The Newsroom (TV Series)
Boston (2014)
Jeff Daniels: Will McAvoy
Quotes
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Will McAvoy : Let's do sports, Charlie. We love sports.
Charlie Skinner : You mean like try out for a team?
Will McAvoy : I do not mean try out for a team. No.
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Will McAvoy : How many?
MacKenzie McHale : Bridesmaids?
Will McAvoy : Yeah.
MacKenzie McHale : Nine.
Will McAvoy : Nine bridesmaids.
MacKenzie McHale : My sisters, your sisters, Sheila, Sloane, Maggie and Diane.
Will McAvoy : Who's Sheila?
MacKenzie McHale : My brother's wife, Sheila. You've met her.
Will McAvoy : And who's Diane?
MacKenzie McHale : Sawyer.
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Charlie Skinner : [to everyone in the newsroom, clapping because CNN had to retract a prior statement] Hey!
Will McAvoy : Hey!
Charlie Skinner : What are you *doing*? *Worst* moment in this guy's life and you're cheering? Why?
Will McAvoy : Why?
Charlie Skinner : Because you think if someone gets in line in back of you it means the line moved? We still blew Genoa.
Will McAvoy : The line didn't move!
Charlie Skinner : And if there's anyone...
Will McAvoy : That's right.
Charlie Skinner : ...in the world who should be able to empathize with CNN right now, you would *think*...
Will McAvoy : Wouldn't you?
Charlie Skinner : ...that it would be the people in this room!
Will McAvoy : Empathy!
Charlie Skinner : He got knocked down! We didn't get taller.
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Will McAvoy : [to Mac] I worked very hard at cultivating no friendships outside of work. And to be honest, I was doing fine cultivating no friendships inside of work until you came along.
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Will McAvoy : [Eating Chinese food with Mac] The MSG is where the flavor comes from. The Chinese are a people who've been around for billions of years.
MacKenzie McHale : No people have been around for billions of years.
Will McAvoy : Okay. Well, some of us have read a book called the Bible - which is pretty clear about the Chinese and MSG.
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Charlie Skinner : All in all, I think we're doing well.
Will McAvoy : I'm still trying to figure out exactly what doing well means.
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Will McAvoy : Listen up. I'm from Nebraska. I'm not like the rest of you. I can eat food without fear.
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MacKenzie McHale : You ever read Euripides?
Will McAvoy : Yeah, I read it when I was in - no, fuck you, I haven't read Euripides.