“Swimming with Sharks” quotes
(1994)
Title Swimming with Sharks
Year 1994
Director George Huang
Genre Comedy, Crime
Year 1994
Director George Huang
Genre Comedy, Crime
Plot – Powerful and sadistic Buddy Ackerman is one of the most feared Hollywood producers. Working for him is a sure key to success if you can tolerate his arrogance and megalomania. His new assistant Guy realizes that it pays to put up with the situation to get a career advancement. However, when Buddy steps over the limit, Guy kidnaps him and tortures him for revenge.
All actors – Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle Forbes, Benicio Del Toro, T.E. Russell, Roy Dotrice, Matthew Flint, Patrick Fischler, Jerry Levine, Sabryn Genet, Kyle Reed
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“Let me give you a piece of advice here. You want to make it in this business, you don't have time for a personal life, much less a relationship.”
“Your job is unfair to you? Grow up, way it goes. People use you? Life's unfair? Grow up, way it goes. Your girlfriend doesn't love you? Tough shit, way it goes. Your wife gets raped and shot, and they leave their unfinished beers, their... their stinking longnecks just lying there on the gr - So be it. Way it goes.”
“Lose the smile. It makes you look like a schmuck.”
“What are we supposed to think? A young, eager producer comes up to the house of a top executive for a midnight rendezvous? She's right, Guy, it's not what you think. She's definitely not selling Girl Scout cookies!”
“I was young too, I felt just like you. Hated authority, hated all my bosses, thought they were full of shit. Look, it's like they say, if you're not a rebel by the age of 20, you got no heart, but if you haven't turned establishment by 30, you've got no brains. Because there are no story-book romances, no fairy-tale endings. So before you run...” (continue)(continue reading)
“If they can't start a meeting without you, well, that's a meeting worth going to, isn't it? And that's the only kind of meeting you should ever concern yourselves with.”
“Don't apologise. It's a sign of weakness.”
“You're happy. I hate that!”
“This is not a business, this is show business. Punching below the belt is not only all right, it's rewarded.”
“You have no brain. No judgement calls are necessary. What you think means nothing. What you feel means nothing. You are here for me. You are here to protect my interests and to serve my needs. So, while it may look like a little thing to you, when I ask for a packet of Sweet-N-Low, that's what I want. And it's your responsibility to see that I...” (continue)(continue reading)
“You are nothing! If you were in my toilet I wouldn't bother flushing it. My bathmat means more to me than you!”
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