Howard Beale may be my best friend.

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

You can hear this line at 00:51:58.566 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- And believe me, Mr. Jensen's going to be sitting there rocking back and forth in his little chair and he's going to say: That's very good, Frank, keep it up.

- So don't have any illusions about who's running this network from now on. You're fired! I want you out of your office before noon or I'll have you thrown out.

- You go along with this?

- Max, I told you I didn't want a network hassle on this. I told you I'd much rather work the Beale Show out just between the two of us.

- Well, let's just say, Fuck you too, honey.

- Howard Beale may be my best friend.

- I'll go to court. I'll put him in a hospital before I let you exploit him like a carnival freak.

- You get your psychiatrists, I'll get mine.

- I'm gonna spread this whole reeking business in every newspaper, on every network, group and affiliate in this country. I'm gonna make a lot of noise about this.

- Great. We need all the press we can get.

- Something going on between you and Schumacher?

- Not anymore.

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