"You'll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is, uh... how much more enjoyable it is to win. It's inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it."

"Once you find something good Max, you need to take care of it. You need to let it grow."

"Giannina Facio - Maitre D'"

"Daniel Mays - Bert, the doorman"

"Kenneth Cranham - Sir Nigel"

"Archie Panjabi - Gemma"

"Richard Coyle - Amis"

"Rafe Spall - Kenny"

"Tom Hollander - Charlie Willis"

"Freddie Highmore - Young Max Skinner"

"Isabelle Candelier - Ludivine Duflot"

"Didier Bourdon - Francis Duflot"

"Abbie Cornish - Christie Roberts"

"Marion Cotillard - Fanny Chenal"

"Albert Finney - Uncle Henry"

"Russell Crowe - Max Skinner"

"Sometimes it takes a change of scenery to have a change of heart."

"Everything matures... eventually."

"[getting in the wrong side of the car] Bollocks!"

"I shall have an Eclipse.I'm too impatient to be a wine lover.If I'm gonna get drunk, I don't want to spend all night doing it."

"What is it, Major Lawrence, that attracts you, personally, to the desert?... Its clean. I like it because its clean!"

"Uh, yes. I'm the temporary custodian of the lime green roller skate, but its a hired car, a rental. It's not for sale."

"[To Fanny Chenal] Hello. Oh no, don't worry about me. I'm...I'm the pool man. I do this every Thursday, its just routine maintenance. Its been lovely chatting to you. And,and you are a spectacular vision... Any chance for a rope or a ladder?"

"Such a lovely tie. Do tell your mother I admire her taste."

"Francis, I'm a banker. I have no imagination."

"I would like a lifetime spent with an irrational and suspicious goddess, some short-tempered jealousy on the side, and a bottle of wine that tastes like you, a glass that's never empty."

"Kenny, why don't you go and find some small animals to hurt? I know, find a poodle and punt it off the balcony."

"Morning lab rats."

"MacDonalds is in Avignon, fish and chips in Marseille. Allez."

"Brian Howe – Jay Twistle"

"Joe Nunez – Driver Who Hits Chris"

"Domenic Bove – Tim Ribbon"

"Cecil Williams – Reverend Williams"

"Takayo Fischer – Mrs. Chu"

"Kurt Fuller – Walter Ribbon"

"Dan Castellaneta – Alan Frakesh"

"James Karen – Martin Frohm"

"Thandie Newton – Linda"

"Jaden Smith – Christopher"

"Will Smith – Chris Gardner"

"The important thing about that freedom train, is it's got to climb mountains. We ALL have to climb mountains, you know. Mountains that go way up high, and mountains that go deep and low. Yes, we know what those mountains are here at Glide. We sing about them."

"Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "No thanks, God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "No thanks, God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two big boats, you dummy!""

"[To a man with a sports car] I just have two questions for you: What do you do, and how do you do it?"

"It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?"

"There's no such thing as making too much money or taking too many risks."

"Where would you turn? How far would you go? How hard will you fall?"

"Motion creates Emotion!"

"Anyone who says that money is the root to all evil, doesn't have it."

"Broker: [over the phone] I know you're not standing on your front porch with a bag of money waiting for me to call you. But I'm not some 18-year-old selling a cure for AIDS. I'm 46 years old, I have 22 years market experience, I know this business. So pick up your skirt, grab your balls, and lets go make some money"

"[to Seth] I spoke to Howard Goldberg over at Prudential, you lied again you unbelievable piece of shit, you lied to all of us, tell me about J.T. Marlin, it's a chop shop Seth, you've selling their shit all this time, how many people have you fucked over? All that bullshit about how their business works? "The great training program", remember? "All the profits you made for your customers", did you do anything for them? Did you make them any money at all? I'm done with you Seth, this it, I've had it with you, I don't ever want to see you again, I don't want you to come by the house, I don't you to call, this is worse than the casino, you've been stealing, you're destroying people's lives."