'Working Girl' (1988)

On climbing the corporate ladder:

Tess McGill (played by Melanie Griffith): "You can bend the rules plenty once you get to the top, but not while you're trying to get there. And if you're someone like me, you can't get there without bending the rules."

Pictured, Griffith (center) with co-stars Harrison Ford (left) and Sigourney Weaver.