The Newsroom (TV Series)
The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn (2012)
Jeff Daniels: Will McAvoy
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Quotes
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Brian Brenner : Are you prepared to talk about your Republicanism?
Will McAvoy : You say that like I've got polio.
Brian Brenner : Are you prepared to talk about having polio?
Will McAvoy : I grew up in a town outside a town outside Lincoln, Nebraska. My home town was a road. I was a college freshman before I *met* a Democrat.
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Reese Lansing : Whose idea was it to not cover the Casey Anthony trial?
Charlie Skinner : It was mine
Will McAvoy : It was mine.
MacKenzie McHale : It was mine.
Reese Lansing : I think the three of you should have a vaudeville act. I'm not kidding, I'm gonna send you on a fucking tour.
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Will McAvoy : Are we ready for the pre-tape?
MacKenzie McHale : Yeah.
Will McAvoy : Just count me down.
MacKenzie McHale : Will...
Will McAvoy : Yes, I'm sure I want to do this.
MacKenzie McHale : Oh God, please give me a sign that I'm not doing a big thing badly.
Engineers : [Lights go out] We just lost power. The building just lost power.
MacKenzie McHale : I didn't know he had that kind of comic timing.
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Charlie Skinner : You know, it's gonna get up to 98 degrees.
Will McAvoy : Next person that tells me about the damn weather...
[Looks at Jim]
Will McAvoy : Do you know what you're doing here?
Jim Harper : I've been asked to tell you about the weather.
Will McAvoy : Does it feel to you like anyone in this room is in the mood for a joke?
Jim Harper : It absolutely does not.
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Will McAvoy : Four years ago you were at the masthead at "Newsweek", turning out ten cover stories, a year and spending Sunday mornings on TV. Today, you have a blog.
Brian Brenner : Your fucking disdain for the Internet...
Will McAvoy : Is matched only by your fucking disdain for the Internet.