23 The Intern Quotes (2024)

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Ben: "You're never wrong to do the right thing."
Jules: Who said that, you?
Ben: Yeah. But I'm pretty sure Mark Twain said it first.

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Ben: I still have music in me, absolutely positive about that!

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Ben: I just know there's a hole in my life and I need to fill it... soon.

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Jules: [distraught and ranting] I don't want to be buried alone. Paige'll be with her husband, and Matt'll be with his new family, and I will be buried with strangers. I'll be buried in the strangers singles section of the cemetery. Not that that is a reason to stay together. But it's just, you know, a scary sidebar.
Ben: Let's take that one off your plate

right now. You can be buried with me and Molly. I happen to have space, okay?
Jules: Oh. Thank you so much.

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Jules: Mark Zuckerberg never brought in a CEO - and he was a teenager!

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Fiona: [Fiona is giving him a massage at his desk and is getting rather intimate] I'm Fiona, the house masseuse. Love that there's another oldie but goodie here... How's that, Ben?
Ben: Oh, hmm, oh boy
Davis: [Hands him a newspaper to cover his lap] Here you go... You're not as old as I thought you were.

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Jules: Here's my theory about this. We all grew up during the "take your daughter to work day" thing, right?
Ben: Mm-Hmm.
Jules: So we were always told we could be anything, do anything. And I think guys got, maybe not left behind, but not quite as nurtured, you know? I mean, like, we were the generation of "you go, girl."We had

Oprah. And I wonder sometimes how guys fit in, you know? They still seem to be trying to figure it out. They're still dressing like little boys. They're still playing video games. Well, they've gotten great. So...
Davis: I love video games!
Lewis: Oh, boy.
Jules: How, in one generation, have men gone from guys like jack

Nicholson and Harrison Ford to... take Ben, here. A dying breed. You know? Look and learn, boys. Because if you ask me, this is what cool is.
[leaning on Ben]

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Jules: It's 2015, are we really still critical of working moms?

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Jules: [Waves to daughter's friend who hides behind her mom's legs] Hi, Maddie.
Paige: [In a stage whisper] Bipolar!

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Jules: The truth is... something about you makes me feel calm, or more centered, or something. And I could use that. Obviously.

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Jules: [Alluding to age difference] I'm glad you also see the humor in this.
Ben: [Smiles wryly] It would be hard not to.

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Matt: I can't tell you how s-Sorry and ashamed I am. I thought I could do it. I thought I could be the guy that I told you I was going to be. And then, somewhere along the way... I thought I was losing you. But it was actually me. I got lost. It's a confusing world out there, and who I am got messed up for a minute. And now I'm watching you ready to give all this up for me. I will

not let that happen. I love you, and I will do so much better if you'll let me. Please, Jules. Let me make it right again.
Jules: [crying her eyes out] You know what would be good? If you carried a handkerchief.

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[last lines]
Ben: Breathe and relax for inner balance... Breathe deeply, Jules.

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Jules: Nobody calls men "men" anymore. Have you noticed? Women went from "girls" to "women."Men went from "men" to "boys?" This is a problem in the big picture. Do you know what I mean?

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Ben: Back in action. Thank god!

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Fiona: Sitting is the new smoking.

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Ben: How do I spend rest of my days? You name it. Golf. Books. Movies. Pinochle. Tried yoga, learned to cook, bought some plants, took classes in mandarin.
[in mandarin]
Ben: Believe me I've tried everything.
[in english]
Ben: Translation... believe me, I've tried everything.