Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series)

Pilot (2006)

Bradley Whitford: Danny Tripp

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Danny Tripp : What are you smiling about?

  Matt Albie : Nice studio. It's a great studio with an incredible history. The people who've had this stage...

  Danny Tripp : You like it?

  Matt Albie : Yeah.

  Danny Tripp : Good, 'cause we live here now.

• Matt Albie : Are you people using the confidential information that Danny failed a drug test to force him into taking over Studio 60 to deflect attention from what happened on the air tonight?

  Jack Rudolph : [long pause]  ... He failed a drug test?

  Jordan McDeere : Yeah, actually Matt, I was the only one who knew about that. Shoulda trusted me a little, Danny.

  Matt Albie : [to Danny]  Sorry about that, that one was all me.

  Danny Tripp : Yeah.

  Matt Albie : [to everyone]  Ironically, I'm the one who's high as a paper kite right now, but legitimately. I had back surgery Tuesday. L5 S1, if that means anything to you. Stop talking now? Yeah, you bet.

• Danny Tripp : Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I was...

  Matt Albie : Forget that. But it's going to be our show now, and only one of use can screw up at a time. And I think we both know that most of the time it's going to be me. You're the big shoulders.

  Danny Tripp : I hear you.

  Matt Albie : Good. Because I don't remember what I just said.

  Danny Tripp : I do.

• Matt Albie : Okay, look, wait. I'll bond you.

  Danny Tripp : What?

  Matt Albie : I'll pay for the bond!

  Danny Tripp : How much money do you have?

  Matt Albie : Well... with my savings, and investments, and my percentage of the first dollar gross in this movie... sixty-five dollars.

• Matt Albie : How did it know?

  Danny Tripp : How did it know what?

  Matt Albie : Exactly how much time was left in the week?

  Danny Tripp : Yeah, it's a miracle of technology that we've invented an electronic device that can count backwards from seven.

  Matt Albie : But it was off.

  Danny Tripp : It has a battery.

  Matt Albie : [in horror]  So it always knows?

  Danny Tripp : Don't endow the thing with special powers, Matt - it's a clock.

• Matt Albie : But it's gonna be our show now, and only one of us can screw up at a time and I think that we both know that most of the time, it's gonna be me. You're the big shoulders.

  Danny Tripp : I hear you.

  Matt Albie : Good, cause I don't remember what I just said.

  Danny Tripp : I do.

• Danny Tripp : Vancouver doesn't look like anything. It doesn't even look like Vancouver. It looks like Boston, California.

• Matt Albie : Are they swinging this thing in front of your face?

  Danny Tripp : The point is, the new movie...

  Matt Albie : Sons of bitches!

  [takes off running] 

  Danny Tripp : - does not have to - Matt? Matt!

• Matt Albie : [after falling]  Sorry. That was strange. I'm sorry.

  Danny Tripp : You all right?

  Matt Albie : Yeah. I'm on some medication right now that I guess makes me... not know where chairs are.

• Matt Albie : Thanks, man. I miss her. I really do. I'm dying inside, and I appreciate your support.

  Danny Tripp : Matt.

  Matt Albie : Yeah?

  Danny Tripp : Go up on the stage now.

  Matt Albie : Why?

  Danny Tripp : You just won.

  Matt Albie : Really?

  Danny Tripp : Yeah.

  Matt Albie : Hey, that's great!

• Danny Tripp : [speaking about Jordan McDeere]  You gotta give her style points.

  Matt Albie : Yeah.

  Danny Tripp : And you gotta ask yourself...

  Matt Albie : What?

  Danny Tripp : What if she's for real?

  Matt Albie : [smiles]  Yeah.

• Danny Tripp : You left him on for 53 seconds.

  Cal Shanley : Yeah

  Danny Tripp : What the hell, Cal? You practice that. It's live air. Tell you what. I don't think it was an accident. I think you left him on.

  Cal Shanley : I did. And you guys do what you gotta do here. There won't be any hard feelings.

  Danny Tripp : We need you to stay.

  Cal Shanley : [chuckles] 

  Danny Tripp : All right then.

  [pause] 

  Danny Tripp : Cal? If you'd left him on for 54 seconds, I'd have given you a raise.

• Danny Tripp : They broke up.

  Julie : Oh no! Why?

  Danny Tripp : Because he couldn't stop himself from speaking.

  Matt Albie : I was right, she was wrong, I'm all about the truth, partner.

• Danny Tripp : Matt, you can get another director. You can get someone good.

  Matt Albie : I don't want someone else. I want you.

  Danny Tripp : The joke was "I don't want someone good, I want you."

• Danny Tripp : I have no reason to trust you and every reason not to.

  Jordan McDeere : Why?

  Danny Tripp : You work in television.

• Jack Rudolph : Do you think television is bad?

  Danny Tripp : Why do you ask?

  Jack Rudolph : Because that's what you'll be asked by the press.

  Danny Tripp : No - I think "My Mother the Car" was bad. I think this is something else.