Ben Affleck's speech to the new recruits is very similar to a speech given by Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Affleck took over Baldwin's The Hunt for Red October (1990) role in The Sum of All Fears (2002), appeared with Baldwin in Pearl Harbor (2001), and played Baldwin on an episode of Saturday Night Live.
Boiler Room Quotes
May 10, 2020 The Boiler Room Ben Affleck Speech Category: Uncategorized In this edition of let’s take a study break presented by docren.com, Jim Young (Ben Affleck) a senior broker and head of HR at JT Marlin gives one of the realest first day on the job speeches in cinematic history to a group of unsuspecting brokers. Ben Affleck’s ‘Boiler Room’ Speech. An awesome speech by the head of an investment bank / broking firm in the movie “Boiler Room”. One of the best I’ve ever heard. Ben Affleck in Boiler Room – Speech – Video. Text Transcript. Here’s the deal. I’m not here to waste your time. I hope you’re not here to waste mine. Jan 25, 2019 Boiler Room is a 2000 American drama film about a college dropout who, attempting to win back his father's high standards, gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm. The job puts him on the fast track to success, but it might not be as legitimate as it once appeared to be. Written and directed by Ben Younger. Ben Affleck's speech in Boiler Room. Subtitles; Subtitles info; Activity; Edit subtitles Follow. 0:00 - 0:02 Yeah group interview, my ass. 0:02 - 0:05 It was like a Hitler Youth rally in retrospect. 0:05 - 0:08 The guy who pitched us, Jim Young, was the head recruiter there.
Year 2000
Director Ben Younger
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
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“Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn't fucking have any.”
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I ran casino. I've got to figure what I'm going to do next because I'm not a lottery winner. I tried 'slinging crack rock' and I never had a jump shot, I've got to find a job.
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“What do you mean, you're gonna pass. Alan, the only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks and I don't see a number on your back.”Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis
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“They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the fucking smile on my face. Ear to ear, baby.”
Ben Affleck - Jim Young -
“There is no such thing as a no sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made.”
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“- Greg Weinstein: Even though you're not actually selling stock yet, I want you to remember the code we have here, okay? Did you see Glengarry Glen Ross?
- Seth Davis: Yeah.
- Greg Weinstein: Okay, do you remember 'ABC'?
- Seth Davis: Yeah. 'Always be closing'.
- Greg Weinstein: That's right. 'Always be closing'. 'Telling's not selling'. That's...” (continue)(continue reading)
Giovanni Ribisi - Greg Weinstein
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“I read this article a while back that said that Microsoft employs more millionaire secretaries than any other company in the world. They took stock options over Christmas bonuses. It was a good move. I remember there was this photograph of one of the groundskeepers next to his Ferrrari.”
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“Looking back the casino was the most legitimate business I had running, I looked my customers in the eye and I provided a service they wanted, now I don't even look my customers in the eye and I push them something they never asked for.”Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis
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“- Greg Weinstein: There's two rules you have to remember as a trainee, number one: we don't pitch the bitch here.
- Seth Davis: What?
- Greg Weinstein: We don't sell stock to women.”
- Greg Weinstein
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“I had a very strong work ethic. The problem was my ethics in work.”
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“- Seth Davis: FCC regulations state that maximum rip allowed is five percent allowed and we're making four times that.
- Chris Varick: You just passed your Series Seven and now you're an inspector? Aren't you happy with the way things are going?
- Seth Davis: Yeah I am, I'm just curious, you're not curious?
- Chris Varick: Not at all, I like...” (continue)(continue reading)
Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis
Vin Diesel - Chris Varick
A few weeks ago we were having a discussion on Twitter about the greatest finance movies. Here’s the list we came up with:
- The Big Short
- Trading Places
- Wall Street
- Boiler Room
- Margin Call
- The Wolf of Wall Street
Someone then had the bright idea to recommend Michael and I re-watch some of these classics to see how well (or poorly) they aged, discuss how realistic they are/were, and talk about how things have changed in the markets since they came out.
For the first one, we decided to check out Boiler Room, the late-1990s/early-2000s movie about the old school chop shop commission-based brokerage firms who ripped off their clients.
We discuss:
- How many millionaires did Microsoft produce in the 1990s?
- Can you believe people used to actually buy stocks from people who cold-called them on the phone?
- Did people really pay $2/share for stock commissions?
- What’s Vin Diesel’s real name?
- Is Ben Affleck’s speech one of his all-time acting performances?
- Would Matt Damon have made this movie much better as the star?
- Why selling is so important in finance.
- Is Boiler Room better than The Wolf of Wall Street?
- How normal people view the finance industry and much more.
Listen here:
Ben Affleck Boiler Room Speech Closing
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