“Fuck you. That’s my name. You know why, mister? You drove a Hyundai to get here. I drove an eighty-thousand dollar BMW. THAT’S my name. And your name is you’re wanting. You can’t play in the man’s game, you can’t close them – go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fucking faggots? A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing. ALWAYS BE CLOSING. A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention – Do I have you attention? Interest – Are you interested? I know you are, because it’s fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision – Have you made your decision, for Christ? And Action. A-I-D-A. Get out there – you got the prospects coming in. You think they came in to get out of the rain? A guy don’t walk on the lot lest he wants to buy. They’re sitting out there waiting to give you their money. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? You see this watch? You see this watch? That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much’d you make? You see pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing. Nice guy? I don’t give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna work here – close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can’t take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don’t like it, leave. _I_ can go out there tonight with the materials you’ve got and make myself $15,000. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU? Go and do likewise. A-I-D-A. Get mad you son of a bitches. get mad. You want to know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes BRASS BALLS to sell real estate. Go and do likewise gents. Money’s out there. You pick it up, it’s yours. You don’t, I got no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those sits tonight and close, CLOSE. It’s yours. If not you’re gonna be shining my shoes. And you know what you’ll be saying – a bunch of losers sittin’ around in a bar. ‘Oh yeah. I used to be a salesman. It’s a tough racket.’ These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. And to you they’re gold, and you don’t get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. They’re for closers. I’d wish you good luck but you wouldn’t know what to do with it if you got it. And to answer you question, pal, why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser.”
– Blake (Alec Baldwin), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), screenplay by David Mamet, based on his play
The Daily Dialogue theme this week is notable monologues, suggested by OutOfContext. The Glengarry Glen Ross suggestion is from Joe P. Tone .
Fantastic. Easily my favourite monologue ever.
ON THE WATERFRONT,
by Bud Schulberg
Father Barry (Karl Malden)
FATHER BARRY
I came down here to keep a promise. I gave Kayo my word that if he stood up to the mob I'd stand up with him all the way. Now
Kayo Nolan is dead. He was one of those fellows who had the gift of getting up. But this time they fixed him good unless it was an accident like Big Mac says.
Pop, Moose, and some of the others glare at Big Mac, who chews his
tobacco sullenly. Some of the others snicker "accident."
FATHER BARRY
Some people think the Crucifixion
only took place on Calvary. They better wise up. Taking Joey Doyle's life to stop him from
testifying is a crucifixion Dropping a sling on Kayo Nolan because he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow that's a crucifixion. Every time the
mob puts the crusher on a good man-tries to stop him from doing his duty as a citizen- it's a crucifixion.
CLOSE ON TERRY
Voice of Father Barry continues.
FATHER BARRY
And anybody who sits around and lets it happen,keeps silent about something he knows has happened shares the guilt of it just as much as the Roman soldier who pierced the flesh of Our Lord to see if He was dead.