I was a bank clerk once... my existence, a monotonous rhythm. Day in and day out, counting other people's money.

— Monsieur Henri Verdoux (Charlie Chaplin)

11 seconds sound clip from the Monsieur Verdoux movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:49:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You see, soon after the crash, I lost my wife and child.

- Oh, I'm sorry. I never realized.

- However, they're much happier where they are than living in this world of fear and uncertainty.

- You have changed. I can see that.

- Since the loss of my family, I seem to have awakened from a dream.

- I was a bank clerk once... my existence, a monotonous rhythm. Day in and day out, counting other people's money.

- Then something happened. The rhythm was broken. I lost my position.

- What followed was a numbed confusion, a nightmare in which I lived in a half dream world, a horrible world.

- Now I have awakened. Sometimes I wonder if that world ever existed.

- You've been through a terrible ordeal, but you mustn't allow it to take hold of you.

- It hasn't.

[...]