The Loudest Voice (TV Mini Series)

1995 (2019)

John Finn: Jack Welch

Quotes 

• Roger Ailes : So, what's the plan, Jack?

  Jack Welch : Well, we're thinking a quiet announcement after the new year that you're leaving to pursue other opportunities. Uh, you can help to write the release.

  Roger Ailes : You know...

  [clearing his throat] 

  Roger Ailes : Whatever they're saying I did, it didn't happen, Jack.

  Jack Welch : Yeah, well, I am your biggest fan, Roger. But with the HR investigation and the lawyers, not up to me anymore. We want to make this easy. The package is very generous.

  Roger Ailes : The money's not the issue.

  Jack Welch : Well, then what is?

  Roger Ailes : The non-compete.

  Jack Welch : Roger, we can't have you walking over to CNN when we're about to launch MSNBC. Microsoft will have a cow.

  Roger Ailes : CNN? No, Jack, I mean that I'm still a young man. I'm only 55. I gotta keep working. Television has been my life this past 30 years.

  Jack Welch : You can stay in television, Roger. You can do whatever the hell you want. We just can't have you crossing the street. You know that.

  Roger Ailes : Okay, but I just got to keep the door open a little wider. For the future.

• Jack Welch : You're a hell of a producer, and you're one of the best PR guys I've ever met. But you're not a news guy.

  Roger Ailes : Maybe.

  Jack Welch : It's not an insult, Roger.

  Roger Ailes : No.

  Jack Welch : It's a reminder that you have limitless potential. And I mean that. If there's anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to ask.

  Roger Ailes : Well, you know, I am. I am asking, Jack. Uh, you know, I, uh... I can have my guys put together a specific non-compete list. Uh, it can include every existing news outlet on the planet. You know? I... you can vet it, you can sign off on it. You know, I just have to broaden the scope. I need to remain employable, and you have to give me a little more breathing room.

  Jack Welch : I'll do my best.

  Roger Ailes : Ah, that's all I can ask.