Lewis Rothschild He's got the whole press corps asking each other how to spell "erudite".
3rd most-quoted character in The American President (1995): in 11 of its 47 quotes
Most scenes with: A. J. MacInerney (8), President Andrew Shepherd (4), Leon Kodak (2)
You have a deeper love of this country than any man I've ever known. And I want to know what it says to you that in the past seven weeks, 59% of Americans have begun to question your patriotism.
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Lewis, however much coffee you drink in the morning, I want you to reduce it by half.
Lewis Rothschild I don't drink coffee, sir.
Then hit yourself over the head with a baseball bat.
Lewis Rothschild Who're we calling, sir?
I'm calling the organization of the United Brotherhood of It's None of Your Damn Business, Lewis. I'll be with you in a minute.
Lewis Rothschild Can I just state very clearly I can't be party to anything illegal.
Good for you, Lewis.
Lewis Rothschild You can say what you want. It's always the guy in my job that ends up doing 18 months in Danbury minimum security prison.
Lewis Rothschild I tell any girl I'm going out with to assume that all plans are soft until she receives confirmation from me thirty minutes beforehand.
And they find this romantic?
Lewis Rothschild Well, I say it with a great deal of charm.
Lewis Rothschild Mood swings? Nineteen post-graduate degrees in mathematics, and your best explanation for going from a 63 to a 46 percent approval rating in five weeks is that the country is having mood swings?
Well, I could explain it better, but then I'd need charts, and graphs, and an easel.
Guys, we haven't slept for three years. Can't we take this night off and enjoy each other as friends? It's Christmas.
Lewis Rothschild It's Christmas?
You didn't get the memo?
Lewis Rothschild Yeah, just vote your conscience, you chicken-shit lame-ass! [hangs up] We lost Jarrett.
Well, I hope so, because, you know, if that was an "undecided", then we need to work on our people skills.
Lewis Rothschild People want leadership. And in the absence of genuine leadership, they will listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership, Mr. President. They're so thirsty for it, they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.
Lewis, we've had Presidents who were beloved who couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. People don't drink the sand 'cause they're thirsty. They drink the sand 'cause they don't know the difference.
You know what this means.
Lewis Rothschild Yeah. Call the printers, we gotta rewrite the State of the Union.
Every word, kid. It's a whole new ballgame. You've got 35 minutes.
Lewis Rothschild Oh, good. I thought I was gonna be rushed.
Lewis Rothschild At least let the agents do a security sweep. We don't know who's in there!
You think there's a florist in there planning an assassination on the the off-chance that I might be stopping by?
Lewis Rothschild ...It's possible.
