I've been a cabbie for 17 years. Ten years at night. And I still don't own my own cab, you know. Why? Because I don't want to. That must be what I want. You know, to be on the night shift, driving somebody else's cab.

— Wizard (Peter Boyle)

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17 seconds sound clip from the Taxi Driver (1976) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:47:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I just wanna go out, and you know, like, really... Really... Really do something.

- Taxi life, you mean?

- Yeah, well... No, it's I don't know. I just wanna go out...

- I really I really wanna I got some bad ideas in my head. I just...

- Look. Look at it this way. A man... A man takes a job, you know. And that job I mean, like, that... You know, that becomes what he is. You know, like... You do a thing, and that's what you are.

- I've been a cabbie for 17 years. Ten years at night. And I still don't own my own cab, you know. Why? Because I don't want to. That must be what I want. You know, to be on the night shift, driving somebody else's cab.

- You understand? You get a job, you become the job.

- One guy lives in Brooklyn, one guy lives in Sutton Place. You get a lawyer, another guy's a doctor.

- Another guy dies, another guy gets well, and people are born.

- I envy you, your youth. Go out and get laid. Get drunk. You know, do anything.

[...]

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