Thank You for Smoking Quotes

Thank You for Smoking is a TV program that debuted in 1970 . Thank You for Smoking stopped airing in 1970.

It features David O. Sacks as producer, Rolfe Kent in charge of musical score, and James Whitaker as head of cinematography.

Thank You for Smoking is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Thank You for Smoking is 92 minutes long. Thank You for Smoking is distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.

The cast includes: Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor, Cameron Bright as Joey Naylor, Rob Lowe as Jeff Megall, J. K. Simmons as BR, Maria Bello as Polly Bailey, David Koechner as Bobby Jay Bliss, William H. Macy as Senator Ortolan Finistirre, Sam Elliott as Lorne Lutch, Adam Brody as Jack, Kim Dickens as Jill Naylor, and Katie Holmes as Heather Holloway.

Thank You for Smoking Quotes

Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor

• (Aaron Eckhart) "In 1910, the US was producing ten billion cigarettes a year, by 1930 we were up to one hundred twenty three billion, what ha ppened in between? Three things: a world war, dieting and movies"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Movies?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "In, 1927 talking pictures are born and suddenly directors need to give their actors something to do while their talking, Cary Grant and Carole Lombard lighting up, Bette Davis a "chimney", and Bogart, remember the first picture with him and Lauren Bacall?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Not specifically"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "She shimmies through the doorway nineteen years old, pure sex, she says "anyone got a match?" and Bogie throws the matches at her, she catches them, greatest romance in the century, how did it start? lighting a cigarette, we need the cast of Will & Grace smoking in their living room, Forrest Gump puffing away between his boxes of chocolates, Hugh Grant earning back the love of Julia Roberts by buying her favorite brand her Virginia Slims, most of the actors smoke already, when they start doing it onscreen, we can put the sex back into cigarettes"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Well, that's a thought I was hoping for something more inspiring but at least you're thinking the rest of you people slam your f***ing brains into your desks until something useful comes out"

• (Aaron Eckhart) "What happened?"
• (Doctor) "No non-smoker could've ever withstood the amount of nicotine you had in your bloodstream, I hate to say it but cigarettes saved your life"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Can I quote you on that doc?"
• (Doctor) "Before we get side tracked there is one thing"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Alright don't get all dramatic on me"
• (Doctor) "You can't smoke"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "That's no problem, I've done it before, and I did during the pregnancy, how long do you think?"
• (Doctor) "I don't think you understand it's a miracle you came out of this alive, any smoking, one cigarette can put you right back into a paralytic state, your body just can't handle it"

• (Senator Dupree) "Mr. Naylor, there's no need for theatrics."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "I'm sorry. I just don't see the point in a warning label for something people already know."
• (Senator Dupree) "The warning symbol is a reminder, a reminder of the dangers of smoking cigarettes."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, if we want to remind people of danger why don't we slap a skull and crossbones on all Boeing airplanes, Senator Lothridge. And all Fords, Senator Dupree."
• (William H. Macy) "That is ridiculous. The death toll from airline and automobile accidents doesn't even skim the surface cigarettes. They don't even compare."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Oh, this from a Senator who calls Vermont home."
• (William H. Macy) "I don't follow you, Mr. Naylor."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, the real demonstrated #1 killer in America is cholesterol. And here comes Senator Finistirre whose fine state is, I regret to say, clogging the nation's arteries with Vermont Cheddar Cheese. If we want to talk numbers, how about the millions of people dying of heart attacks? Perhaps Vermont Cheddar should come with a skull and crossbones."
• (William H. Macy) "That is lu;. The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese."
• (Senator Lothridge) "Mr. Naylor, we are here to discuss cigarettes; not planes, not cars; cigarettes. Now as we discussed earlier these warning labels are not for those who know but rather for those who don't know. What about the children?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Gentlemen, it's called education. It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette carton. it comes from our teachers, and more importantly our parents. It is the job of every parent to warn their children of all the dangers of the world, including cigarettes, so that one day when they get older they can choose for themselves. I look at my son who was kind enough to come with me today, and I can't help but think that I am responsible for his growth and his development. And I'm proud of that."
• (William H. Macy) "Well, having said that, would you condone him smoking?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, of course not. He's not 18. That would be illegal."
• (William H. Macy) "Yes, I've heard you deliver that line on 20/20, but enough dancing. What are you going to do when he turns 18? C'mon, Mr. Naylor. On his 18th birthday will you share a cigarette with him? Will you spend a lovely afternoon; like one of your ludicrous cigarette advertisements? You seem to have to have a lot to say about how we should raise our children. What of your own? What are you going to do when he turns 18?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "If he really wants a cigarette. I'll buy him his first pack."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "The message Hollywood needs to send out is 'Smoking Is Cool.'"

