Up in the Air (I) (2009)

Jason Bateman: Craig Gregory

Quotes 

• Craig Gregory : [over the phone]  How's the road warrior?

  Ryan Bingham : Twenty minutes from boarding into a world of bliss.

  Craig Gregory : Great numbers out of Phoenix. You know Big Auto is going to drop another 10K this month.

  Ryan Bingham : No kidding?

  Craig Gregory : Yeah, Christmas came early.

• Craig Gregory : You remember Karen Barnes? She was part of a thirty percent reduction in Wichita, Natalie fired her

  Ryan Bingham : I've fired dozens of people a day

  Craig Gregory : She killed herself, jumped off a bridge

  Ryan Bingham : Fuck

  Craig Gregory : I need to know if anyone gave you any signals, depression?

  Ryan Bingham : Their all depressed when we fire them

  Craig Gregory : I need to ask you this stuff

  Ryan Bingham : No, I don't remember

  Craig Gregory : You don't remember anyone woman that gave you any signals?

  Ryan Bingham : No, nothing stands out, is Natalie alright?

  Craig Gregory : Natalie quit

  Ryan Bingham : She quit?

  Craig Gregory : by text message, fucking nice right? Nobody's got any manners anymore

  Ryan Bingham : Did she say where she was going?

  Craig Gregory : no, I need you back in the air, did you hear what I just said? I thought you'd be thrilled about that

  Ryan Bingham : That's fine, what about the video conference?

  Craig Gregory : CTC is going have to pause since Natalie walked out, we've got to get our work horses in the air: doing what they do best

  Ryan Bingham : How long you sending me out?

  Craig Gregory : We're going to let you sail and sail, send us a post card if you ever get there

• Ryan Bingham : Tell me you're not taking this seriously

  Craig Gregory : [in his office]  That's why I brought the entire company in from the road because I'm not "taking this seriously"

  Ryan Bingham : There's a methodology to what I do there's a reason why it works

  Craig Gregory : Coke and IBM have been this for years are you familiar with them? Just like everything else it'll take a few months for the transition then everyone's going to settle in

  Ryan Bingham : Who are you taking off the road?

  Natalie Keener : How are not getting this? You're grounded everybody's grounded it's done

  Ryan Bingham : What we do is brutal and it does leave people devastated there's a dignity to the way I do it

  Craig Gregory : Like stabbing them in the chest instead of the back?

  Ryan Bingham : Am I the only one that sees by doing this we're making ourselves "irrelevant"?

  Craig Gregory : No we're making you "irrelevant",don't blame me blame the high fuel costs, blame insurance premiums, blame technology you better watch yourself you're too young to become a dinosaur

  Ryan Bingham : I'm not a dinosaur

  Craig Gregory : I want you to show her the ropes

  Ryan Bingham : I'm not the only one who knows what's going on here, get someone else to do it you're very confident that this girl doesn't know what she's doing I don't think setting a MySpace page qualifies you to rewire an entire company

  Craig Gregory : Great then here's your chance take her out there show her the magic, take her to the paces

  Ryan Bingham : I'm not a fucking tour guide

  Craig Gregory : We're ringing the bell and rounding everybody up you want to stay out there your welcome to but you will not be alone you let me know

• Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  Get me in a Dodge Stratus in Kansas City

  Kevin : [Over the phone]  They're completely out of full size Sedans

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  Did you try...?

  Kevin : [Over the phone]  Yes I reminded them of your remarkable number one gold club status for years in the program they are literally moving mountains to see who has the next available one

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  Fair enough, any other messages?

  Kevin : [Over the phone]  Your sister Kara called needs to speak urgently about your sister's wedding I told them you were in the air and even I didn't know your destination

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  Well done

  Kevin : [Over the phone]  And you got an invitation to speak at Gold Quest in Vegas

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  Gold Quest twenty?

  Kevin : [Looking at the invitation while still on the phone]  It's got a hologram on it their calling it Dos Equis

  Craig Gregory : [Over the phone]  I wish I could have you in about five places at once but I do need you back in Omaha by the end of the week.

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  I thought you needed me everywhere

  Craig Gregory : [Over the phone]  We got something real big here a real "game changer"

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  What are we talking about?

  Craig Gregory : [Over the phone]  You'll see, today I took my first crap in two weeks hallelujah.

  Ryan Bingham : [Over the phone]  That's me hanging up on you

  Craig Gregory : [Over the phone]  Great, I love that sound

• Craig Gregory : [to the staff]  I know there's been a lot of whispering about why we're here, retailers are down twenty percent auto industry is a dump, the housing market doesn't have a heart beat it is one of the worst times on record for America, this is our moment. Last summer received a dynamite of a young woman from Cornell and she came up with some pretty big ideas that she challenged me with and my first reaction was "who does this kid think she is?" after I gave it a listen she really knocked me out with a peek into our future: Natalie Keener