Derek Cecil credited as playing...
Dr. Robert Donatti
- Dr. Robert Donatti: Miss Zott, I supervise over a hundred of the country's finest chemists, who in turn generate groundbreaking work. They use equipment worth thousands of dollars to generate said work. And so when I hear that a lab tech is using our equipment after hours without proper supervision, it gives me pause.
- Elizabeth Zott: Sir, I can explain. I have my Master's in chemistry from UCLA, where I studied cellular metabolism of nucleic acids. With all that said, I have been working in my off-hours, never on the clock, conducting my own experiments on abiogenesis. I am synthesizing simple, small molecules into nucleotides and nucleic acids. My research is very promising, and I intend to submit for the Remson.
- Dr. Robert Donatti: Young lady, setting aside the fact that you're using lab equipment without proper supervision of a chemist...
- Elizabeth Zott: [Zott interrupts] I am a chemist.
- Dr. Robert Donatti: Our chemist have PhD's. I could never put the Hastings name on the submission of a lab tech that's proudly waving around her Master's from UCLA.
- Elizabeth Zott: I was top of my class...
- Dr. Robert Donatti: Miss Zott...
- Elizabeth Zott: ...and I believe the work will speak for itself.
- Dr. Robert Donatti: You are just not smart enough.