Famous lines from Margin Call (2011)

The lines

19 lines. Famous lines like these turn up in the daily game.

• Your CV.Sarah Robertson

• Yeah, sure.Will Emerson

• I was. Yeah.Peter Sullivan

• My background?Peter Sullivan

• You think we're wrong?Seth Bregman

• But is this your draft?Sarah Robertson

• What's your background?Sarah Robertson

• … No. They're all fucked.Will Emerson

• How did you spend it all?Peter Sullivan

• So, you're a rocket scientist?Jared Cohen

• Two and a half million goes quickly?Seth Bregman

• Interesting. How did you end up here?Jared Cohen

• What is a specialty in propulsion, exactly?Jared Cohen

• Will? Did you really make two and a half million last year?Peter Sullivan

• Yes. Again, expanded on the original work by Mr. Dale. But, yes.Peter Sullivan

• It goes quite quickly. You know, you learn to spend what's in your pocket.Will Emerson

• My thesis was studying the ways that friction ratios affect steering outcomes in aeronautical use under reduced gravity loads.Peter Sullivan

• Well, it's all just numbers, really. Just changing what you're adding up, and, to speak freely, the money here is considerably more attractive.Peter Sullivan

• I've been with the firm for two and a half years, working with Eric that whole time. But I hold a doctorate in engineering, specialty in propulsion, from MIT, with a bachelor's from Penn.Peter Sullivan