I'm a deductible item. They write me off the books!
7 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:10:28 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Those bits? Three cigarette girls in two whole years. You call that acting?
- Big part coming up. Testing you next week. Won't you come out to dinner? And next week never comes.
- They hire girls like me to entertain the visiting exhibitors.
- We know how to dance and dress.
- The clothes come out of Wardrobe. It's cheaper than if they...
- I'm a deductible item. They write me off the books!
- Listen to uncle, collie dog. Why don't you go back...
- That lousy studio! They louse you up, and then they call you a louse!
- Honest, Charlie... Wouldn't you be mad?
[...]