feel like settling and the only one to judge you will be the twenty three year old with the target on your back"

• (Anna Kendrick) "You're so pretty. You're exactly what I want to look like in fifteen years."

• (Anna Kendrick) "I'm sorry what I said about Alex that was out of line."
• (George Clooney) "It's alright, I understand."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Who am I giving out relationship advice right?"
• (George Clooney) "No kidding."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Are you going to be ok?"
• (George Clooney) "What do you mean?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "In Omaha."
• (George Clooney) "I don't know."
• (Anna Kendrick) "It's better than you think, where are you going?"
• (George Clooney) "I'm grabbing another flight, something I've got to take care of I'll see you back at home."

• (Anna Kendrick) "Hungry much?"
• (George Clooney) "Our business expense allots forty dollars each for dinner. I plan on grabbing as many miles as I can."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Okay, you got to fill me in on the miles thing. What is that about? You're talking about, like, frequent flyer miles?"
• (George Clooney) "You really want to know?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I'm dying to know."
• (George Clooney) "I don't spend a nickel, if I can help it, unless it somehow profits my mileage account."
• (Anna Kendrick) "So, what are you saving up for? Hawaii? South of France?"
• (George Clooney) "It's not like that. The miles are the goal."
• (Anna Kendrick) "That's it? You're saving just to save?"
• (George Clooney) "Let's just say that I have a number in mind and I haven't hit it yet."
• (Anna Kendrick) "That's a little abstract. What's the target?"
• (George Clooney) "I'd rather not --"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Is it a secret target?"
• (George Clooney) "It's ten million miles."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Okay. Isn't ten million just a number?"
• (George Clooney) "Pi's just a number."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Well, we all need a hobby. No, I- I- I don't mean to belittle your collection. I get it. It sounds cool."
• (George Clooney) "I'd be the seventh person to do it. More people have walked on the moon."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Do they throw you a parade?"
• (George Clooney) "You get lifetime executive status. You get to meet the chief pilot, Maynard Finch."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Wow."
• (George Clooney) "And they put your name on the side of a plane."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Men get such hardons from putting their names on things. You guys don't grow up. It's like you need to pee on everything."

• (Anna Kendrick) "Can you stop sounding condescending for one second or is that one of the principles of your bulls*** philosophy?"

• (Anna Kendrick) "What happened to Alex?"
• (George Clooney) "She had to leave town to get to a meeting"
• (Anna Kendrick) "That's too bad, where'd she live?"
• (George Clooney) "Chicago"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Are you going to go see her?"
• (George Clooney) "We don't really have that kind of relationship"
• (Anna Kendrick) "What kind of relationship do you have?"
• (George Clooney) "Casual"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Sounds pretty special"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Do you think there's a future there?"
• (George Clooney) "We never really thought about it, what's going on here?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Really never thought about it?"
• (George Clooney) "No"
• (Anna Kendrick) "How can you not think about that? How does it not cross your mind that you might want a future with someone?"
• (George Clooney) "It just doesn't"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Don't you think it's worth giving her a chance?"
• (George Clooney) "A chance at what?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "A chance at something real"
• (George Clooney) "Your definition of "real" is going to evolve as you get older"
• (Anna Kendrick) "The isolation, the traveling is that supposed to be charming?"
• (George Clooney) "No, it's simply a life choice"
• (Anna Kendrick) "It's a cocoon of self-banishment"
• (George Clooney) "Wow big words"
• (Anna Kendrick) "You have a set a way of life that basically makes it impossible for you to have any kind of human connection and now this woman comes along and somehow runs the gauntlet of your ridiculous life choice comes out on the other end smiling, just so you can call her "casual"? I need to grow up? You're a twelve year old"

• (Anna Kendrick) "Someone sits down at a conference room somewhere and our server routes their session to one of our termination engineers"
• (George Clooney) ""Termination engineers"? Really?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "I prefer "terminators" but it was bumped because it was illegal"
• (George Clooney) "I can't imagine why"
• (Anna Kendrick) "They follow a work flow that takes them through anything from s standard dismissal to a violent aggressor"
• (George Clooney) "Are they practicing right now?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Beta testing, role playing we go live at the end of the month"

• (Anna Kendrick) "Please, for the love of God, can I fire the next one."

