Lou Bloom quotes from Nightcrawler (2014)

Excuse me, sir? I'm looking for a job. In fact, I've made up my mind to find a career I can learn and grow into. Who am I? I'm a hard worker, I set high goals, and I've been told that I am persistent. Now, I'm not fooling myself, sir. Having been raised with the self-esteem movement so popular in schools, I used to expect my needs to be considered. But I know that today's work culture no longer caters to the job loyalty that could be promised to earlier generations. What I believe, sir, is that good things come to those who work their asses off and that good people -- such as yourself -- who reached the top of the mountain didn't just fall there. My motto is: If you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

The name of my company is Video Production News, a professional news-gathering service. That's how it should be read and that's how it should be said. I also want to go to the next rung and meet your team, and the station manager, and the director, and the anchors, and start developing my own personal relationships. I'd like to start meeting them this morning. You'll take me around and you'll introduce me as the owner and president of Video Production News, and remind them of some of many other stories. I'm not done. I also want to stop our discussion over prices. This will save time. So when I say that a particular number is my lowest price, that's my lowest price and you can be assured that I arrived at whatever that number is very carefully. Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them, and I don't want to have to ask again. And the last thing that I want, Nina, is for you to do the things that I ask you to do when we're alone together in your apartment. Not like the last time.

I feel like grabbing you by your ears right now and screaming, "I'm not **** interested". Instead, I'm going to drive home and do some accounting.

What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people but that I don't like them? What if I was the kind of person who was obliged to hurt you for this? I mean physically. I think you'd have to believe afterward, if you could, that agreeing to participate and then backing out at the critical moment was a mistake. Because that's what I'm telling you, as clearly as I can.

You may be confused at times, and other times unsure. But remember -- I will never ask you to do anything that I wouldn't do myself.

You don't work with me, you're someone I sell to.

Nina Romina

And I don't wanna **** that up.

What if by saying no you **** it up?

Nina Romina

Friends don't pressure friends to **** sleep with them.

Actually that's not true, because as you know, Nina, a friend is a gift you give yourself.

Nina Romina

In the future if you don't have anything, man up and stop dodging my calls.

I have something, triple murder in Granada Hills.

Nina Romina

That's just breaking now.

I got there before the cops.

Can we come in?

Do you want to?

What's going on? What happened in there?!

You should've walked in and looked, Rick, if you're half-curious -- that's what I'm paying you to do! You need to show initiative. There is no better way to achieve job security than by making yourself an indispensable employee.

I heard gunshots!

All the more reason! You might've helped me, you might've learned a new skill that made you more useful and put us on a track toward growth!

Hey man, don't film that! He's one of us!

Not anymore, Rick. We're professionals - he's a sale

You gotta call the cops.

And we will. At the right time.

You saw him. You saw him.

I can't jeopardize my businesses success for an untrustworthy employee

You're crazy. You're crazy.

You abused my bargaining power; you would've done it again.

I don't know. I don't know.

I know, I know.

You filmed him dying.

That's my job. That's what I do. I like to say if you're seeing me you're having the worst day of your life.