I'm Hoff-Federated's biggest star. I'm worth millions a year to them.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What do you want? The wild-eyed kid I was, nursing a cup of coffee in Walgreens, yelling about the sad state of the theatre?

- I'll tell you what I don't want. I don't want one of those witless, sold-out guys sitting around a gin table, swapping phone numbers and the latest dirt!

- Oh, how you talk.

- Charlie, I don't want you to sign that contract.

- You've given the studio their pound of flesh.

- I'm Hoff-Federated's biggest star. I'm worth millions a year to them.

- He won't let me go. You know why.

- Tell him you're leaving Hollywood for good. Promise never to make pictures for anyone else.

- Fine. What do I do? TV, a play?

- The theatre's a bleeding stump. You gotta wait years for one decent part.

- And anyhow, what is all this arty bunk?

[...]

The Big Knife (1955) Sound Clip

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Quotes from the movie The Big Knife (1955), based on the 1949 play by Clifford Odets, featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Jack Palance (Charlie Castle), Ida Lupino (Marion Castle), Jean Hagen (Connie Bliss), Rod Steiger (Stanley Shriner Hoff), Shelley Winters (Dixie Evans), Ilka Chase (Patty Benedict)

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