Up in the Air (I) (2009)

J.K. Simmons: Bob

Quotes 

• Ryan Bingham : [sitting next to Natalie]  You know why kids love athletes?

  Bob : Because they screw lingerie models.

  Ryan Bingham : No, that's why we love athletes. Kids love athletes because they follow their dreams.

  Bob : well I cant dunk

• Ryan Bingham : [after being informed by Ryan that his been let go]  Your resume says you minored in French Culinary Arts. Most students work the frier at KFC. You bussed tables at Il Picatorre to support yourself. Then you got out of college and started working here. How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?

  Bob : Twenty seven thousand a year.

  Ryan Bingham : [sitting next to Natalie]  At what point were you going to stop and go back to what made you happy?

  Bob : that's a good question.

• Bob : [Shows them a picture of his children, after having been informed he's been let go]  What do you suggest I tell them?

  Natalie Keener : Perhaps you're overlooking the positive effects your career transition will have on your children

  Bob : The positive effects? I make about ninety grand a year, unemployment is two hundred fifty bucks week is that one of your positive effects? We get to be cozier because I won't be able to pay my mortgage on my house so maybe we can move into a nice one bedroom apartment and I guess without benefits I'll be able to hold my daughter as she suffers from her asthma that I won't be able to afford the medication for her

  Natalie Keener : Tests have shown that children under moderate trauma tend to apply themselves academically as a method of coping

  Bob : "Go fuck yourself",that's what my kids will think

  Ryan Bingham : Your kids' admiration is important to you?

  Bob : Yeah of course

  Ryan Bingham : I doubt they ever admired you

  Bob : Hey, asshole, aren't you supposed to be consoling me?

  Ryan Bingham : I'm not a shrink I'm a wakeup call, I see guys who work at the same company their entire lives guys exactly like you they clock in and they clock out and they never have a moment of happiness you have an opportunity, this is a rebirth, if not for you do it for your children