Lester "Worm" Murphy I like to hide and that's part of the fun for me.
Played by Edward Norton 
Rounders (1998) · 41 quotes
Rounders (1998) · 41 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Rounders (1998): in 21 of its 41 quotes
Most scenes with: Mike McDermott (11)
Why do you think the same nine people end up at the final table at the World Series of Poker? Are they the nine luckiest guys in Vegas?
More lines from Lester "Worm" Murphy
5 quotes Lester "Worm" Murphy Lester "Worm" Murphy You know what? Stop worrying so much about me. I'm turning things around. I'm not letting anyone drop a garbage can over my head.
Lester "Worm" Murphy Wait, did [Jo] split on you? Oh god..[sees Mike's bed] Oh my god. Mike, she made off with your sheets.
Lester "Worm" Murphy You know what, Gramma? I need your ****in' charity like I need your **** in my ass, okay?
Lester "Worm" Murphy Hey! If you want to see this seventh card you're gonna stop speakin' ****in' Sputnick.
Scenes with Lester "Worm" Murphy
15 scenes
It was a real blood game over at KGB's place.
Worm You sat down with the mad Russian and he emptied your pockets??
Worm Just like the saying says, you know? In the poker game of life, women are the rake. They are the **** rake.
What the **** are you talking about? What saying?
Worm I don't know. There oughta be one.
[before inviting Worm up to his place]
All right, listen. Things haven't been so smooth on the homefront, so tone it down a litte, alright?
Worm Tone down what, mother****er?
Great, nevermind..
Zegoush
Hey, Worm. They allow people like you into places like this?
Worm You know what? Zegoush, when you get yourself a job then you can be my ****in' P.O.
Worm [to Mike]
I want to talk to you. Let's get some soup.
Joey Look who he's treatin' to a free meal. Don't let that MSG **** up your head more than it is, Mikey.
Worm You know what? You keep grinding out that rent money, Joe. That's noble work you're doing.
So, uh, Nick the Greek, what's with kiting my checks?
Worm I'm on empty.
How much was the hooker?
Worm Mike, please! "Relaxation therapist!"
Worm Hey, you know what cheers me up when I'm feeling shitty?
What?
Worm Rolled-up aces over kings.
Is that right?
Worm Check-raising stupid tourists and taking huge pots off of them.
Yeah?
Worm Stacks and towers of checks I can't even see over. Playing all-night, high-limit Hold'em at the Taj, "where the sand turns to gold."
**** it, let's go.
Worm Don't tease me.
Let's play some **** cards!
Worm C'mon. I'll play you "Horse". Fifty bucks a letter.
[tosses basketball to Mike]
Yeah? When I win are you going to pay me back with my own **** money?
Worm [throws basketball back to Worm quite hard]
Woah, woah. Easy. Relax. Don't wing it, you know? Just step and throw.
Worm [tosses ball back to Mike, Mike purposefuly tosses it away from Worm]
You need to work on your accuracy, you know that?
Hooker
Hey, boys.
Worm Hi.
Hooker
You cops? You look like cops.
Worm No, we're not cops.
Hooker
You want a twirl then?
Worm No, no. We're just here to see "Grandma".
Worm [Hooker lets them in]
Jesus...
Worm Remember when we found this place, man?
Yeah, I remeber when we found this place. When you were hiding out from Tommy Manzy 'cuz you were afraid he was going to pound you into oblivion.
Worm Yeah. Now see, what did I ever do to that guy?
You **** his mother..
Worm Heh..huh huh huh..yeah but she was a good lookin' older woman. You gotta give me that.
Fifteen grand in five days, I can do that. I've gone on rushes like that before.
Worm Ah, under optimum conditions with a bank roll. Maybe, maybe. But..what do you got on you?
I got like 350.
Worm Nah, that's only 1200 between us. We mind as well play the **** lotto.
Worm O yea one more thing, I got a feelin'....
yea, what feeling is that?
Worm i know you know this feeling..you know this feeling very well..i mean you got you table all set up, your fork, your knife, your A1 sauce..
[together]
all you need is the steak.
[mike reaches for money]
You comin' up?
Worm No, I've been standin' out here all this time just to say hi.
All right, listen. Things haven't been so smooth on the home front, so tone it down a little, all right?
Worm Tone down what, mother****er?
Great. Never mind.
Worm Can you believe that? She's really got him by the balls.
Petra Is that so bad?
Worm Depends on the grip.
Worm I was trying to give us an edge.
I had them.
Worm Look, I'm sorry we got banged up, I took a shot and missed. It happens.
Happens all the time around you.
Worm And it doesn't happen to you? You're the one that flushed his whole bank roll on one hand.
Oh, **** you, man, that was different.
Worm How is that different? What makes you so **** special? Why are all your moves so smart and noble and I'm always the idiot piece of shit? You act like you're only one with any ambition.
Then what's your ambition? I don't know, you tell me.
Worm I don't know, I don't think like that.
No, you don't think.
Worm No, I don't think like you, you always think you can beat the game straight up. That's not me, and I'm always going to look for that edge, always.
Alright, what's the edge now? We owe fifteen grand in a day and we're broke, what the **** do we do?
Worm That's easy, we get the **** outta Dodge. We go on the road, we stay out of the city for a bit, this will all blow over.
Not a chance am I gonna live that way. You call Grama, you get him to stake me.
Worm ...we're not just dealing with Grama.
You said Grama was on his own. You said Grama was on his own!
Worm KGB bankrolled him.
Worm Yeah. So no fooling around, it's highway time.