• (Anna Kendrick) "How about just not dying alone?"
• (George Clooney) "Starting when I was 12, we moved each one of my grandparents into a nursing facility. My parents went the same way. Make no mistake, we all die alone. Now those cult members in San Diego, with the sneakers and the Kool-Aid, they didn't die alone. I'm just saying there are options."
• (George Clooney) "Oh, f***."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Brian left me."
• (George Clooney) "All right. Okay, okay. All right. All right."

• (Anna Kendrick) "Never?"
• (George Clooney) "No."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Ever?"
• (George Clooney) "No."
• (Anna Kendrick) "You never wanna get married?"
• (George Clooney) "Nope."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Never want kids?"
• (George Clooney) "Not a chance."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Ever?"
• (George Clooney) "Never. Is that so bizarre?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Yes. Yes, it is."
• (George Clooney) "I just don't see the value in it. All right, sell it to me."
• (Anna Kendrick) "What?"
• (George Clooney) "Sell me marriage."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Okay. How about love?"
• (George Clooney) "Okay."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Stability. Just somebody you can count on."
• (George Clooney) "How many stable marriages do you know?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Somebody to talk to, someone to spend your life with."
• (George Clooney) "I'm surrounded by people to talk to. I doubt that's gonna change."

Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran

• (Vera Farmiga) "can't fall sleep"
• (George Clooney) "Me too just laying here"
• (Vera Farmiga) "You should rub one out"
• (George Clooney) "Only fair if you do it too"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Way ahead of you"
• (George Clooney) "Call me next time so I can listen"
• (Vera Farmiga) "Have sweet dreams about me"

• (Vera Farmiga) "You never called."
• (George Clooney) "Well, I wasn't sure what was appropriate."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Appropriate? Ryan, I'm not some waitress you banged in a snowstorm. That word has no place in our vocabulary. I am the woman that you don't have to worry about."
• (George Clooney) "Sounds like a trap."
• (Vera Farmiga) "Listen, the next time that you're worried about manners, don't. If you want to call, call. Just think of me as yourself, only with a vagina."
• (George Clooney) "When am I going to see you?"

• (Vera Farmiga) "What were you thinking showing up at my door like that?"
• (George Clooney) "I wanted to see you. I didn't know you had a family why wouldn't you tell me that?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I'm sorry I ruined your evening but you could've seriously screwed things up for me. That's my family that's my real life."
• (George Clooney) "I thought I was a part of your real life"
• (Vera Farmiga) "What do you want? Tell me what you want, you don't even know what you want. I'm a grown up, so if you'd like to see me again then give me a call"

• (Vera Farmiga) "What a weasly prick."
• (Anna Kendrick) "Yeah, but what does that make me? Someone who falls for a prick."
• (Vera Farmiga) "We all fall for the pricks. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks."

• (Vera Farmiga) "Back home I don't get to act the way I do."
• (George Clooney) "That's why don't go back home."
• (Vera Farmiga) "I know, you're so cool Mr. "empty back pack""
• (George Clooney) "You know about my back pack?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "I Googled you."
• (George Clooney) "You did?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "It's what us modern girls do when we have a crush."
• (George Clooney) "Does it bother you?"
• (Vera Farmiga) "It depends, is the bag empty because you hate people or you hate the baggage they come with?"
• (George Clooney) "I don't hate people, I'm not exactly a hermit."
• (Vera Farmiga) "You don't want to be tied down? Or the whole responsibility thing?"
• (George Clooney) "I don't know what originally sparked the back pack, I probably needed to be alone recently. I've been thinking about emptying the back pack or put everything back in it."

• (Vera Farmiga) "He broke up with you over text message?"
• (George Clooney) "That's kind of like firing someone over the Internet."

Zach Galifianakis as Steve

• (Zach Galifianakis) "Did I do something wrong? Is there something I can do differently?"
• (George Clooney) "This is not an assessment of your productivity. Try not to take this personally. I want you to review this packet. Take it seriously. I think you'll find a lot of good answers in here. This is not an assessment of your productivity"
• (Zach Galifianakis) "I'm sure this will be very helpful, a packet thank you"
• (George Clooney) "I need your key card I want you to take the day get together your personal things then tomorrow get yourself some exercise go out for a jog give your some routines and pretty soon you'll find your likes"
• (Zach Galifianakis) "How do I get in touch with you?"
• (George Clooney) "Don't worry we'll be in touch with you soon, this is just the beginning"
• (George Clooney) "I'll never see Steve again."