• (Brad) "Nick, your job and everything aside, I hope you understand that second hand smoke's a real killer."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "What are you talking about?"
• (Brad) "I just hope you're providing a smoke-free environment for Joey is all I'm saying."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Brad, I'm his father. You're the guy f***ing his mom."
• (Brad) "That was unnecessary."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Few people on this planet know what it is to be truly despised. Can you blame them? I earn a living fronting an organizing that kills one thousand two hundred human beings a day; twelve hundred people. We're talking two jumbo jet plane loads of men, women, and children. I mean there's Attila, Genghis, and me, Nick Naylor the face of cigarettes, the colonel sanders of nicotine. This is where I work, the Academy of Tobacco Studies. It was established by seven gentlemen you may recognize from C-Span. These guys realized quick if they were gonna claim cigarettes were not addictive they better have proof. This is the man they rely on, Erhardt Von Grupten Mundt. They found him in Germany. I won't go into the details. He's been testing the link between nicotine and lung cancer for thirty years, and hasn't found any conclusive results. The man's a genius, he could disprove gravity. Then we got our sharks. We draft them out of Ivy League law schools and give them timeshares and sports cars. It's just like a John Grisham novel. Well you know without all the espionage. Most importantly we got spin control. That's where I come in. I get paid to talk. I don't have an MD or law degree. I have a baccalaureate in kicking ass and taking names. You know that guy who can pick up any girl, I'm him on crack."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Polly works for the Moderation Council. A casual drinker by the age of 14, Polly quickly developed a tolerance usually reserved for Irish dockworkers. In our world, she's the woman that got the pope to endorse red wine."

• (Kidnapper) "We want you to stop killing half a million people a year in the US"
• (Kidnapper) "There's no data to support that"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You're not on TV anymore"
• (Kidnapper) "How much do you smoke a day? According to the box each one of those patches contains twenty one milligrams of nicotine, that's like what? One pack?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Our industry has been working hand and hand"
• (Kidnapper) "It says here there are many adverse reactions from those things"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "My industry does forty eight billion in revenue I guess you can start by asking for five million and working your way up from there"
• (Kidnapper) "But we don't want any money"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Then what do you want? I'm all ears here"
• (Kidnapper) "What does any man want?, The love of a woman? Crisp bacon? An average life span over eighty years?"

• (Aaron Eckhart) "I'm sitting in front of an open briefcase full of money, I don't suppose this is a raise"
• (Captain) "You know who Lorne Lutch is?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yeah, of course he's the original Marlboro Man, he's dying, and he was on Sally last week not exactly our biggest fan"
• (Captain) "He has a ranch out there in California I want you to bring the briefcase to him"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "His a cowboy sir, cowboys don't like bribes"
• (Captain) "It's not a bribe, no sir, you're going out there on "wings of angels""
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You mean we're just going to give him the money?"
• (Captain) "I think Christ would say "that's mighty white of you boys""
• (Aaron Eckhart) "and no gag agreement?"
• (Captain) "Hopefully he'd be so overwhelm with gratitude he'll have to shut up."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "These days, when someone smokes in the movies, they're either a psychopath -- or a European."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Gentlemen, practise these words in front of the mirror: Although we are constantly exploring the subject, currently there is no direct evidence that links cellphone usage to brain cancer."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Few people on this planet knows what it is to be truly despised. Can you blame them? I earn a living fronting an organization that kills 1200 people a day. Twelve hundred people. We're talking two jumbo jet plane loads of men, women and children. I mean, there's Attila, Genghis -- and me, Nick Naylor. The face of cigarettes, the Colonel Sanders of nicotine."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "My job requires a certain -- moral flexibility."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, Bobby Jay, then seventeen, signed up for the National Guard so that he, too, could shoot college students."

