The Loudest Voice (TV Mini Series)

1995 (2019)

Guy Boyd: Chet Collier

Quotes 

• Chet Collier : [at an out-of-business music and video store]  So... what am I looking at?

  Roger Ailes : The main studio. We're gonna run our entire slate of dayside right out of here.

  Chet Collier : Eight hours of live TV? This place is tiny.

  Roger Ailes : We can move things around.

  Chet Collier : [hearing something rattling]  What's that?

  Roger Ailes : That's the subway. It runs under Sixth.

  Chet Collier : You gonna move that, too? Why am I here, Roger?

  Roger Ailes : How does... Senior Vice President, Programming sound?

  Chet Collier : The last thing I actually produced was the Westminster Dog Show.

  Roger Ailes : It's all the same; news, talk shows, English fucking bulldogs, it's all the same. Rupert is giving us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Millions of dollars and our own street-level studio, just like "Good Morning, America", just like "The Today Show", except, Chet, it's not one show, it's an entire fucking network, and it's our network.

  Chet Collier : So, how much time is Murdoch giving you?

  Roger Ailes : A year.

  Chet Collier : Ooh, that's tight.

  Roger Ailes : Not if I have you.

• Sean Hannity : [in old TV footage]  Tax and spend, that-that... that's really all you got. Not surprising for a limp-wristed lefty like yourself, always looking to...

  Roger Ailes : [snickering]  "Limp-wristed lefty" is good.

  Ian Rae : He was painting houses there a year or two ago. There is no way this guy is ready for prime time.

  Roger Ailes : Mute the sound.

  Australian Executive : What?

  Roger Ailes : Mute... the sound.

  [as she does, he watches Sean's body language] 

  Roger Ailes : What do you think, Chet?

  Chet Collier : Yeah. Yeah, he's good.

  Roger Ailes : Okay, bring that guy in and find me more guys like that guy. Real guys.

• Stephanie Rains : Ronald Reagan? That's a name, not an argument.

  Chet Collier : Well, what do you think, Roger?

  Roger Ailes : I'll talk to him. Get me a different liberal.

  Stephanie Rains : That's your fix? We can't control every guest who comes on this show.

  Roger Ailes : Yeah? Watch me.

  Stephanie Rains : What about fair and balanced news?

  Roger Ailes : I am balancing. I will get around to "fair" when Hannity gets better.

  Ian Rae : And what if he doesn't?

  Roger Ailes : Then Bill will write him a script.

  Bill Shine : I can do that.

  Stephanie Rains : What? No, you can't do that. This is a news network, not a sitcom.

• Roger Ailes : Look, let's run it again, and we're gonna try and at least get one thing right this time.

  Chet Collier : [quietly]  O'Reilly lost another producer this morning.

  Roger Ailes : Why?

  Chet Collier : Something about sparkling water.

  Roger Ailes : Oh, fuck off. What the fuck?

  [a news feed goes dark] 

  Roger Ailes : What happened? Check the uplink.

  Young Producer 2 : Uh, which one is uplink three?

  Roger Ailes : Oh, my God. Nobody in this room knows how to do a live shot? Are you seeing this?

  Chet Collier : You said you didn't want fucking news people, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : Yeah, but I didn't say I wanted fucking idiots.

• Late Executive : What kind of sick joke is this? Really, 4:00 a.m.?

  Roger Ailes : Sit down!

  [after a moment of silence] 

  Roger Ailes : Anyone else want to complain about the hours? You know, there's a Foot Locker right across the road. I believe they work in eight-hour shifts. They might be hiring. Now, what I have seen in rehearsals so far, it's just unacceptable. Chet. You keep bringing me these so-called producers who don't seem to know the difference between their own asshole and a hole in the ground. You gotta train 'em up right, okay?

  Chet Collier : Yes, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : Moody. You're giving me scripts that read like "War and fucking Peace". It's television. Shorten them up. Okay?

  John Moody : Yes, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : Bill. Bill Shine. Now, Bill...

  [clearing his throat] 

  Roger Ailes : This is my interpretation of recent events. You can correct me if you believe me to be wrong. But I just rescued your sorry ass from local news. And you're walking around like Mr. Magoo looking for his fucking dick in that control room. And I need you to be Bill fucking Shine and take control, okay?

  [Bill nods] 

  Roger Ailes : Okay?

  Bill Shine : Yes, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : [pointing to the Late Executive]  You're fired.

  Late Executive : Are you serious?

  Roger Ailes : I am. Please get the fuck outta here.

  Ian Rae : Roger. That's enough.

  Roger Ailes : What did you say?

  Ian Rae : That's enough.

  Roger Ailes : No. No, Ian, it's not enough, all right?