“Most gamblers, when they go to gamble, they go to win. When we go to gamble, we go to lose. Even when we win it's just a matter of time before we give it all back.”
Al Pacino - Walter

When we lose, that's another story. I'm talking about the kind of loss that makes your asshole pucker to the size of a decimal point. You've just recreated the worst possible nightmare this side of malignant cancer and you're standing there and you suddenly realise "Hey, I'm still here. I'm still breathing. I'm still alive".

Al Pacino - Walter

“- Kate: You lost your birthright... in one hand of poker.
- Luc Teyssier: I'm an asshole, what can I tell you?
- Kate: Uh-huh. So that's why he hates you and you hate him.
- Luc Teyssier: Oui... that and I slept with his wife.”

Meg Ryan - Kate
Kevin Kline - Luc Teyssier

“In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.”
Robert De Niro - Sam "Ace" Rothstein

“- Curtis: Next time you quit when I say it's time.
- Gerry: Some guys are born to lose.”
Ryan Reynolds - Curtis
Ben Mendelsohn - Gerry