Lou Grant (TV Series)
Generations (1981)
Charles Lane: Rupert Hume
Quotes
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Charlie Hume : Dad... you were a successful businessman for over thirty years. I've never known you to do anything dishonest. Why would you steal five wallets?
Rupert Hume : I had a quota to meet.
Charlie Hume : Quota?
Rupert Hume : Five wallets a day. It's a challenge.
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Lou Grant : You're sure looking spry.
Rupert Hume : Spry?
Lou Grant : Yeah.
Rupert Hume : That's a word you use for old men. Never hear them call a young person 'spry'.
Lou Grant : How 'bout 'frisky'?
Rupert Hume : Don't feel that good.
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Rupert Hume : What did he call you?
Animal : Animal.
Rupert Hume : Well why would you let anybody call you that?
Animal : I don't like my real name.
Rupert Hume : What is it?
Animal : Dennis.
Rupert Hume : Well, that's not so bad. Mine's Rupert!
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Charlie Hume : [on phone whith his father, who has been arrested for shoplifting] Listen, eh, I'm gonna be leaving here right now, and I'll be out there in about an hour. You just stay put.
Rupert Hume : [on other line] Well, I'm not gonna try and bust out.