In the western restaurant, the Russell and his wife left the table.
Mike:Who are these people?
AL:Ordinary people under extraordinary pressure,Mike.What the hell you expect,grace and consistency?
After Jeff getting on “the fucking phone”
J:You greased the rails.
AL:I greased the rails for a guy who wanted to say "yes". I helped him to say "yes". That's all. You're not a robot, Jeff. All right? You got a mind of your own, don't you?
J:" Up to you Jeffrey. That's the power you have, Jeffrey. Vital inside information the American public need to know. Lowell Bergman--the hotshot who never met a source he couldn't turn around."
AL:I fought for you, and I still fight for you!
J:You fought for me?You manipulated me...into where I am now--staring at the B&W building!It's all dark except the tenth floor.That's the legal department.That's where they fuck with my life.
… ....
AL: Jeffrey, where you going with this? So. where you going? You are...important...to a lot of people, Jeffrey. You think about that. You think about them. I'm running out of heroes,man.Guys like you are in short supply.
J:Yeah,guys like you too.Where are you,anyway?
AL:I'm on a leave of a absence.Forced vacation.
J:You try and have a good time.
AL: Yeah. Yeah, I will.
After taking the call, Lowell and Lady Blonde:
AL: I'm Lowell Bergman, I'm from 60 Minutes. You know, you take the 60 Minutes out of the sentence, nobody returns your phone calls. Maybe Wigand's right. Maybe I'm hooked. What am I hooked on? The rush of 60 Minutes?...
Lady: Really know what you're going to do before yo do it.
Always admired AL's performance, so powerful and so flamboyant.
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