The Boost (1988)

John Rothman: Ned

Quotes 

• Ned : [over lunch]  Lenny, you're a lucky man.

  Lenny : 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.

• Linda : [at dinner with Ned]  ... 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.

  Lenny : [to Linda]  That doesn't mean anything to Ned.

  Ned : What doesn't mean anything?

  Lenny : Hustling for money. You're above all that.

  Ned : I worry about money, just like everybody else.

  Lenny : 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!