Sam Elliott as Maynard Finch

• (Sam Elliott) "You're the youngest person so far to hit ten million. I don't know where you find the time"
• (George Clooney) "I don't know"
• (Sam Elliott) "We really appreciate your loyalty."
• (George Clooney) "I've thought about this moment so many times, I even thought about the conversation we'd have"
• (Sam Elliott) "What'd you want to say?"
• (George Clooney) "Now I don't remember"
• (Sam Elliott) "That's alright it happens to all of us, where are you from?"
• (George Clooney) "'m from here"

Amy Morton as Kara Bingham

• (Amy Morton) "You're awfully isolated the way you live."
• (George Clooney) "Isolated? I'm surrounded."

Tamala Jones as Karen Barnes

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Jason Bateman as Craig Gregory

• (Jason Bateman) "You remember Karen Barnes? She was part of a thirty percent reduction in Wichita, Natalie fired her"
• (George Clooney) "I've fired dozens of people a day"
• (Jason Bateman) "She killed herself, jumped off a bridge"
• (George Clooney) "f***"
• (Jason Bateman) "I need to know if anyone gave you any signals, depression?"
• (George Clooney) "Their all depressed when we fire them"
• (Jason Bateman) "I need to ask you this stuff"
• (George Clooney) "No, I don't remember"
• (Jason Bateman) "You don't remember anyone woman that gave you any signals?"
• (George Clooney) "No, nothing stands out, is Natalie alright?"
• (Jason Bateman) "Natalie quit"
• (George Clooney) "She quit?"
• (Jason Bateman) "by text message, f***ing nice right? Nobody's got any manners anymore"
• (George Clooney) "Did she say where she was going?"
• (Jason Bateman) "no, I need you back in the air, did you hear what I just said? I thought you'd be thrilled about that"
• (George Clooney) "That's fine, what about the video conference?"
• (Jason Bateman) "CTC is going have to pause since Natalie walked out, we've got to get our work horses in the air: doing what they do best"
• (George Clooney) "How long you sending me out?"
• (Jason Bateman) "We're going to let you sail and sail, send us a post card if you ever get there"

• (Jason Bateman) "I know there's been a lot of whispering about why we're here, retailers are down twenty percent auto industry is a dump, the housing market doesn't have a heart beat it is one of the worst times on record for America, this is our moment. Last summer received a dynamite of a young woman from Cornell and she came up with some pretty big ideas that she challenged me with and my first reaction was "who does this kid think she is?" after I gave it a listen she really knocked me out with a peek into our future: Natalie Keener"

• (Jason Bateman) "How's the road warrior?"
• (George Clooney) "Twenty minutes from boarding into a world of bliss."
• (Jason Bateman) "Great numbers out of Phoenix. You know Big Auto is going to drop another 10K this month."
• (George Clooney) "No kidding?"
• (Jason Bateman) "Yeah, Christmas came early."

J. K. Simmons as Bob

• (J. K. Simmons) "What do you suggest I tell them?"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Perhaps you're overlooking the positive effects your career transition will have on your children"
• (J. K. Simmons) "The positive effects? I make about ninety grand a year, unemployment is two hundred fifty bucks week is that one of your positive effects? We get to be cozier because I won't be able to pay my mortgage on my house so maybe we can move into a nice one bedroom apartment and I guess without benefits I'll be able to hold my daughter as she suffers from her asthma that I won't be able to afford the medication for her"
• (Anna Kendrick) "Tests have shown that children under moderate trauma tend to apply themselves academically as a method of coping"
• (J. K. Simmons) ""Go f*** yourself",that's what my kids will think"
• (George Clooney) "Your kids' admiration is important to you?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Yeah of course"
• (George Clooney) "I doubt they ever admired you"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Hey, asshole, aren't you supposed to be consoling me?"
• (George Clooney) "I'm not a shrink I'm a wakeup call, I see guys who work at the same company their entire lives guys exactly like you they clock in and they clock out and they never have a moment of happiness you have an opportunity, this is a rebirth, if not for you do it for your children"

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