25th Hour (2002)

Armando Riesco: Phelan

Quotes 

• Frank Slaughtery : You know, you're wearing a striped shirt with a striped tie, you know that, right?

  Phelan : Yeah, I do it for the ladies.

  Frank Slaughtery : Oh - the ladies ever tell you that you look like a fucking optical illusion?

  Phelan : Yeah?

  Frank Slaughtery : Go away, disappear... come on.

  Phelan : I'm outta here.

• Phelan : Uhm, Sally's looking for a high number... two hundred and eighty thousand is their call.

  Frank Slaughtery : Fuck Salamon Brothers.

  Phelan : Fuck, uh... fuck Salamon Brothers?

  Frank Slaughtery : Yeah, fuck Salamon Brothers... they're hedging their bets, they want everybody on their side of the fence.

  Phelan : Uhm, what's the big deal with the unemployment number anyway?

  Frank Slaughtery : Fellan...

  Phelan : It's, uh... Phelan.

  Frank Slaughtery : Whatever, look... more jobs means fewer people looking for work, means it's harder to find good people to fill those jobs, means you gotta raise wages to get them, means inflation goes up. You got it?

  Phelan : Yeah.

  Frank Slaughtery : No, I didn't think so. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing and you're handing out junk mail.