Reality Bites | 1994

Clip Name: Job-Interviews

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  • Character
    Quote
  • Lelaina Pierce

    I thought the ad said that this was a job...

    for a production assistant.

  • Unknown

    Yes. You will be assisting me...

    in the production of videotapes, all right?

    You're going to make copies for me... many copies.

  • Lelaina Pierce

    Oh, is this like a... like a pirate operation?

  • Rock

    Do I look like a pirate to you?

  • Unknown

    Now, radio is all instinct, Lelaina.

    Do you know where all the radio comes from?

    The gut. It's all in the gut.

    Because when you think on your feet...

    got to go from your gut.

    And my gut is telling me that, uh...

    this isn't gonna work out.

  • Lelaina Pierce

    Maybe your gut's just saying you're hungry or...

  • Unknown

    Oh, no, no, no, no. It's telling me that, uh...

    you're overqualified for this job.

  • Lelaina Pierce

    I'm really not that smart.

  • Unknown

    No offense, sweetie, but you don't have...

    any experience on a newspaper. You're TV.

  • Lelaina Pierce

    Well, I'm trying to make my transition to print journalism.

  • Unknown

    Ah. Why?

  • Lelaina Pierce

    Well, newspapers are the last watchdogs...

    of our... our government.

    They enforce the checks and balances.

    And one half-hour of TV only adds up to...

  • Unknown

    OK. All right.

    Define irony.

  • Lelaina Pierce

    Irony. Uh...

    Irony.

    It's a noun.

    It's when something is...

    ironic. It's, uh...

    Well, I can't really define irony...

    but I know it when I see it!