All the Money in the World Movie Quotes
Playboy Interviewer
It's been reported that you're the first man in history with a fortune in excess of a billion dollars.
J. Paul Getty
I have no idea. But, if you can count your money you're not a billionaire.
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J. Paul Getty
There's a purity to beautiful things that I've never been able to find in another human being.
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J. Paul Getty
When a man gets wealthy, he has to deal with the problems of freedom. All the choices he could possibly want. An abyss opens up. Well, I watched that abyss. I watched it ruin men, marriages, but most of all, it ruins the children.
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John Paul Getty III
I'm telling you this, so you could understand the things you're about to see, and maybe you can forgive us. It's like we're from another planet, where the force of gravity is so strong it bends the light. We look like you, but we're not like you.
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J. Paul Getty
They say you never really know someone until you have divorced them.
Fletcher Chase
I wish I knew that three marriages ago.
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J. Paul Getty
Morning, Chase.
[Getty walks around a covered table]
J. Paul Getty
Will you, uh, help me with this?
[Getty and Chase uncover the table to reveal a model mansion]
J. Paul Getty
I'm, uh, building a house in California. An exact replica of my imperial villa in Rome, down to the very last detail. But with flush toilets. Yes, the mountain may not have come to Muhammad, but it sure as hell came to me.
Nancy Getty's Secretary
Mr. Getty. The West Texas Intermediate, sir.
[secretary hands stock number strip to Getty]
Fletcher Chase
What's it feel like, reading that slip of paper?
J. Paul Getty
Well, for a moment, money loses all meaning and becomes as plentiful as air. Like flight. And then, it passes.
[Getty crumples the strip and throws it away]
J. Paul Getty
What's, uh, all this I see on TV with Gail paying the ransom in full? We both know she doesn't have it.
Fletcher Chase
The lady's made other arrangements.
J. Paul Getty
But she doesn't have the money. So, uh, what's going on? Come on. Where did she get it? Is she fucking somebody?
[pause]
Fletcher Chase
You know, I think I'm finally beginning to understand what makes you tick.
J. Paul Getty
No, no, you couldn't begin to. So, spill it. What's going on? What's her game? Don't forget, Chase, I have a contract. And I'll enforce it.
Fletcher Chase
No, I don't think so.
J. Paul Getty
Oh? Why not?
Fletcher Chase
Can you hear me? I want to make sure that I'm very clear. Because whatever personal security you presently enjoy comes from me. All right? Those Alsatians limping around the pool? My people trained them. Your security system? My people installed it. The bodyguards? That's right, you rapacious old fuck, you are protected from every threat imaginable, unless that threat happens to be me.
J. Paul Getty
I suppose this is your way of submitting your resignation.
Fletcher Chase
Hey!
[Chase grabs Getty by the arm]
Fletcher Chase
'Men of risk'? Isn't that what you called us? 'I risk my money, you risk your life.' You're so full of shit. You and me? We never risked a thing in our lives. We never took the chances ordinary people take. That's why we are what we are now. You're just cheap, Paul. You could have all the money in the world, and you are still a no-good, miserable son of a bitch, and don't you forget it. Goodbye, Mr. Getty.
[Chase begins to walk away]
J. Paul Getty
Those children are my blood, Chase!
[Chase waves at him on his way out]
J. Paul Getty
They're mine.
[Getty grabs the paper strip and throws it in the fireplace]
J. Paul Getty
She took them.
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J. Paul Getty
A man who has children gives hostages to fortune.
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J. Paul Getty
Everything has a price. The great struggle in life is coming to grips with what that price is.
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Fletcher Chase
I mean, what would it take for you to feel secure?
J. Paul Getty
More.
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Gail Harris
They're still finding masterpieces stashed under staircases. Most of it's going to his villa in Malibu. Nowhere else could fit it all
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J. Paul Getty
Pardon the laundry. I just see no point in paying $10 for room service to come up and launder my undershorts when I could do the same thing for just a few lira. And it's tax-deductible. Almost everything is if you know how to play it.
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Corvo
Forgive me, Ms. Getty. Just one last question, regarding your testimony earlier. Why did you think the kidnapping was a joke?
Gail Harris
It's a *figure of speech*. The whole situation was unbelievable. It still is.
Corvo
Well, tragic, yes, but not unbelievable.
Fletcher Chace
It's not tragic *yet*. Maybe you ought to work on keeping it that way.
[later]
Fletcher Chace
Did Paul ever talk to you about having himself kidnapped?
Gail Harris
You've got to remember who the Gettys are. Every time someone stays in the bathroom for too long, someone makes a joke about being held for ransom. Paul might have cracked a joke once or twice among friends...
Gail Harris
What word?
Fletcher Chace
A "joke". You said you thought it was a joke when it first happened.
Gail Harris
Now you sound like that policeman. Whose side are you on, Mr. Chace?
Fletcher Chace
I'm on my own side. Always. And if this is a joke, I'd like to make sure that I'm in on it.
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Prince Al-Walid
The younger generation has become weak and lazy. Our children care about nothing but Lamborghinis and discotheques.
