I run out in the street, hail a cab, and I say to the cabbie: Take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge. And the cabbie turns around and he says: Don't do it, buddy! You're a young man. You got your whole life ahead of you!

Max Schumacher (William Holden)

22 seconds sound clip from the Network (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:01:49.220 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I was just a kid, 26 years old.

- Anyway... anyway, they were building the lower level of the George Washington Bridge.

- We were doing a remote from there... and nobody told me!

- Then after 7 in the morning I get a call: Where the hell are you? You're supposed to be at the George Washington Bridge.

- I jump outta bed, throw my raincoat over my pajamas. I run downstairs.

- I run out in the street, hail a cab, and I say to the cabbie: Take me to the middle of the George Washington Bridge. And the cabbie turns around and he says: Don't do it, buddy! You're a young man. You got your whole life ahead of you!

- Didn't I ever tell you that one before?

- I'm gonna kill myself.

- Oh, shit, Howard.

- I'm gonna blow my brains out right on the air, right in the middle of the seven o'clock news. You'll get a hell of a rating, I'll guarantee you that. 50 share, easy.

- You think so?

- Sure.

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