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'It's a lot of fun working and Mr. Hartounian is really nice. He's teaching me how to be impatient.'

6 seconds sound clip from the The Jerk (1979) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:20.614 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Listen, you wanna be president of the Texaco Oil?

- Sure.

- Then clean up the sink in there.

- Then I'll be president of Texaco Oil?

- Whatever happened to working' your way up? He starts working' for me 10 minutes, and already he wants to be president.

- Get to work in there.

- But, sir, I don't work here.

- Not even for $1.10 an hour?

- 'Dear Folks, I got this great job in a gas station. I don't wanna say how much I'm getting, but let's just say it's a lot. I'm enclosing $2.'

- That's a good boy.

- 'It's a lot of fun working and Mr. Hartounian is really nice. He's teaching me how to be impatient.'

- 'Well, I gotta go now. What do you think I do, write letters all day?'

- You actually sleep here?

- Yes, is that okay?

- Come with me. I got a beautiful little place for you to stay.

- Put the light on. You're gonna like it here.

- Like it? I love it! This is fabulous! I mean, you got the toilet here. This must be the kitchen. No.

[...]

The Jerk Sound Clip

The Jerk movie poster

Funny and inspirational quotes from The Jerk (1979), with short sound clips.

Actors: Steve Martin (Navin R. Johnson), Bernadette Peters (Marie Kimble Johnson)

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