Movie English about ambition

“You've got a hell of a paw-shake, Cecilia.”

CC Delivers a Singing Telegram · Beaches 1988 · Ch. 6/30

• Parties
• First dates
• Complimenting

“You just started to fall apart a little bit there.”

Tommy Climbs in a Circle · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 18/24

• Comforting a friend
• Storytelling
• Comforting

“We have hit the big time.”

Mario and Luigi's First Job · The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 · Ch. 2/14

• Small talk
• Promising
• Explaining

“Get your head right right now because you're about to have the most important conversation of your life.”

Brian Reads His Story Aloud · 5 to 7 2014 · Ch. 8/10

• Speeches
• Job interview
• Warning

“You can't advance here unless you're part of it.”

Hanssen Explains Why He Stayed · Breach 2007 · Ch. 4/20

• Office chat
• Talking to the boss
• Explaining

“My agent told me it was dead as a doornail.”

Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 2/19

• Job interview
• Meetings
• Asking

“And let me tell you, it doesn't hurt to be too early.”

Morning Gossip at Matuschek's · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 1/19

• Office chat
• Small talk
• Teasing

“I always wanted to make an impression.”

Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom · Auto Focus 2002 · Ch. 1/16

• Negotiation
• Office chat
• Persuading

“Here again was the very voice of God.”

Salieri Reads Mozart's Manuscripts · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 11/25

• Asking for help
• Negotiation
• Bargaining

“What's that got to do with anything?”

Who Gets the Watergate Story · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 3/18

• Office chat
• Arguments
• Persuading

“Let's do it together, because I need to as well.”

Andy Fights to Hold the Line · Boiling Point 2021 · Ch. 6/13

• Arguments
• Comforting a friend
• Complimenting

“All right? A real journalist can turn any assignment into a story.”

Rachel Interviews School Officials · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 2/18

• Office chat
• Talking to the boss
• Explaining

“It's the only thing that I'd gotten any, like, food pellets from the universe for.”

Wallace Recalls His Eight Days · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 8/17

• Storytelling
• Travel & hotels
• Confessing

“This is genius, sheer fucking genius.”

Buddy Pitches Guy's Ending to Cyrus · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 12/16

• Meetings
• Negotiation
• Complimenting

“This time last year, I was the lead of a big successful American TV series.”

Andy's Long Road to Acting · Be Here Now 2015 · Ch. 13/27

• Storytelling
• Monologues
• Explaining

“All I want... All I have ever wanted... is the quiet of a private life...”

Edward and Elinor Talk of Their Futures · Sense and Sensibility 1995 · Ch. 4/27

• Small talk
• Explaining
• Teasing

“Sir, ever since the dark days before Pearl Harbor, I've been proud to wear this uniform.”

Hawkeye Recruits a Football Ringer · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 18/22

• Negotiation
• Office chat
• Persuading

“This is what drives life at college. "Are you having sex or aren't you?"”

Facebook Launches Relationship Status · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 8/23

• Office chat
• Explaining
• Persuading

“If you got a cold, you go to a Turkish bath. Spend the night. Sweat it out.”

Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights · The Apartment 1960 · Ch. 1/15

• Phone calls
• Talking to the boss
• Bargaining

“I mean, you're watching a star being born.”

Kurt Warner's Breakout Game · American Underdog 2021 · Ch. 26/27

• Parties
• Storytelling
• Complimenting

“We re not hitting a cash truck”

The Crew Pitches the Big Job · Wrath of Man 2021 · Ch. 11/13

• Meetings
• Negotiation
• Persuading

“He aspires to greatness but he ll never achieve it”

Slowik Humiliates Jeremy · The Menu 2022 · Ch. 7/13

• Speeches
• Interrogations
• Confronting

“So do I. And I mean to have it, too.”

Tea With Princess Mary · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 6/22

• Small talk
• Office chat
• Complaining

“Your real trophies are at home waiting for you to come back to them.”

Michael Confesses to Chiki · Arthur the King 2024 · Ch. 15/19

• Accusations
• Teasing
• Confronting