There Will Be Blood (2007)

Charles Thomas Doyle: J.J. Carter

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• H.M. Tilford : We'll make you a millionaire while you're sitting here from one minute to the next.

  Daniel Plainview : What else would I do with myself?

  H.M. Tilford : You asking me?

  Daniel Plainview : What else would I do with myself?

  H.M. Tilford : Take care of your son. I don't know what you would do.

  Daniel Plainview : If you were me and Standard offered to buy what you had for a million dollars, why? So, why?

  H.M. Tilford : You know why.

  Daniel Plainview : Yeah, you fellows just scratch around in the dirt and find it like the rest of us instead of buying up someone else's hard work.

  J.J. Carter : [defensively]  I've scratched around the dirt, son.

  Daniel Plainview : You gonna change your shipping costs?

  H.M. Tilford : We don't dictate shipping costs. That's railroad business.

  Daniel Plainview : O-oh! You don't own the railroads? Course you do. Of course you do.

  H.M. Tilford : Where you gonna put it all? Where? Build a pipeline, make a deal with Union Oil? Be my guest, but if you can't pull it off, you've got an ocean of oil under your feet, with nowhere to go. Why not turn it over to us? We'll make you rich. You spend time with your boy. It's a great discovery. Now let us help you.

  Daniel Plainview : [after a long pause]  D'you just tell me how to run my family?

  H.M. Tilford : It might be more important now that you've proven the field and we're offering to buy you out.

  Daniel Plainview : [stares at Tilford for a long moment]  One night, I'm gonna come to you, inside of your house, wherever you're sleeping, and I'm gonna cut your throat.

  H.M. Tilford : What? What are you taking about? Have you gone crazy, Daniel?

  Daniel Plainview : Did you hear what I said?

  H.M. Tilford : I heard what you said. Why did you say it?

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me about my son.

  H.M. Tilford : Why are you acting insane and threatening to cut my throat?

  Daniel Plainview : You don't tell me about my son.

  H.M. Tilford : I'm not telling you anything! I'm asking you to be reasonable. If I've offended you, I apologize.

  Daniel Plainview : [leans towards him]  You'll see what I can do.