• (Senator Lothridge) "Now as we discussed earlier, these warning labels are not for those who know, but rather for those who don't know. What about the children?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Gentleman. It's called education. It doesn't come off the side of a cigarette carton. It comes from our teachers, and more importantly, our parents. It is the job of every parent to warn their children of all the dangers of the world including cigarettes so that one day when they get older, they can choose for themselves."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "That's disgusting."
• (David Koechner) "It's American."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Most people have this image in their heads of tobacco executives jet-setting around the world on private planes, eating foie gras as they count their money. Not me. I like to ride with the people. Know your clients. My people cram themselves into a tiny seat, pop a Xanex, and dream of the moment when they can stuff their face with fresh tobacco. If I can convince just one of these kids to pick up smoking, I've paid for my flight. Round trip."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "I know what you're probably thinking, what a great opportunity to teach Joey to leverage against a back stabbing boss but I actually meant what I said about responsibility some things are just more important than paying the mortgage so I did the only responsibility thing I could, I turned down the job and my timing couldn't have been better within a few months the cigarette companies settled with the American smokers to the tune of two hundred forty six billion dollars and the Academy of Tobacco Studies was permanently dismantled for the first time in decades BR found himself out of work otherwise not much has changed the MOD still meets every week, we even added a few new members Senator Finistirre is still fighting for his causes even Heather is still reporting not much has changed at all"

• (Nurse) "You woke up?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Perhaps a bad choice of inflection."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Now what we need is a smoking role model. A real winner."
• (Rob Lowe) "Indiana Jones meets Jerry Maguire."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Right, on two packs a day."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Bobby Jay works for S.A.F.E.T.Y., the Society for the Advancement of Firearms and Effective Training for Youth. After watching the footage of the Kent State shootings, Bobby Jay, then seventeen, signed up for the National Guard so that he too could shoot college students. But, the National Guard recruiter was out to lunch, so Bobby Jay ended up shooting Panamanians instead. Which is almost as fun as shooting college students, only they shoot back."

• (Kid #3) "My Mommy says smoking kills."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Oh, is your Mommy a doctor?"
• (Kid #3) "No."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "A scientific researcher of some kind?"
• (Kid #3) "No."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, then she's hardly a credible expert, is she?"

• (Aaron Eckhart) "My point is that you have to think for yourself. If your parents told you that chocolate was dangerous would you take their word for it?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Exactly. So perhaps instead of acting like sheep when it comes to cigarettes you should find out for yourself."

• (Aaron Eckhart) "As explained by Naylor, the sole purpose of their meetings is to compete for the highest death tolls and how to compare strategies on how to dupe the American people"

• (Aaron Eckhart) "Nick Naylor lead spokesman for big tobacco will have you believe that cigarettes are harmless, but really he's doing it for the mortgage."

• (Aaron Eckhart) ""I just need to pay the mortgage.""
• (Aaron Eckhart) "The Yuppie Nuremberg defense."

• (Trainee) "That was awesome."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Thank you."

Rob Lowe as Jeff Megall

• (Rob Lowe) "Oh, stop. Next thing I know, he'll be telling you what position I used to play for the Bruins."
• (Adam Brody) "Quarterback."

• (Rob Lowe) "For Pitt smoking is ten million for the pair it's twenty five"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Twenty five? Usually when I buy two of something I get a discount, what's the extra five for?"
• (Rob Lowe) "Synergy, these are not stupid people, they got it right away, Pitt Zeta-Jones lighting up after cosmic f***ing in the bubble suite is going to sell a lot of cigarettes"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "For that kind of money my people will expect some very serious smoking, can Brad blow smoke rings?"
• (Rob Lowe) "I don't have that information"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "For twenty five million we want smoke rings"

