Jay Twistle Quotes in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

Christopher Gardner: [during the interview for the internship position] I've been sitting out here for the last half-hour trying to come up with a story that would explain my being here dressed like this. And I wanted to come up with a story that would demonstrate qualities that I'm sure you all admire here like earnestness, diligence, team-playing. And I couldn't think of anything. So the truth is, I was arrested for failure to pay parking tickets.

Jay Twistle: Parking tickets?

[employers laugh]

Christopher Gardner: I ran all the way here from the police station.

Martin Frohm: What were you doing before you were arrested?

Christopher Gardner: I was, uh, painting my apartment.

Christopher Gardner: [standing outside the interview room] There's no salary?

Jay Twistle: No.

Christopher Gardner: I was not aware of that. My circumstances have changed some.