Bryan Woodman Beirut, it's great! It's like the Paris of the Middle East.
Played by Matt Damon 
Syriana (2005) · 18 quotes
Syriana (2005) · 18 quotes
Most-quoted character in Syriana (2005): in 7 of its 18 quotes
A line from Bryan Woodman [to Prince Nasir Al-Subaai]But what do you need a financial advisor for? Twenty years ago you had the highest GNP in the world, now you're tied with Albania. So, good job. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, followed closely by dates for which you lose five cents a pound. You know what the business world thinks of you? They think a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each other's heads off and that's exactly where you'll be in another hundred years- so on behalf of my firm, yes, I accept your money.
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3 quotes Bryan Woodman Bryan Woodman Great. How much for my other kid?
Bryan Woodman [to Prince Nasir Al-Subaai]
What are they thinking *hah*? What are they thinking? They're thinking that it's running out. It's running out, and 90% of what's left is in the Middle East. Look at the progression: Versailles, Suez, 1973, Gulf War 1, Gulf War 2. This is a fight to the death. So what are THEY thinking? Great! They're thinking keep playing, keep buying yourself new toys, keep spending $50,000 a night on your hotel room, but don't invest in your infrastructure... don't build a real economy. So that when you finally wake up, they will have sucked you dry, and you will have squandered the greatest natural resource in history.
Scenes with Bryan Woodman
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What are they thinking, my brother and these American lawyers?
Bryan Woodman What are they thinking? They're thinking that it's running out. It's running out... and ninety percent of what's left is in the Middle East. This is a fight to the death.
Julie Woodman
Arabs are very family-oriented. As a people. Is that racist?
Bryan Woodman Sure! A little.
Bryan Woodman Do you understand what that means, it's like someone put a giant ATM on our front lawn.
Julie Woodman
Here's a question. How do you think it looks to profit off the death of your six year old?
Bryan Woodman (pause)
**** you.
