Al Pacino credited as playing...
Walter
- Walter Abrams: I will match my dysfunctional childhood and Toni's against yours, any day of the week. My father, five foot, arms like this... he had a cock like a Hebrew National. I even looked at him the wrong way, he smacked across the room like Jake LaMotta. By the time I was five, he yelled at me so much, I thought my name was Asshole.
- Walter Abrams: You're a lemon. Like a bad car. There is something... there is something inherently defective in you, and you, and you, and me, and all of us. We're all lemons. We look like everyone else, but what makes us different is our defect. See, most gamblers, when they go to gamble, they go to win. When we go to gamble, we go to lose. Subconsciously. Me, I never feel better than when they're raking the chips away; not bringing them in. And everyone here knows what I'm talking about. Hell, even when we win it's just a matter of time before we give it all back. But when we lose, that's another story. When we lose, and I'm talking about the kind of loss that makes your asshole pucker to the size of a decimal point - you know what I mean - You've just recreated the worst possible nightmare this side of malignant cancer, for the twentieth goddamn time; and you're standing there and you suddenly realise, Hey, I'm still... here. I'm still breathing. I'm still alive. Us lemons, we fuck shit up all the time on purpose. Because we constantly need to remind ourselves we're alive. Gambling's not your problem. It's this fucked up need to feel something. To convince yourself you exist. That's the problem.
- Walter Abrams: You know, the best part of the best drug in the world isn't the high. It's the moment just before you take it. The dice are dancing on the table. Between now and the time they stop, that's the greatest high in the world.
- Walter Abrams: Know what you know, and know what you don't know. And know that I gotta know everything you know as soon as you know it... or sooner
- Walter Abrams: [at the baggage claim area of an airport and Walter faked a heart attack to test if Brandon is focused for the sit down with Novian] There's no such thing as too far. You understand? You push everything as far as you can. You push and you push and you push until it starts pushing back. And then you push some goddamn more. Remember that when you're with this guy today.
- Walter Abrams: [to Brandon as they're walking on the sidewalk with Toni] After the therapy, and the psychiatry, and the meetings, you know what it all comes down to? You're all fucked up.
- Walter Abrams: [start walking down the street] com on let's all grab hands and shout it together WE ARE ALL FUCKED UP AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!
- Brandon Lang: [on a golf range with Brandon hitting golf balls] Talk to me, so how'd we do?
- Walter Abrams: You haven't seen the scores?
- Brandon Lang: No, it's how I wanted it, make my picks and get the results later
- Walter Abrams: Highest sales volume ever take a guess how we did?
- Brandon Lang: Yeah I think we kicked ass
- Walter Abrams: [sarcastically] It was amazing
- Brandon Lang: Last week was nothing
- Walter Abrams: Your right, it was nothing compared to what we lost today
- Brandon Lang: [surprised] Where'd I go?
- Walter Abrams: I got an idea why don't I give you a glimpse of what happened then you take a stab on how you went?
- Brandon Lang: Just give me the numbers
- Walter Abrams: Grown men crying on the phone, their wives screaming in the background, three sales people quit couldn't take the pressure
- Brandon Lang: Fuck
- Walter Abrams: No, no you lose ten out of twelve "fuck" doesn't quite cover it, you know what'd be more appropriate? Something like "holy fucking shit" or "Jesus fucking Christ" you go two for twelve on our highest weekend ever and what's left to say? Except we keep the phone number and switch it to a suicide hotline, tomorrow morning Brandon we start all over again
- Walter Abrams: [in Walter's office] This is dangerous territory we're getting into. You understand that. But I'm gonna bump you. ok? ten percent ok?Now talk to me about Monday night because everyone, and I mean everyone, is gonna double down after the hole you put 'em in.
- Brandon Lang: Monday night's fine.
- Walter Abrams: You bet your mother's house on it?
- Brandon Lang: I don't bet, Walter.
- Walter Abrams: If you did?
- Brandon Lang: [avoiding the question] I like the pick, Walter.
- Walter Abrams: On your mother's house or not?
