Cradle Will Rock
1999
John Houseman: As the producer, I can fire anybody I want, and I am fucking fired!
Gray Mathers: Get in the car! Now! Countess LaGrange: Perhaps you've mistaken me for a spaniel.
John Houseman: I've always said the play would be better on a bare stage. Orson Welles: Actually, Hallie said that. John Houseman: No, I said it first. Orson Welles: No you didn't. John Houseman: Yes I did. Orson Welles: No, you didn't! John Houseman: Yes, I did! Orson Welles: No, you DIDN'T! John Houseman: Yes, I BLOODY WELL DID! Orson Welles: Oh, *fine*, Jack! You win, you've got the biggest creative dick, okay? John Houseman: Thank you.
Marc: I am faithful to the ideals of the party. Orson Welles: I am faithful to the party of ideas. Jack: You are faithful to the idea of a party.
Diego Rivera: You're a piece of work. A Jewish fascist! Margherita Sarfatti: And you're a rich communist!
Bertolt Brecht: But where are the artists? Artists are the worst whores of all!
Security Gaurd: Mr Rivera, Mr Rockafeller has told us to give you your comission check. Your services are no longer required.
Tommy Crickshaw: If you guys are going to kill my joke at least kill it right.
Congressman Starnes: You are quoting from this Marlowe. Is he a Communist? Hallie Flanagan: I am very sorry. I was quoting from Christopher Marlowe. Congressman Starnes: Tell us who Marlowe is, so we can get the proper reference, because that is all we want to do. Hallie Flanagan: Put in the record that he was the greatest dramatist in the period immediately preceding Shakespeare.