“As the producer, I can fire anybody I want, and I am fucking fired!”
Cary Elwes - John Houseman

“We're known each other a long time. On one hand I'm your friend, on the other I'm your boss. Now as your friend, you don't follow orders. You're unmanageable. Hell, you don't even obey the law, and you don't think before you act. And now as your boss, you're fired.”

Bruce McGill - Frank Daniels

“- Music: What the hell are those guys up to?
- Brennan: Going to work, what do you think?
- Music: At this hour?
- Brennan: Don't worry about it. Let it roll! They've got a hard ass for a boss, just like us.”
Gene Barge - Music
Ron Dean - Brennan

“- Stanley: I got fired today!
- Eugene Morris Jerome: Fired? You mean for good?
- Stanley: You don't get fired temporarily. It's a permanent lifetime firing.”
Brian Drillinger - Stanley
Jonathan Silverman - Eugene Morris Jerome

“- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve.
- Stephen Glass: What?
- Charles 'Chuck' Lane: You're fired, Steve. You've lost your job.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Charles 'Chuck' Lane
Hayden Christensen - Stephen Glass