Nightcrawler (2014) - Quotes

The Morality of Filming Tragedy

Detective Fronteiri: You filmed him dying.

Lou Bloom: That's my job. That's what I do. I like to say if you're seeing me you're having the worst day of your life.

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Bargaining Power and Employee Trust Issues

Rick Garcia: You saw him. You saw him.

Lou Bloom: I can't jeopardize my businesses success for an untrustworthy employee

Rick Garcia: You're crazy. You're crazy.

Lou Bloom: You abused my bargaining power; you would've done it again.

Rick Garcia: I don't know. I don't know.

Lou Bloom: I know, I know.

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Timing the Call to Authorities

Rick Garcia: You gotta call the cops.

Lou Bloom: And we will. At the right time.

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The Ethics of Professionalism in Journalism

Rick Garcia: Hey man, don't film that! He's one of us!

Lou Bloom: Not anymore, Rick. We're professionals - he's a sale

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Initiative and Job Security in the Workplace

Rick Garcia: What's going on? What happened in there?!

Lou Bloom: You should've walked in and looked, Rick, if you're half-curious -- that's what I'm paying you to do! You need to show initiative. There is no better way to achieve job security than by making yourself an indispensable employee.

Rick Garcia: I heard gunshots!

Lou Bloom: All the more reason! You might've helped me, you might've learned a new skill that made you more useful and put us on a track toward growth!

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Questioning Intentions in a Confrontation

Detective Lieberman: Can we come in?

Lou Bloom: Do you want to?

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Breaking News and Missed Connections

Nina Romina: In the future if you don't have anything, man up and stop dodging my calls.

Lou Bloom: I have something, triple murder in Granada Hills.

Nina Romina: That's just breaking now.

Lou Bloom: I got there before the cops.

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The Nature of Friendship and Expectations

Nina Romina: Friends don't pressure friends to fucking sleep with them.

Lou Bloom: Actually that's not true, because as you know, Nina, a friend is a gift you give yourself.

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The Dynamics of Business Relationships

Lou Bloom: You don't work with me, you're someone I sell to.

Nina Romina: And I don't wanna fuck that up.

Lou Bloom: What if by saying no you fuck it up?

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Sensationalism in News Broadcasting

Nina Romina: ...think of our newscast as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut.

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A Commitment to Shared Actions and Integrity

Lou Bloom: You may be confused at times, and other times unsure. But remember -- I will never ask you to do anything that I wouldn't do myself.

Contemplating Personal Disconnection and Its Consequences

Lou Bloom: What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people but that I don't like them? What if I was the kind of person who was obliged to hurt you for this? I mean physically. I think you'd have to believe afterward, if you could, that agreeing to participate and then backing out at the critical moment was a mistake. Because that's what I'm telling you, as clearly as I can.

Confrontation and Detachment in Lou Bloom's Mindset

Lou Bloom: I feel like grabbing you by your ears right now and screaming, "I'm not fucking interested". Instead, I'm going to drive home and do some accounting.

Ambition and Control in Business Relationships

Lou Bloom: The name of my company is Video Production News, a professional news-gathering service. That's how it should be read and that's how it should be said. I also want to go to the next rung and meet your team, and the station manager, and the director, and the anchors, and start developing my own personal relationships. I'd like to start meeting them this morning. You'll take me around and you'll introduce me as the owner and president of Video Production News, and remind them of some of many other stories. I'm not done. I also want to stop our discussion over prices. This will save time. So when I say that a particular number is my lowest price, that's my lowest price and you can be assured that I arrived at whatever that number is very carefully. Now, when I say that I want these things, I mean that I want them, and I don't want to have to ask again. And the last thing that I want, Nina, is for you to do the things that I ask you to do when we're alone together in your apartment. Not like the last time.

Understanding the Nature of Fear

Lou Bloom: Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

The Importance of Motivation in Pursuit

Lou Bloom: Why you pursue something is as important as what you pursue.

The Value of Hard Work and Persistence

Lou Bloom: Excuse me, sir? I'm looking for a job. In fact, I've made up my mind to find a career I can learn and grow into. Who am I? I'm a hard worker, I set high goals, and I've been told that I am persistent. Now, I'm not fooling myself, sir. Having been raised with the self-esteem movement so popular in schools, I used to expect my needs to be considered. But I know that today's work culture no longer caters to the job loyalty that could be promised to earlier generations. What I believe, sir, is that good things come to those who work their asses off and that good people -- such as yourself -- who reached the top of the mountain didn't just fall there. My motto is: If you want to win the lottery, you have to make the money to buy a ticket.