Dave (1993)
Kevin Dunn: Alan Reed
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Quotes
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Alan Reed : Bob, at some point we're gonna have to call the Vice President.
Bob Alexander : Don't call the Vice President.
Alan Reed : What?
Bob Alexander : Just don't call him, Al.
Alan Reed : The guy's in a coma, Bob!
Bob Alexander : I don't give a shit.
Alan Reed : Bob!
Bob Alexander : This is mine, Alan. All mine. I made him, I built him. And no Boy Scout is going to come in here and take it away from me, just because he happens to be Vice President of the United States.
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Bob Alexander : I'm going to kill him.
Alan Reed : You can't kill a President.
Bob Alexander : He's not a President. He's an ordinary person. I can kill an ordinary person.
Alan Reed : Bob!
Bob Alexander : I can kill a hundred ordinary people!
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[on the balcony, being fed lines by Bob and Al, they try to tell him to leave]
Alan Reed : Go!
Bob Alexander : Go, go!
Dave : [raises a fist] Go, go, go!
[the reporters look confused]
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Alan Reed : [Dave cut $656 million from the Federal Budget, to Bob's anger] He was only doing his job.
Bob Alexander : HIS JOB? It's NOT his job, it's *MY JOB*!
Alan Reed : Calm down.
Bob Alexander : Was he on the Trilateral Commission? Was he a Senator? Was he on "Who's Who in Washington" nine years in a row?
Bob Alexander : [beat] I'll shred the bastard! I'll destroy him!
Alan Reed : Don't do it!
Bob Alexander : I'll lock him away for GOOD!
Alan Reed : [firmly] Then we'll ALL go to jail TOGETHER!
Bob Alexander : What are you saying?
Alan Reed : Exactly what you think I'm saying!
Bob Alexander : [sternly] Are you *threatening* me?
Alan Reed : Yeah! I guess I am.
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Ellen Mitchell : [first encounter and public appearance] Don't you have anything else you want to say to me?
[repeated line]
Dave : Thank you for doing this, Ellen.
Ellen Mitchell : Go to hell, Bill!
[exits]
Dave : She hates me!
Bob Alexander , Alan Reed : YES!
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Alan Reed : [trying to convince Dave to take the job] Imagine that the entire United States of America is in the car.
Dave : In the car?
Alan Reed : In the car!
Bob Alexander : And you've got to get it to the hospital.