• (Rob Lowe) "Brad Pitt Catherine Zeta-Jones they've just finished ravishing each other's body for the first time they lie naked suspended in air underneath the heavens Pitt lights up and starts blowing smoke rings around her naked flawless body as the galaxies go whizzing by other the glass dome ceiling, now tell me that doesn't work for you?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "I'd see that movie"
• (Rob Lowe) "I'd buy the god damn DVD if the Academy didn't send them to for free, you guys ought to think about designing a cigarette to be released simultaneous with the movie"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Sector Sixes"
• (Rob Lowe) "No one's ever done it with a cigarette"

• (Rob Lowe) "Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they're looking to make."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Cigarettes in space?"
• (Rob Lowe) "It's the final frontier, Nick."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "But wouldn't they blow up in an all oxygen environment?"
• (Rob Lowe) "Probably. But it's an easy fix. One line of dialogue. 'Thank God we invented the -- you know, whatever device.'"

• (Rob Lowe) "The film, entitled "Message from Sector Six", would emphasize the sex appeal of cigarettes, the only way floating nude copulating Hollywood stars could."

• (Rob Lowe) "Gotta go. London. It's 7 AM in the Old Empire."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "When do you sleep?"
• (Rob Lowe) "Sunday."

Cameron Bright as Joey Naylor

• (Cameron Bright) "Mom, why can't I go to California?"
• (Kim Dickens) "Because, California's just not a safe place. And besides, I'm not sure it's appropriate for your father to bring you on a business trip."
• (Cameron Bright) "Appropriate for who?"
• (Kim Dickens) "What?"
• (Cameron Bright) "Mom, is it possible that you're taking the frustration of your failed marriage out on me?"
• (Kim Dickens) "Excuse me?"
• (Cameron Bright) "This California trip seems like a great learning opportunity and a chance for me to get to know my father. But if you think it's more important to use me to channel your frustration against the man you no longer love, I'll understand."

• (Cameron Bright) "Dad, why is the American government the best government?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Because of our endless appeals system."

• (Cameron Bright) "Please don't ruin my childhood."

• (Cameron Bright) "You're The Sultan of Spin."
• (Aaron Eckhart) ""The Sultan of Spin"?"
• (Cameron Bright) "Mom subscribes to Newsweek."

• (Cameron Bright) "Dad, why is American government the best government?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Because of our endless appeal system."

• (Cameron Bright) "Dad, how did you know he'd take the money?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You'd have to be crazy to turn down all that money when I saw he wasn't crazy I knew he'd take it"
• (Cameron Bright) "Would you have taken it?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "If I were him? Sure"
• (Cameron Bright) "So would I"

• (Cameron Bright) "What makes America the best government? The passion that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world sure you call it "capitalism", "free market", "celebration of tariff breakdowns" I have another word for it: Love"

• (Cameron Bright) "Why did you tell that reporter all your secrets?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You're too young to understand."
• (Cameron Bright) "Mom says it's because you have dependency issues and it was all just a matter of time before you threw it all away on some tramp."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, that's one theory."

• (Cameron Bright) "Do I have flexible morals?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Let's say you became a lawyer and you were asked to defend a murderer worse than that, a child murderer now, the law states that every person deserves a fair trial, would you defend him?"
• (Cameron Bright) "I don't know, I guess every person deserves a fair defense"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yeah well so do multinational corporations"

• (Cameron Bright) "Why are you hiding from everyone?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "It has something to do with being generally hated right now."
• (Cameron Bright) "But it's your job to be generally hated."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "It's more complicated then that, Joey."
• (Cameron Bright) "You're just making it more complicated so that you can feel sorry for yourself. Like you always said, "If you want an easy job, go work for the Red Cross.""

• (Cameron Bright) "-- so what happens when you're wrong?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Whoa, Joey I'm never wrong."
• (Cameron Bright) "But you can't always be right --"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong."
• (Cameron Bright) "But what if you are wrong?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "OK, let's say that you're defending chocolate, and I'm defending vanilla. Now if I were to say to you: 'Vanilla is the best flavour ice-cream', you'd say --"
• (Cameron Bright) "No, chocolate is."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Exactly, but you can't win that argument -- so, I'll ask you: so you think chocolate is the end all and the all of ice-cream, do you?"
• (Cameron Bright) "It's the best ice-cream, I wouldn't order any other."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Oh. So it's all chocolate for you is it?"
• (Cameron Bright) "Yes, chocolate is all I need."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, I need more than chocolate, and for that matter I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom. And choice when it comes to our ice-cream, and that Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty."
• (Cameron Bright) "But that's not what we're talking about"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Ah. But that's what I'm talking about."
• (Cameron Bright) "-- but you didn't prove that vanilla was the best --"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong I'm right."
• (Cameron Bright) "But you still didn't convince me"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "It's that I'm not after you. I'm after them."

