“- 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

“- Honey Daniels: I want you to fire 'em. I want you to tell them why you're not using 'em.
- Michael Ellis: What makes you think I care what you want?”

Jessica Alba - Honey Daniels
David Moscow - Michael Ellis

“- 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

“If you fire him, some of these people will leave. I don't know if we'd still have a magazine at the end of the day.”

Mark Blum - Lewis Estridge

“- Whitaker: One more word out of you, Cynthia, and you're fired.
- Cynthia: Oh, and which word would that be? Asshole? Shithead?”
Rob Reiner - Whitaker
Ellen Lee DeGeneres - Cynthia