I'm the man that you presumably love. I'm part of your life. I live here. I'm real. You can't switch to another station.

Max Schumacher (William Holden)

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

You can hear this line at 01:43:12.169 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and my kids.

- I feel guilty and conscience-stricken and all of those things that you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple, human decency.

- And I miss my home because I'm beginning to get scared shitless. Because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than it is to the beginning. And death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me with definable features.

- You're dealing with a man that has primal doubts, Diana, and you've got to cope with it.

- I'm not some guy discussing male menopause on the Barbara Walters Show.

- I'm the man that you presumably love. I'm part of your life. I live here. I'm real. You can't switch to another station.

- Well, what exactly is it you want me to do?

- I just want you to love me. I just want you to love me, primal doubts and all. You understand that, don't you?

- I don't know how to do that.

(Phone ringing)

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