Too Big to Fail (film)

"We're late. We've been late on everything."

"I spent my entire academic career studying the Great Depression. The depression may have started because of a stock market crash, but what hit the general economy was a disruption of credit. Average citizens unable to borrow money, to do anything. To buy a home, start a business, stock their shelves. Credit has the ability to build a modern economy, but lack of credit has the ability to destroy it, swiftly and absolutely. If we do not act, boldly and immediately, we will replay the depression of the 1930s, only this time it will be... far, far worse. We don't do this now, we won't have an economy on Monday."

"I don't really understand why there needs to be so much tension about this. The country is facing the worst economy since the Great Depression. If the financial system collapses, it will take every one of you down."

"[on the housing crisis] You know, people act like we're crack dealers. Nobody put a gun to anybody's head and said, "Hey, nimrod, buy a house you can't afford, and you know what? While you're at it, put a line of credit on that baby and buy yourself a boat.""

"I've seen this before: CEOs panic and they sell out cheap. Right now, the Street's running around with its hair on fire, but the storm always passes. We stand strong, and on the other side, we'll eat Goldman's lunch."

"Jim Wilkinson: (watching Paulson's conversation with John McCain) He's not... threatening the Republican Presidential nominee, is he?"

"Nancy Pelosi: (when Paulson kneels down in front of her) Hank, I didn't know you were Catholic."

"Michele Davis: They almost bring down the U.S. economy as we know it, but we can't put restrictions on how they spend the $125 billion we're giving them because... they might not take it?"

"Timothy Geithner: I'm on the Street, Hank, and people are just going about their business. They have no idea the whole thing is about to fall down."

"Congressman Barney Frank: (reviewing the first draft of TARP) It's all for the banks. You don't want a penny for the average Joe that's about to lose his house?"

"William Hurt - Henry Paulson, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury"

"Paul Giamatti - Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve"

"Billy Crudup - Timothy Geithner, President of the New York Federal Reserve"

"Topher Grace - Jim Wilkinson, U.S. Treasury Chief of Staff"

"Ayad Akhtar - Neel Kashkari, Assistant Secretary for International Economics and Development"

"Cynthia Nixon - Michele Davis, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs"

"Peter Hermann - Christopher Cox, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission"

"Joey Slotnick - Dan Jester"

"Edward Asner - Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway"

"James Woods - Richard "Dick" Fuld, CEO, Lehman Brothers"

"John Heard - Joe Gregory, COO, Lehman Brothers"

"Amy Carlson - Erin Callan, CFO, Lehman Brothers"

"Bill Pullman - Jamie Dimon, CEO, JP Morgan Chase"

"Evan Handler - Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs"

"Tony Shalhoub - John Mack, CEO, Morgan Stanley"

"Matthew Modine - John Thain, CEO, Merrill Lynch"

"Ajay Mehta - Vikram Pandit, CEO, Citibank"

"Kathy Baker - Wendy Paulson"

"Laila Robins - Christine Lagarde, French Finance Minister"

"Margin Call (2011)"

"Game Change (2012)"

"The Big Short (2015)"