Fletcher Chace
Well, perhaps, then, you would do well to accept our competitor's offer.
Prince Al-Walid
How so, Mr. Chase?
Fletcher Chace
Maybe Standard Oil will find ways to siphon all that money away with their accounting tricks and bring your wayward children closer to God. Kidding aside, Your Highness,my employer has made you rich.
Prince Al-Walid
Not as rich as him.
Fletcher Chace
If you renew your land-use agreement with Getty, he'll make you twice as rich. Can Standard Oil say that? Can Standard Oil say that?
Prince Al-Walid
We don't need the Americans anymore. Our cartel, OPEC, will control inventory now. OPEC will set the oil price.
Fletcher Chace
Let me just be very clear, okay? Nothing would make Mr. Getty happier than to see the price of oil higher. In fact, he'd be happy to help.
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Fletcher Chace
Gail, I lied. All right?I said I was authorized to pay them $200,000. You know how much I'm really authorized to pay? Nothing. All right, if they accept, I won't be able to deliver, but I had to buy some time. You wanted to know what I used to do. This is what I used to do, what I still do for Getty.
Gail Harris
Because there's no one in your life but yourself.
Fletcher Chace
Fair enough. $17 million and zero dollars, that's how far apart we are. Those numbers have got to move.
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J. Paul Getty
I had to focus on my mission, you understand? On my business. And... I couldn't be weighed down mentally with a family. You understand that, don't you, Paul?
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Gail Harris
Paul? Come say hello to Mr. Chace. Or goodbye. I'm not sure which.
Fletcher Chace
He's gonna be trouble with the ladies.
John Paul Getty III
I already am.
Gail Harris
I do hope you'll stay on with us. I know you had other ambitions, but..
Fletcher Chace
Guys like me don't get rich. We get sidetracked too easily.
Gail Harris
Shame.
Fletcher Chace
Not really.
Gail Harris
I think of you as family.
Fletcher Chace
Kind of you to say so, ma'am. Was a couple things around the grounds that I've been meaning to see to.
Gail Harris
Yes, of course. Don't let me keep you.
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J. Paul Getty
It's a good day.
Fletcher Chace
I'm glad to hear that, Mr. Getty. It'll make this much easier. We need to pay the ransom.
J. Paul Getty
I thought you said this was a hoax.
Fletcher Chace
Your grandson was kidnapped by members of the Calabrese' Ndrangheta. Two of the original kidnappers are dead, and one is missing.
J. Paul Getty
That sounds like progress to me.
Fletcher Chace
I'm afraid not, all right? They got nervous waiting for the ransom. They sold the boy to an investor.
J. Paul Getty
"An investor"? Who invests in kidnapped children?
Fletcher Chace
You'd be surprised. There's nothing people can't find a way to turn into money.
J. Paul Getty
You told me that Paul and his mother had cooked this up to soak me.
Fletcher Chace
And I was wrong, all right? Paul may have talked about being kidnapped with his friends. He put it out there. He's not behind this.
J. Paul Getty
How do I know that you're not wrong now?
Fletcher Chace
These people are not the old-world Malavita anymore. Their only code is profit and loss. They will do things to Paul that cannot be undone for any amount of money. We have to pay
J. Paul Getty
Well, this simply isn't possible. My financial position has changed.
Fletcher Chace
Really? I mean, 30 seconds ago,you said it was a good day. I mean, I'm not all that bright, but I can multiply as well as you. With oil up as much as it was this morning, you have amassed another fortune.
J. Paul Getty
Well, what if the embargo is lifted and oil were to crash? I'd be exposed. I have never been more vulnerable financially than I am right now.
Fletcher Chace
Mr. Getty, with all due respect, nobody has ever been richer than you are at this moment.
J. Paul Getty
I have no money to spare.
Fletcher Chace
What would it take? I mean, what would it take for you to feel secure?
J. Paul Getty
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Oswald Hinge
Ms. Getty, we offer you our sincerest condolences.
Gail Harris
Well, you're very thoughtful.
Oswald Hinge
Please, sit. Mr. Getty's death has created a bit of a crisis here. You see, the estate was structured as a charitable family trust.
Gail Harris
Did he ever give any money to charity?
Oswald Hinge
No. No.
Gail Harris
The trust enabled Mr. Getty to build his fortune without paying taxes. There was just one catch. Under the rules of the trust, he couldn't actually spend the money.
Gail Harris
What's the point of making all that money if you can't spend it?
Oswald Hinge
Well, he couldn't spend it, but he could invest it.So, he invested it in things. Art. Antiques. Soon, he had a... A staggering amount of things.And a staggering amount of money. Now someone has to decide what to do with it all.
Gail Harris
What do you want with me?
Oswald Hinge
How do I put this... The king is dead. The throne is vacant. Your children are his heirs. Until they come of age,someone has to make the decisions. Which means, of course, someone has to take his place.
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Gail Harris
...seize the initiative when your opponent is at his weakness
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John Paul Getty III
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To be a Getty is an extraordinary thing. I know that because my grandpa told me so. You see, my grandpa wasn't just the rich man in the world, he was the rich man in the history world.
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