The Parallax View (1974)

Hume Cronyn: Bill Rintels

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• Bill Rintels : [after Frady's run-in with police]  You're enjoying yourself, aren't you.

  Joseph Frady : You gotta admit, it's funny.

  Bill Rintels : It makes me laugh, but I don't think it's funny.

  Joseph Frady : What's that supposed to mean?

  Bill Rintels : Have you ever laughed at a comedian when he pretended to stutter? There's nothing funny about a man who stutters, but people laugh. They're amused. But they're not happy about it.

• Bill Rintels : When I agreed to take you back in January I made two suggestions. One was about your drinking. Well, you seem to have licked that. The other was that you curb your talent for creative irresponsibility: you can start working on that right now.

• Bill Rintels : We're in the business of reporting the news, not creating it.