The Game (1997)
Michael Douglas: Nicholas Van Orton
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Quotes
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Nicholas : [leveling gun at carjacker] I am extremely fragile right now.
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Nicholas : So, you've played recently?
New Member Ted : Oh, about a year ago. I was working in Los Angeles.
Nicholas : I hear the London office is very good, too. It just sounds like a lot of fantasy, role-playing nonsense.
New Member Ted : [leans in] You wanna know what it is? What it's all about?
[Nicholas leans closer]
New Member Ted : John 9:25.
Nicholas : I... haven't been to Sunday school in a long time.
New Member Ted : 'Whereas once I was blind, now I can see.'
[rises]
New Member Ted : Good night, Nicholas. Best of luck.
Nicholas : Good night.
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Nicholas : I don't care about the money. I'm pulling back the curtain. I want to meet the wizard.
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Conrad : This is for you.
Nicholas : You shouldn't have.
Conrad : What do you get for the man who has... everything?
Nicholas : [reading card] "Consumer Recreation Services." Well, I do have golf clubs.
Conrad : Call that number.
Nicholas : Why?
Conrad : Make your life... fun.
Nicholas : Fun.
Conrad : You know what that is... uh, you've seen other people have it.
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Nicholas : You don't know anything about society, Marie; you don't have the satisfaction of avoiding it.
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Nicholas : [In the stopped elevator] I'll give you a boost.
Christine : You first.
Nicholas : This isn't an attempt to be gallant. If I don't lift you, how are you going to get there?
Christine : You pull me up.
Nicholas : It's much easier this way. Come on, step up...
Christine : No.
Nicholas : Please...
Christine : I'm not wearing underwear. Okay? There, I said it. Satisfied?
Nicholas : [Looks at her skirt] Oh. Fine.
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Daniel Schorr : [on TV] There's a tiny camera looking at you right now.
Nicholas : That's impossible.
Daniel Schorr : You're right, impossible. You're having a conversation with your television.
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Nicholas : And you really believe that just because you publish children's books, people are going to care about my reputation? You can have pictures of me wearing nipple rings, butt-fucking Captain Kangaroo. The only thing they care about is the stock and whether that stock is up or down!
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Nicholas : Seymour Butts. Never get tired of that one.
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Nicholas : No, what is this? What are you... selling?
Jim Feingold : Oh. It's a game.
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Nicholas : I'm being toyed with by a bunch of depraved children
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Nicholas : Did I have a choice? Did I have a choice?
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Nicholas : [when he and Christine wind up in composters] Dinner for two, please.
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Elizabeth : Have you had a nice birthday?
Nicholas Van Orton : Does Rose Kennedy have a black dress?