- Brandon Lang: [with his upper body hunched forward in his chair] With my mother in it.
- Walter Abrams: Wait a minute I just got an idea, it just came to me out of the blue, what about this? Brandon didn't tell me he was going to leave because you let him fuck you, you deny it?
- Toni Morrow: Do I have to?
- Walter Abrams: You know you did, I saw you Toni, I saw you and him that night I never went to Vegas
- Toni Morrow: You mean you lied to me about the trip
- Walter Abrams: Don't talk to me about lying
- Toni Morrow: I guess you had the whole thing set up
- Walter Abrams: Don't make this about me
- Toni Morrow: You just put me out there on a tray?
- Walter Abrams: I put a tray out there, you didn't have to sholve a fucking apple in your mouth and sit on it, admit it!
- Toni Morrow: You played me
- Walter Abrams: You have any idea? it worked didn't it?
- Toni Morrow: Brandon was right
- Walter Abrams: You don't deny it?
- Toni Morrow: This is the best pick he ever made
- Walter Abrams: I don't know what that means
- Toni Morrow: You were gambling with me that night, Brandon knew it because he knew you, he told me he was sure you were watching somehow so he asked me to spend the night put on a show for you but I didn't believe him after all we've been through, so I figure what the hell, he slipped out the back no big deal he never even stayed here, you were in such a good the next day , I figured thank God he must've been wrong otherwise why wouldn't he confront us you wanted to lose like something you could toss on a table only we got you back Brandon and me who evidently love you more than you love yourself, your fantasy is to end alone with nothing, I won't let that happen I will never let that happen, this is all real you, and me and Julia we're all that's real
- Walter Abrams: [to Brandon in Walter's office] Oh man... You better hold on to the coin you flipped. Because this game keeps up like this, I'm going to have to borrow it.
- Walter Abrams: Stats are not enough, you need a voice! These are gamblers ready to risk what they can't afford for what they can't have, you're selling the world's rarest commodity: certainty, in an uncertain world.
- Walter Abrams: [after Brandon requested a bonus, forcibly grabs Brandon and whispers] I'm going to tell you something now, I'm only going to say this once if you want something more from me than a gesundheit after a sneeze you're going to have do more than come at me with this shit, you understand? you're going to have to earn it, and once you earn it, you're going to have to fight me for it, you're going to have to challenge me, you're going to rip it out of me that's how you get ahead with me, now John Anthony would know that and as a matter of fact next time you come to me with this shit, you come as John Anthony.
- Walter Abrams: [to two men eating in a fancy restaurant with Alexandria] Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt or anything like that but I just got to know this I'm sitting over there with my friends, and you are drop dead gorgeous and we just want to know your dates look like they haven't missed a meal since Christ died, I mean seriously you guys are eating like you have a date with the electric chair
- Walter Abrams: [celebrating after Brandon went 20 for 20 in a single game, hugging each other] I've got to dance with you more
- Toni Morrow: You do
- Walter Abrams: I saw this house in the Bahamas, talk about an investment in case anyting should happen to me
- Toni Morrow: I don't want to hear that
- Walter Abrams: Why don't we go down there and check it out? just you and me, sit bare foot in the sand
- Toni Morrow: Just tell me your not gambling
- Walter Abrams: [they stop dancing] Eighteen years straight the shit's over
- Toni Morrow: It's never over and you know that
- Walter Abrams: How about a truth serum into the veins? Baby we just made two million dollars I want to celebrate with my wife I want to enjoy a dance
- Walter Abrams: [during a Gambler's anonymous meeting] You read the charter buddy? We left our jobs at the door, you're going to throw an ex alcoholic bartender out of an AA meeting
- Walter Abrams: [as Brandon enters his office] Do you know what time it is?
- Brandon Lang: [looking at his watch] It is 8:37 in the morning
- Walter Abrams: Wrong it's time to press my man we're going to yank out all the stops, when your winning you press you don't rest on your laurels what are you doing?
- Brandon Lang: [grabbing his golf clubs from the closet] I have a ten thirty tee time with a client so don't call me unless the line's changed got it?
