Thank You for Smoking 2005 quotes

40 quotes · 7 characters
Thank You for Smoking (2005) poster
Characters
Nick Naylor Aaron Eckhart · 26 quotes
BR J.K. Simmons · 4 quotes
Joey Cameron Bright · 4 quotes
Bobby David Koechner · 3 quotes
Jeff Megall Rob Lowe · 3 quotes
Polly Maria Bello · 3 quotes

Most scenes together: Nick Naylor & Joey (4), Nick Naylor & Jeff Megall (3), Nick Naylor & Polly (3)

Thank You for Smoking quotes

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BR

We don't sell Tic Tacs, for Christ's sake, we sell cigarettes. And they're cool, available, and addictive. The job is almost done for us.

Doak "The Captain" Boykin

You're family now. Tobacco takes care of its own.

Heather Holloway

My other interviews have pinned you as a mass murderer, blood sucker, pimp, profiteer and my personal favorite, yuppie Mephistopheles.

Senator Ortolan Finistirre

The great state of Vermont will not apologize for its cheese.

Jack

Hey, Neil! Neil! I'm going to impale your mom on a spike and feed her dead body to my dog with syphilis!

Neil

Ha, you got me!

Jack
[Jack turns back to Joey and Nick, who both look confused.]

It's an inside joke.

Sony has a futuristic sci-fi movie they're looking to make.

Cigarettes in space?

It's the final frontier, Nick.

But wouldn't they blow up in an all-oxygen environment?

[Long pause]

Probably. But, you know, it's an easy fix. One line of dialogue: "Thank God we created the, you know, whatever device."

What happens when you're wrong?

See, Joey, that's the beauty of argument. When you argue correctly, you're never wrong.

Why did you tell that reporter all your secrets?

You're too young to understand.

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.

Well, that's one theory.

I speak on behalf of cigarettes.

Child

My mommy says that cigarettes kill.

Now, is your mommy a doctor?

Child

No.

A scientific researcher of some kind?

Child

No.

Now, she doesn't exactly sound like a credible expert now, does she?

Child
[sinks back into her chair]

I speak on behalf of cigarettes.

Child

My mommy says that cigarettes kill.

Now, is your mommy a doctor?

Child

No.

A scientific researcher of some kind?

Child

No.

Now, she doesn't exactly sound like a credible expert now, does she?
Little girl sinks back into her chair

Look at it this way. How many you want to be lawyers? Lawyers earn money to talk.
One little boy raises his hand

OK, let me try this again. How many of you want to be movie stars?

Multiple children

Yes!

Movie stars get paid to talk! That is what I do, I talk.