The Breakfast Club (1985)

John Kapelos: Carl

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• John Bender : How does one become a janitor?

  Carl : You wanna be a janitor?

  John Bender : No, I just want to know how one becomes a janitor. Because Andrew here is very interested in pursuing a career in the custodial arts.

  Carl : Oh really? You guys think I'm just some untouchable peasant? Serf? Peon? Well, maybe so. But following a broom around after shitheads like you for the last 8 years, I've learned a couple of things. I look through your letters. I look through your lockers. I listen to your conversations, you don't know that but I do. I am the eyes and ears of this institution, my friends.

  [Carl looks up at the clock and looks at his watch] 

  Carl : By the way, that clock's 20 minutes fast.

• Richard Vernon : You think about this: when you get old, these kids - when *I* get old - they're going to be running the country.

  Carl : Yeah.

  Richard Vernon : Now this is the thought that wakes me up in the middle of the night. That when I get older, these kids are going to take care of me.

  Carl : I wouldn't count on it.

• Richard Vernon : What did you wanna be when you were young?

  Carl : When I was a kid, I wanted to be John Lennon.

  Richard Vernon : Carl, don't be a goof. I'm making a serious point here.

• Richard Vernon : Carl, I've been teaching for 22 years. And each year, these kids get more and more arrogant.

  Carl : Aw, bullshit, man. Come on, Vern. The kids haven't changed. You have. You took a teaching position because you thought it'd be fun, right? Thought you could have summer vacations off. And then you found out it was actually work. That really bummed you out.

  Richard Vernon : These kids turned on me. They think I'm a big fucking joke.

• Carl : Listen, Vern, if you were 16, what would you think of you?