Gary Cole credited as playing...
Bill Owens
- Bill Owens: Look, Sy, I've got a family. I'm not losing my job over this. I'm lettin' you go.
- Sy Parrish: No. Oh.
- Bill Owens: These log discrepancies would be enough... but you've been spacing out on the job... taking 90-minute lunch breaks... creating scenes in front of the customers... giving away free merchandise.
- Sy Parrish: What?
- Bill Owens: Free disposable cameras to customers on their birthday? That must have been your bright idea. Sure as shit isn't company policy.
- Sy Parrish: You can't do this.
- Bill Owens: It's done, Sy. I talked to Sims at district. Now you finish out the week and clear out your locker. And if you do something like fuck up today's prints...
- Sy Parrish: I haven't fucked up a customer's prints in 11 years.
- Bill Owens: Sy, there's a thousand other places where you could do your photos. There's no reason to come all the way down other than to fuck with me.
- Sy Parrish: There's a very good reason. I calibrated that machine personally. It's the best mini-lab in the state.
- Detective James Van Der Zee: So, how did he take his being fired?
- Bill Owens: I've had to fire a lot of people, Detective. People get upset when they get fired. He got pretty upset.
- Detective James Van Der Zee: He knew that Mr. Araki would see the photos... and he knew he'd show them to you and that you'd call us. I think it's just a warning.
- Bill Owens: But you have to take it seriously.
- Detective James Van Der Zee: Oh, we take it very seriously.
- Bill Owens: If you haven't noticed, this isn't Neiman Marcus. People just wanna come in here with their kids... have a good time, and save a few pennies on paper towels and socks. If they wanted to see yelling and screaming... they'd stay at home.
- Bill Owens: [Yoshi has just walked into Bill's office, carrying the photos Sy brought in to be developed, Bill is looking down at the work on his desk, not looking up] What is it, Yoshi? You can't just leave your station unmanned down there.
- Yoshi Araki: I think you need to see these, sir.
- Bill Owens: [still not looking up] What have you got there? Is it the anal sex fiend again?
- [Yoshi doesn't answer... Bill looks up and sees the photos with Sy's name on them... he removes his glasses and thumbs through them, seeing they're candid photos of his daughter]
- Bill Owens: Motherfucker.