In Dubious Battle (2016)

James Franco: Mac

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• [last lines] 

  Mac : [narrating]  People think they want wealth or power, but that ain't it. People just wanna know their lives matter. That *they* matter. Having some control over your own life, that's worth fighting for, no matter the cost.

• Mr. Anderson : You know what your problem is? You never own anything. You never planted any trees, watched them grow, touched them with your own hands. You bastards never owned anything. You never put your hands in your own dirt.

  Mac : With respect, we never had a chance to own nothing.

• Mac : We gotta remember what the stakes are. We're trying to change things for millions of people. Anyone who has to take a shit deal because the boss says so. Anyone who gets taken advantage of because they don't own something. That's who we're fighting for. It's not about Lisa, it's not about you and me. If anything, it's about Lisa's kid, and what kind of world he's gonna grow up in. And if we're thinking about ourselves or chasing glory, then we're not doing it right.

• Mac : Guys like that... They think they want wealth or power or security. None of that matters. They just want to feel like their lives matter. Like *they* matter. They want to think that they have some control over their lives. That's it?