A scene from The Green Hornet 2011
James Reid

[first lines] [on the phone]

Tell the Mayor, I'm insulted. I would never jeopardize the journalistic integrity of this newspaper for some rent-a-mayor's political agenda. [to his son] So Britt, here we are again. Sent home after another schoolyard fight. I know you miss your mother. So do I. But I have to take care of 750 employees, and you have to take care of yourself. Still that seems to be asking too much.

Young Britt

But I was trying to stop some bullies...

James Reid

[interrupting]

Trying doesn't matter if you always fail.

In this scene

James Reid Tom Wilkinson
Young Britt Joshua Erenberg

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