- Walter Abrams: The salmon are running, you've got to stay here field phone calls you can't go out and have fun, come on, stop playing around you got work to do
- Brandon Lang: I'm not "asking" you if I could go I'm "telling" you that's how it is, you want me to make my picks I can give you those
- Walter Abrams: Start picking on Tuesday for the weekend, you know we're going to be advising somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty million dollars this week
- Brandon Lang: Circling
- [his picks on a piece of paper]
- Brandon Lang: that's a nice neighborhood we should be doing double that by week ten
- Walter Abrams: I see, you're going to make the picks no study no analysis you're just going to pick them
- Brandon Lang: I'm locked in Walter I don't really need it there's my picks for This week
- [hands Walter his picks]
- Brandon Lang: , if you need next week's picks I can give you those by Friday
- Walter Abrams: I'm starting to get the drift here we'll put these picks on ice and we'll talk about them tomorrow
- Brandon Lang: I won't be in tomorrow
- Walter Abrams: Then the next day
- Brandon Lang: We'll talk about it
- Brandon Lang: [Brandon ignores Walter and leaves]
- Walter Abrams: We need a bat light like one of those signals that shoot up into the clouds no matter where you are no matter what time of day just look up and say "hey Walter needs me" because I must have beeped you a hundred fucking times
- Brandon Lang: Who were they?
- [Sarcastically]
- Brandon Lang: the Salvation Army, how does someone go one for eight? A fucking monkey tossing darts could do better
- Brandon Lang: What's with all the money?
- Walter Abrams: I got a plan, we take all your picks we reverse them like one of those twilight zone episodes where everything is the opposite you say "black" we go white
- Brandon Lang: How much is there?
- Walter Abrams: [Holding up stacks of cash] peanuts, two hundred seventy five thousand that's how desperate I am
- Brandon Lang: What happen to the two million?
- Walter Abrams: Two million? I was carrying twice that in red ink before you even showed up, look around you everything you see is smoking mirrors I got three mortgages on this house what do you want to know? I'm gambling again
- Jerry: [on the set of Walter's television show] I think I should lead off tonight I got some real strong stuff man
- Walter Abrams: You got a good hole, stay in it
- Jerry: Come on I went eight for twelve last week I'm hot I'm feeling it
- Walter Abrams: You have one good weekend don't get pushy
- Jerry: One good weekend? Sykes System revolutionized this industry am I wood?
- [Shows a newspaper ad about Brandon]
- Jerry: where's my fucking ad?
- Walter Abrams: [Grabs the newspaper out of Jerry's hand and slams it down on the table] take a hike
- Jerry: What?
- Walter Abrams: You're fired you're gone
- Jerry: I'm not fired you need me more than ever
- Walter Abrams: Get out of here you cut rate parasite
- Walter Abrams: [inside Walter's office] There's half a dozen games left I want you to watch every second of every minute of every one of them so sit down, you know how you go three and eleven don't you? You go three and eleven when you make Sunday's picks on Tuesdays it rains in Cincinnati on Saturday two starting quarterbacks never got to play, that's how you go three and eleven, you're a handicapper not a psychic
- Brandon Lang: We still got Monday night parlay
- Walter Abrams: Fuck Monday night fuck the parlay this isn't about that it's not about me it's about the commission thing
- Brandon Lang: I don't know about that
- Walter Abrams: Don't bullshit me, I'm going to bump you ten percent ok? You earned it this is dangerous territory we're getting into, you understand that? But I'm going to bump you now talk to me about Monday night because everyone and I mean everyone is going to double down after the hole you just put them in
- Walter Abrams: I'm looking for a car for my friend
- Mercedes Dealer: Let's see what we can do, Mr. Anthony?
- Brandon Lang: [while posing as John Anthony] Yes sir
- Mercedes Dealer: Do you have any credit?
- Brandon Lang: [amused] No
- Mercedes Dealer: [to Walter] of course not, I don't know, can you trust him?
- Walter Abrams: With my wife: NAKED
- Mercedes Dealer: [to Brandon] In that case the floor is yours