Wet Asphalt (1958)

Martin Held: Cesar Boyd

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• Cesar Boyd : All right, I'm a liar. I made the entire thing up from beginning to end. Are you satisfied? Caesar Boyd confesses. Please stay.

  Greg Bachmann : I would rather die.

  Cesar Boyd : Greg, don't act as though you didn't know the facts of life. This is how it's always been. Lies, lies, lies. We newspapermen live by lies. A lie is nothing but a journalist's trademark. That's what sells newspapers.

  Greg Bachmann : In the life of everyman they say there's a turning point. Last night I decided to finish you once and for all, but I'm afraid I exaggerated your importance. There will always be people like you, cheating, lying. Today it's the great Caesar Boyd, tomorrow the government, and some soap manufacturer. But they're not using me.

• Cesar Boyd : We newspapermen live by lies. A lie is nothing but a journalist's trademark. That's what sells newspapers.