Well, it was me before I said I was going to jump off the City Hall roof on Christmas Eve.

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8 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:46:12 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Ladies and gentlemen, the New Bulletin takes pleasure in presenting the man who is fast becoming the most talked about person in the whole country, John Doe.

- Ladies and gentlemen...

- I am the man you all know as John Doe.

- I took that name because it seems to describe... because it seems to describe the average man, and that's me. And that's me.

- Well, it was me before I said I was going to jump off the City Hall roof on Christmas Eve.

- I guess I'm not average anymore.

- Now I'm getting all sorts of attention, from big shots too.

- We've been double crossed.

- The Mayor and Governor, for instance, they don't like those articles I've been writing.

[...]

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