Maria Bello as Polly Bailey

• (Maria Bello) "How are you feeling?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "First time I'm thinking these cigarettes are really dangerous"
• (David Koechner) "you might be right about that, it might be small but it'll do the job, one shot BAM"
• (Maria Bello) "He's not going to shoot anyone"
• (Cameron Bright) "Cool"
• (David Koechner) "Yeah? I mean guns should be treated with respect you understand?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You make a great father"
• (David Koechner) "Thanks"

• (Maria Bello) "You didn't tell her about us, did you?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Who? Heather? No --. I mean, maybe in passing."
• (Maria Bello) "In passing."
• (David Koechner) "Oh God, he f***ed her. I tried to warn you --"
• (Maria Bello) "Hey, he didn't f*** her. You didn't f*** her, did you?"
• (Maria Bello) "When?"
• (David Koechner) "In passing."

Adam Brody as Jack

• (Adam Brody) "That sand's not gonna rake itself, Hiroshi."

• (Adam Brody) "Alright come here, this is my favourite part. That one right there --"
• (Adam Brody) "It's 7000 dollars."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "7000 for a fish?"
• (Adam Brody) "Yep, kinda makes you wanna stop eating sushi, but I guess you kinda have to."
• (Adam Brody) "See that big white one right there?"
• (Adam Brody) "Swear to you, 12000, gift from Oprah."

• (Adam Brody) "I'm going to impale your mom on a spike and feed her dead body to my dog with syphilis."
• (Brad) "Ha, you got me."
• (Adam Brody) "Inside joke."

• (Adam Brody) "Did you hear that?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "No."
• (Adam Brody) "Exactly."

• (Adam Brody) "Okay, I'm gonna bring your dad in now. Is there anything I can get you, like an orange juice, or a coffee, or a Red Bull?"
• (Cameron Bright) "No, thanks."
• (Adam Brody) "Okay."

Kim Dickens as Jill Naylor

• (Kim Dickens) "Nick's own son Joey Naylor seems to being groomed as he joins his father on the majority of his business trips."

David Koechner as Bobby Jay Bliss

• (David Koechner) "You guys go on ahead, this might take a while."

• (David Koechner) "Did you know that you can fool the breathalizer test by chewing on activated charcoal tablets?"
• (Maria Bello) "Well, maybe we should change our slogan to "If you must drink and drive, suck charcoal.""
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Won't the police ask about the charcoal in your mouth?"
• (David Koechner) "There's not a law against charcoal."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yet."

• (David Koechner) "The way I heard it, D.C. police found you naked, laying in Lincoln's crotch, covered in nicotine patches with a sign across your chest that said --"
• (Maria Bello) "He doesn't need to hear the details."
• (David Koechner) "It was some pretty f***ed up s***."
• (Maria Bello) "Shh."

Sam Elliott as Lorne Lutch

• (Sam Elliott) "You look like a nice enough fella. What are you doing working for these assholes?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "I'm good at it. Better at doing this than I ever was at doing anything else."
• (Sam Elliott) "Aw, hell, son. I was good at shooting VC. I didn't make it my career."

• (Sam Elliott) "I didn't even smoke Marlboros. I smoked Kools."

• (Sam Elliott) "this did not stop Nick from bribing a dying man with a suit case full of cash to keep quiet about his recent lung cancer diagnosis."

