Whenever you come in here and interrupt, you're breaking my concentration. You're distracting me and it will then take me time to get back to where I was. Understand?

— Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson)

12 seconds sound clip from the The Shining (1980) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:32:04 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Come on, hon. Don't be so grouchy.

- I'm not being grouchy, I just want to finish my work.

- Okay. I understand. I'll come back later with a couple of sandwiches for you.

- Maybe you'll let me read something then.

- Wendy, let me explain something to you.

- Whenever you come in here and interrupt, you're breaking my concentration. You're distracting me and it will then take me time to get back to where I was. Understand?

- Yeah.

- Fine. We're going to make a new rule: Whenever I'm in here and you hear me typing, or whatever the fuck you hear me doing in here when I'm in here, that means I am working. That means don't come in.

- Now, do you think you can handle that?

- Yeah. (2)

- Fine. Why don't you start right now and get the fuck out of here?

[...]

The Shining (1980) Sound Clip

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Sound clips of memorable quotes, and sayings from The Shining (1980 film).

Actors: Jack Nicholson (Jack Torrance), Shelley Duvall (Wendy Torrance), Danny Lloyd (Danny Torrance), Scatman Crothers (Dick Hallorann), Philip Stone (Delbert Grady)

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