The Player

Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same.

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June Gudmundsdottir: I don't go to movies. Griffin Mill: Why not? June Gudmundsdottir: Life is too short.

The Player (film), CC BY-SA 4.0

Griffin Mill: It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully. June Gudmundsdottir: What elements? Griffin Mill: Suspense, laughter, violence. Hope, heart, nudity, sex. Happy endings. Mainly happy endings. June Gudmundsdottir: What about reality?

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Larry Levy: I'll be there right after my AA meeting. Griffin Mill: Oh Larry, I didn't realize you had a drinking problem. Larry Levy: Well I don't really, but that's where all the deals are being made these days.

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Griffin Mill: [Asked to look at police mug shots] Um, no. I - I mean, I - You're putting me in a terrible position here. I would - I would hate to get the wrong person arrested. Detective Susan Avery: Oh, please! This is Pasadena. We do not arrest the wrong person. That's L.A.!

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Detective Susan Avery: Mr. Mill, have you been going to detective school? Griffin Mill: No, actually, we're doing a... a movie right now, called Lonely Room, and Scott Glenn plays a detective much like yourself. Detective Susan Avery: Is he a black woman?

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