The Wizard of Lies (2017 TV Movie)

Robert De Niro: Bernie Madoff

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Quotes 

• [last lines] 

  Bernie Madoff : Let me ask you a question. Do you think I'm a sociopath?

• [the Madoffs watch TV as they attempt suicide by Ambien overdose] 

  Ruth Madoff : Can't we just have quiet?

  Bernie Madoff : I can't fall asleep unless I watch something.

  Ruth Madoff : You just took a whole fucking bottle of Ambien, Bernie. Sleep's not gonna be your problem.

  Bernie Madoff : My mind races.

  Ruth Madoff : Fine. Our last night on Earth will be you, me and Judy Garland. How romantic.

  Bernie Madoff : Let's not get started, Ruth.

  [Bernie takes Ruth's hand] 

  Bernie Madoff : We had a good life, didn't we?

  Ruth Madoff : Hmm. Yeah. Until you ruined it.

• Bernie Madoff : The advisory is a fraud. There are no investments.

  Mark Madoff : What are you talking about? Of course there are invesments.

  Bernie Madoff : I've made them up.

  Mark Madoff : And our every statement?

  Bernie Madoff : I've made them up.

  Andrew Madoff : I've seen the trades.

  Bernie Madoff : They're fake. All fake. Basically, just a big Ponzi scheme.

  Ruth Madoff : What's a Ponzi scheme?

  Bernie Madoff : I took money from some people, I gave it to others and I'll never... now there's nothing left. There's supposed to be 50 Billion, there's absolutely nothing, it's all gone.

• Mark Madoff : I wanna know why you're acting this way.

  Bernie Madoff : Fucking market is a bloodbath.

• Bernie Madoff : One call, all the SEC had to do was make one call, and they would've seen that everything was fake... That there was nothing there.

• Mark Madoff : How could you do this?

  Bernie Madoff : I just couldn't stop it...

  Mark Madoff : Bullshit.

  Bernie Madoff : It got bigger and bigger and i just wouldn't stop it.

  Mark Madoff : Bullshit.

• Mark Madoff : You should trust me in helping with advisory. I can handle this kind of thing for you.

  Bernie Madoff : That's my business, not yours.

  Mark Madoff : Ahd what happens when you're gone?

  Bernie Madoff : I'm not having this discussion with you.

  Mark Madoff : I'm just asking you...

  Bernie Madoff : I'm not having this discussion with you.

  Mark Madoff : What is it, dad? Tell me. What is it? Is it that I'm not cut out?

  Bernie Madoff : Are you not listening me?

  Mark Madoff : Just be honest with me. Just tell me.

  Bernie Madoff : Do you not see what I have to deal with, the shit I have to go through on a day on daily basis?

  Mark Madoff : No, that's why...

  Bernie Madoff : The fucking shit that they put me through and fuck me all the time? Steal from me? Do you think you can do that? Do you think you can deal with that?

  Mark Madoff : Yes, I can.

  Bernie Madoff : I don't think you can deal with that. Bullshit, I don't think so. You can't stomach that stuff, that's not in you. Andy maybe, but not you.

  Mark Madoff : What? What are you saying... are you saying that Andy is... What are saying... that Andy is better at his job than I am?

  Bernie Madoff : Mark...

  Mark Madoff : I go to that fucking office every single day, I do the same thing that he does.

  Bernie Madoff : I gave you a fucking business to run, are you not happy with that? Wasn't that good enough for you?

  Mark Madoff : It is definitely good enough for me. I...

  Bernie Madoff : Then just shut the fuck up and give me a little of fucking grattitude and say "Thanks, dad". Can't you do that? What do you think, the whole fucking world owes you something? The whole fucking world owes you nothing! You gotta work for it! And I always said this to your mother. This is the problem with having money and education. Nothing is earned. You want something, you gotta fucking work for it!

  Mark Madoff : And you don't think I have?

• Bernie Madoff : Well, but these people, you know... they had a little greed in them too.

• Bernie Madoff : This is the problem with the SEC, I've been saying this for years. I mean, you have to have better communication.

• Bernie Madoff : [repeated line during his court hearing]  Guilty.

• Mark Madoff : I don't understand!

  Bernie Madoff : Are you a fucking idiot? Are you a fucking idiot? Answer me.

  Mark Madoff : I don't understand!

  Bernie Madoff : No, you don't understand! You don't have to fucking understand! You're asking me about taking advisory but couldn't follow a simple instruction and shut the fuck up! You don't understand, you don't understand so leave it alone.

  Mark Madoff : Okay. Sorry.

• Bernie Madoff : [to his 8-year granddaughter]  Shut up and eat your food!