The Big Short

Margot Robbie: [In a bubble bath with a glass of champagne] Basically, Lewis Ranieri's mortgage bonds were amazingly profitable for the big banks. They made billions and billions on their 2% fee they got for selling each of these bonds. But then, they started running out of mortgages to put in them. After all, there are only so many homes and so many people with good enough jobs to buy them, right? So, the banks started filling these bonds with riskier and riskier mortgages. [Butler pours more champagne into her glass] (Thank you, Benjamin) That way, they can keep that profit machine churning, alright? By the way, these risky mortgages are called "subprime." So, whenever you hear the word "subprime," think "shit." Our friend, Michael Burry, found out that these mortgage bonds that were supposedly 65% AAA, were actually just, mostly, full of shit, so now, he's going to "short" the bonds, which means "to bet against." Got it? Good...[Takes a sip of champagne] Now, fuck off. Lawrence Fiel

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Rabbi: Paul is a fine boy, and Mark is an excellent student of the Torah and the Talmud. Mrs. Baum: Then what's the problem, Rabbi? Rabbi: It's the reason Mark is studying so hard: he's looking for inconsistencies in the word of God! Mrs. Baum: ...So has he found any?

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Danny Moses: You're completely sure of the math? Jared Vennett: Look at him, that's my quant. Mark Baum: Your what? Jared Vennett: My quantitative. My math specialist. Look at him, you notice anything different about him? Look at his face. Mark Baum: That's pretty racist. Jared Vennett: Look at his eyes. I'll give you a hint, his name is Yang. He won a national math competition in China; he doesn't even speak English! Yeah, I'm sure of the math. Jiang: [To the camera] Actually, my name's "Jiang", and I do speak English. Jared likes to say I don't, because he thinks it makes me seem more "authentic." And... I placed 2nd in that national math competition.

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Jared Vennett: [pulling blocks from a Jenga tower] As, zero. Bs, zero. Double Bs, zero. Triple Bs, zero... [the tower topples] And then that happens. Mark Baum: What is that? Jared Vennett: That's America's housing market. Jared Vennett: Thank you. Chris: Fuckin' A, Jared. Jared Vennett: Shut your fuckin' mouth.

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Mark Baum: I don't get it. Why are they confessing? Danny Moses: They're not confessing. Porter Collins: They're bragging.

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Mark Baum: It's time to call bullshit. Vinnie Daniel: Bullshit on what? Mark Baum: Every-fucking-thing.

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