Sydney Pollack Quotes

Marty Bach Oh, for chrissake. Don Jeffries signed this? That's really his signature?

Karen Crowder M-hm.

Marty Bach Where's the original?

Karen Crowder We had a warehouse fire five years ago. We lost a number of documents.

George Fields I begged you to get therapy.

John Van Horne Does Jeff know?

Ron Carlisle I knew there was a reason she didn't like me!

Marty Bach Marty Bach, how can I help you?

Bridget Klein Marty, hi. It's Bridget Klein. Look, we're going with a story tomorrow about a settlement in the U-North defoliant case. You wanna comment?

Marty Bach Case you're referring to is now, as it has been for the past six years, pending and unresolved. Till such time as our client has their day in court or the plaintiffs come to their senses and drop the suit, I'll have nothing of value to tell you.

Bridget Klein Come on, Marty, you're closing the U-North case. You're settling. I know that, okay? I know you're up there with, like, 600 people jamming this thing through.

Marty Bach Yeah, here's what I know: your deadline was twenty minutes ago, so you're either fishing for a story, or trying to get out of writing a retraction. In either case, I wish you the best of luck.

Michael Clayton What if Arthur was onto something?

Marty Bach What do you mean? Onto what?

Michael Clayton U-North. What if he wasn't crazy? What if he was right?

Marty Bach Right about what? We're on the wrong side?

Michael Clayton Wrong side, wrong way. Anything. All of it.

Marty Bach This is news? This case reeked from day one. Fifteen years in, I gotta tell you how we pay the rent?

Michael Clayton But what would they do? What would they do if he went public?

Marty Bach What would they do? Are you fucking soft? They're doing it! We don't straighten this settlement out in the next twenty-four hours, they're gonna withhold nine million dollars in fees. Then they're gonna pull out the video of Arthur doing his flashdance in Milwaukee. They're gonna sue us for legal malpractice. Except there won't be anything for them to win, because by then, the merger with London will be dead, and we'll be selling off the goddamn furniture!

Marty Bach That's eighty. We're calling it a bonus. You've got a three year contract, that's your current numbers. That's assuming this all works out.