• (Sam Elliott) "Weren't you on that show?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yeah it was me"
• (Sam Elliott) "You're lucky you made it out of there alive"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Tobacco used to be all over the television, now TV's leading the witch hunt."
• (Sam Elliott) "Strange business, last year when after I was diagnosed I attended the annual stock holder's convention I stood up and told them I think they should cut back on their advertising you know what your boss said to me? He said "we're certainly sorry to hear about your medical problem until we know more about your medical history we can't comment further", then they tried to pretend I never worked for them, I got the pay stubs hell, I was on the damn bill boards I suppose we all got to pay the mortgage so you're here to talk me into shutting up?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yeah basically, no not "basically" that's exactly it"
• (Sam Elliott) "My dignity isn't for sale"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "It's not an offer, it's a gift the taxes have all been paid you get to keep it no matter what you do, the idea is your guilt will prevent you from bad mouthing us"
• (Sam Elliott) "Are you supposed to be telling me all that?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "No sir, just apologize give you the money and leave"
• (Sam Elliott) "Why are you telling me this?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Because this way you'll take the money"
• (Sam Elliott) "Why would I do that?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Because you're mad"
• (Sam Elliott) "Damn straight I am"
• (Sam Elliott) "what am I going to do with it?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Donate it, yeah start the Lower Less Cancer Foundation"
• (Sam Elliott) "Wait a minute, what about my family?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "You can't keep the money"
• (Sam Elliott) "Why the hell not?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Denounce us and keep the blood money?"
• (Sam Elliott) "I've got to think this over"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "News doesn't work that way you can't denounce us next week"
• (Sam Elliott) "I don't suppose I can denounce you for half of it"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "No, you either keep all the money or give it all away"

J. K. Simmons as BR

• (J. K. Simmons) "People, what is going on out there? I look down this table, all I see are white flags. Our numbers are down all across the board. Teen smoking, our bread and butter, is falling like a s*** from heaven. We don't sell Tic Tacs for Christ's sake. We sell cigarettes. And they're cool and available and addictive. The job is almost done for us."

• (J. K. Simmons) "Oh, I heard the Heather Holloway article is coming out tomorrow."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Really?"
• (J. K. Simmons) "Yeah, anything I should be worried about?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yeah, the Cancer Association. Apparently they have it in for us."
• (J. K. Simmons) "f***ers."

• (J. K. Simmons) "Bitch."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Whore."

Katie Holmes as Heather Holloway

• (Katie Holmes) "Heather Holloway."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Nick Naylor. Big Tobacco."
• (Katie Holmes) "Is this kosher?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Only if I can call you Heather."
• (Katie Holmes) "By all means. So, Mr. Naylor --"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Nick."
• (Katie Holmes) "Nick. Let's start with --"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "'82 Margaux."
• (Katie Holmes) "Okay. Is it good?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) ""Good"? It'll make you believe in God."

• (Katie Holmes) "My other interviews have pinned you as a mass murderer, blood sucker, pimp, profiteer and my personal favorite, yuppie Mephistopheles."

William H. Macy as Senator Ortolan Finistirre

• (William H. Macy) "Please state your name, address, and current occupation."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "My name is Nick Naylor. I live at 6000 Massachusetts Avenue. I am currently unemployed but until recently I was the Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies."
• (William H. Macy) "Mr. Naylor, as Vice President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies, what was required of you? What did you do?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "I informed the public of all the research performed in the investigation on the effects of tobacco."
• (William H. Macy) "And what, so far, has the Academy concluded in their investigation into the effects of tobacco?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Well, many things actually. Why just the other day they uncovered evidence that smoking can offset Parkinson's disease."
• (William H. Macy) "I'm sure the health community is thrilled. Mr. Naylor, who provides the financial background for the Academy of Tobacco Studies?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Conglomerated Tobacco."
• (William H. Macy) "That's the cigarette companies."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "For the most part, yes."
• (William H. Macy) "Do you think that might affect their priorities?"
• (Aaron Eckhart) "No. Just as, I'm sure, campaign contributions don't affect yours."
• (Senator Lothridge) "Mr. Naylor is not hear to testify on the goings on of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. We're hear to examine the possibility of a warning label on cigarettes. Now, Mr. Naylor, I have to ask you out of formality, do you believe that smoking cigarettes, over time, can lead to lung cancer and lead to other respiratory conditions such as emphysema."
• (Aaron Eckhart) "Yes. In fact, I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone who really believes that cigarettes are not potentially harmful. I mean; show of hands; Who out here thinks that cigarettes aren't dangerous?"

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