Hal Holbrook credited as playing...
Lou Mannheim
- Lou Mannheim: Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
- Lou Mannheim: Kid, you're on a roll. Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause it never does.
- Bud Fox: Just kickin' ass and takin' names, Lou.
- Lou Mannheim: Bud... Bud I like you. Just remember something. Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.
- Bud Fox: I think I understand.
- Lou Mannheim: Jesus, you can't make a buck in this market. The country's going to hell faster than when that son of a bitch Roosevelt was in charge. Too much cheap money sloshin' around in the world. Worst mistake we ever made was letting Nixon get off the gold standard.
- Lou Mannheim: Stick to the fundamentals, that's how IBM and Hilton were built... good things sometimes take time.
- Lou Mannheim: What's going on, Bud? You know something? Remember, there are no shortcuts, son. Quick-buck artists come and go with every bull market but the steady players make it through the bear markets.
- Lou Mannheim: You're a part of something here, Bud. The money you make for people creates science and research jobs. Don't sell that out.
- Bud Fox: You're right, Lou. You're right. But you gotta get to the big time first. *Then* you can be a pillar and do good things.
- Lou Mannheim: You can't get a little bit pregnant, son.