RKO 281 is a 1999 historical drama film about director Orson Welles is depicted the troubled production behind the 1941 film Citizen Kane.

Dialogue

Herman: Listen to me, you child. He doesn't worry about legalities. Do you know why? Because he has more power than you could even hope to imagine.

Orson: All the more reason to do it!

Herman: 'Cause he insulted you at a dinner party?

Orson: Because he's a hypocrite! Because he's a... A political turncoat. He claims to care about the common man when nothing could be further from the truth!

Herman: Oh, he's a journalist. He owns Hollywood. We're the shit on his shoes. You better go back to Broadway, kiddo.

Orson: I expected more from you, Mank.

Herman: Yeah, me too, but I got used to it.

Orson: How does that feel getting used to it? How does that feel going up to the palace and amusing the lords and ladies with the same old stories they've heard a hundred times before? How does it feel being the ugly, little monkey they keep around to amuse themselves?