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The Boost Quotes

The Boost is a TV program that appeared on TV in 1970 . The Boost ended its run in 1970.

It features Daniel H. Blatt as producer, Stanley Myers in charge of musical score, and Howard Atherton as head of cinematography.

The Boost is recorded in English language and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Boost is 95 minutes long. The Boost is distributed by Hemdale Film Corporation.

The cast includes: Steven Hill as Max, James Woods as Lenny, Sean Young as Linda, John Kapelos as Joel, John Rothman as Ned, and Steven Hill as Mark.

The Boost Quotes

Steven Hill as Mark

  • (Steven Hill) "I live where the money is. You don't think this NYC crowd would have anything to do with me unless I could move millions of bucks around, do you? Does your wife work?"
  • (James Woods) "Yeah, she has a great job."
  • (Steven Hill) "Lucky for you."
  • (James Woods) "I do all right. Everything I do is just a lot chancier, that's all."
  • (Steven Hill) "You just probably haven't found the right products yet, the right territory."
  • (Steven Hill) "A worthless god**** CHECK?"
  • (James Woods) "What are you getting hysterical about? It was just a LOAN."
  • (Steven Hill) "In all my life, I never treated ANYONE like I treated you. You were POOR; I made you RICH. You were DROWNING; I gave you a YACHT. And then you STOLE from me. After I treated you like a son. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS."
  • (James Woods) "You want another check? I'll write you another check right now."
  • (Steven Hill) "A check is no damn good. You want to be a liar as well as a thief?"
  • (James Woods) "Then tell me what to do. Just tell me, Max."
  • (Steven Hill) "You gotta go. I can't have you around here anymore."
  • (Steven Hill) "That's the problem with the younger generation: No sentiment."
  • (Steven Hill) "Out here, you gotta start scoring baskets right off the bench -- or you're out of the game."

Sean Young as Linda

  • (Sean Young) "I'm a little too old to be a PROFESSIONAL ballerina."
  • (James Woods) "Now, I bet you never heard a beautiful girl admit to THAT."
  • (Sean Young) "-- Lenny told me about the mistake today. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was sort of counting on that sale to break into the business."
  • (James Woods) "That doesn't mean anything to Ned."
  • (John Rothman) "What doesn't mean anything?"
  • (James Woods) "Hustling for money. You're above all that."
  • (John Rothman) "I worry about money, just like everybody else."
  • (James Woods) "But you got some backstops. You start falling down that well, you got some slats across to catch yourself, right? You got your professor-father. You got an education. You got the Financial Journal. You can't fall too far. My old man's an ex-printer on disability. My mother is a secretary for the Ladies Garment Workers Union. I'VE GOT A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION."
  • (Sean Young) "I feel a little out of place here."
  • (James Woods) "You are. You're the best-looking woman here."
  • (Sean Young) "-- People here are a little strange."
  • (James Woods) "Talented people usually ARE a little strange -- They were ALL on something; MONEY'S the real drug around here, okay?"

John Kapelos as Joel

  • (John Kapelos) "Faith may move mountains; this stuff makes them FLY."
  • (John Kapelos) "Welcome. Eat, drink, and make contacts."
  • (Sean Young) "Joel throws a nice party, doesn't he?"
  • (James Woods) "What's REALLY nice is that Uncle Sam pays for half. And HE wasn't even invited."

James Woods as Lenny

  • (James Woods) "Mark, I don't sell drugs. I'm in real estate."
  • (Steven Hill) "I don't sell drugs, either. I'm a screenwriter. But until the ship comes in, you gotta cover the waterfront."
  • (James Woods) "I got you a $40,000 car and a $2 mutt. Go figure."
  • (James Woods) "I swear to God, people here can't WAIT to lay off their money. It's not to be believed. God, why did we take so long to find this place? We're gonna be RICH, you hear me? RICH."
  • (James Woods) "-- Funny way to start a friendship, me thinking you were someone else -- I leave a piece of my soul on the floor every time I do this song-and-dance. "Go out like a battleship, come back like a raft.""
  • (James Woods) "Gentlemen, I won't bore you with the reading of my resume, some of which is actually true -- We're born again with each new project. And all your past successes don't cut much ice when it comes to the Big Question: Will It Sell? -- Sure, it'll sell. Over the life of the partnership, everyone will enjoy some small tax benefits -- realize a nice, safe-though-modest return on their investment. You don't need me for that. But will it SOAR? That's another question -- People struggle against smallness all their lives. Let them identify with something BIG."
  • (James Woods) "Selling's more important to me than money. Because every time I sell, it means somebody believes in me."
  • (James Woods) "I'm making money so fast over at Max's, they can't keep track of it. Everybody in town thinks I'm a firecracker. And even after all this, my own WIFE still thinks I'm a BUM."
  • (Sean Young) "I think you're a GENIUS. I just don't want you to feel like you're on a treadmill -- having to make more and more money to pay for things we bought but don't need."
  • (James Woods) "The way things are going, the money going out won't be missed if it NEVER comes back. When you get to where we are, NOTHING can touch you."
  • (Unnamed) "-- I'll put in $75,000."
  • (James Woods) "Great. I'll need a check."
  • (Unnamed) "I'll pay cash."
  • (James Woods) "Cash? What kind of business are you in, Bob?"
  • (Unnamed) "Leisure activities."

John Rothman as Ned

  • (John Rothman) "Lenny, you're a lucky man."
  • (James Woods) "I know that. I keep reminding myself. You got a wife or anything? No? You'd have to take second best anyhow. If you saw Linda and me at a restaurant like this, you'd say, "There's a mismatch." I've seen it in people's eyes: "How did a guy like HIM get a girl like HER? He must be rich." -- Not that I'm not trying."

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