Urban Cowboy (1980)
Lucky Mosley: Plant Supervisor
Quotes
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Plant Supervisor : [Bud is interviewing for a job at the oil refinery where Uncle Bob works. His application is being reviewed] Bud Davis, huh?
Bud : [nervous] My, my full name is Buford Uwen Davis, but nobody calls me Buford 'cept my Grandmother, and she's half Indian. My initials are B.U.D., it spells Bud.
Plant Supervisor : [mildly annoyed] I can spell, boy.
[looks at application more closely]
Plant Supervisor : What pipeline? There ain't no pipeline in Spur!
Bud : Yes there is. It came in last Spring. I was workin' on insulatin' it. Then Uncle Bob said you was hiring so I come down here.
Plant Supervisor : Most of our insulatin' work we contract out. But I can start you out as a general helper, a laborer, a gopher. You know what a gopher is, boy?
Bud : Well, I suppose it means you go for things.
[pause]
Bud : Or it could mean you're an animal...
Plant Supervisor : Yeah, well around here they're on the same level. Start you off right at the bottom, work up.
[Looks at Bud intensely]
Plant Supervisor : But I'm gonna tell you one thing. You're gettin' this job because of your Uncle Bob. He's been here a long time and he's a damn good man.
[pause]
Plant Supervisor : And I'm gonna tell you one thing more. You're gonna have to lose that beard. It's regulations, any kind of a fresh-air mask...