Arrested Development (TV Series)

Whistler's Mother (2004)

Jason Bateman: Michael Bluth

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• George Bluth Sr. : Michael, do you have any idea what it's like to have a sibling who has no source of income except for you?

  Michael Bluth : Just one? No, I don't. It sounds wonderful, though.

• Narrator : On the next Arrested Development, Michael finds having his mother on the board problematic.

  Lucille : Oh, I remember a certain young man who said "But I don't have scary dreams in your bed!"

  [the board room starts laughing] 

  Michael : That was Buster!

• Lucille : Oh I seem to remember a certain young man who completely fell apart two weeks ago when I taped over the Nova special with the girl he liked on it.

  Michael Bluth : That was Buster. And that's my point.

• Tobias Fünke : I'm afraid that this offer comes off the table at midnight.

  Michael : That may be the worst bluff I've ever heard.

  Narrator : Even the members of Gobias industries agreed on that one.

• Michael : You don't want to end up like Uncle Oscar, okay- living off handouts your whole life. Why don't you come up with a way to make money? A suggestion of something to invest in, or maybe a business idea.

  Tobias Fünke : Well, I've always wanted to remake Annie Hall. Except, I wouldn't want to get in bed with a green producer like a Sofia Coppola though. Oh, but give me an old pro like a Robert Redford. Oh, I'd jump into bed with him in a second. And I wouldn't just lie there, Michael Bluth, if that's what you're thinking.

  Michael : Actually, that time, that was what I was thinking.

• Tobias Fünke : I just need to prove to my wife that I can act like a man. And it's not about sex. I don't just lie there, if that's what you're thinking.

  Michael : That's not what I WAS thinking...