It's that I'm not after you. I'm after them.
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Joey Naylor:
[eating fast food, next to Ferris wheel, at the Santa Monica Amusement Pier]
... so what happens when you're wrong? Nick Naylor:
Whoa, Joey I'm never wrong. Joey Naylor:
But you can't always be right... Nick Naylor:
Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong. Joey Naylor:
But what if you are wrong? Nick Naylor:
OK, let's say that you're defending chocolate, and I'm defending vanilla. Now if I were to say to you: 'Vanilla is the best flavour ice-cream', you'd say... Joey Naylor:
No, chocolate is. Nick Naylor:
Exactly, but you can't win that argument... so, I'll ask you: so you think chocolate is the end all and the all of ice-cream, do you? Joey Naylor:
It's the best ice-cream, I wouldn't order any other. Nick Naylor:
Oh! So it's all chocolate for you is it? Joey Naylor:
Yes, chocolate is all I need. Nick Naylor:
Well, I need more than chocolate, and for that matter I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom. And choice when it comes to our ice-cream, and that Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty. Joey Naylor:
But that's not what we're talking about Nick Naylor:
Ah! But that's what I'm talking about. Joey Naylor:
...but you didn't prove that vanilla was the best... Nick Naylor:
I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong I'm right. Joey Naylor:
But you still didn't convince me Nick Naylor:
It's that I'm not after you. I'm after them. [points into the crowd]
[eating fast food, next to Ferris wheel, at the Santa Monica Amusement Pier]
... so what happens when you're wrong? Nick Naylor:
Whoa, Joey I'm never wrong. Joey Naylor:
But you can't always be right... Nick Naylor:
Well, if it's your job to be right, then you're never wrong. Joey Naylor:
But what if you are wrong? Nick Naylor:
OK, let's say that you're defending chocolate, and I'm defending vanilla. Now if I were to say to you: 'Vanilla is the best flavour ice-cream', you'd say... Joey Naylor:
No, chocolate is. Nick Naylor:
Exactly, but you can't win that argument... so, I'll ask you: so you think chocolate is the end all and the all of ice-cream, do you? Joey Naylor:
It's the best ice-cream, I wouldn't order any other. Nick Naylor:
Oh! So it's all chocolate for you is it? Joey Naylor:
Yes, chocolate is all I need. Nick Naylor:
Well, I need more than chocolate, and for that matter I need more than vanilla. I believe that we need freedom. And choice when it comes to our ice-cream, and that Joey Naylor, that is the definition of liberty. Joey Naylor:
But that's not what we're talking about Nick Naylor:
Ah! But that's what I'm talking about. Joey Naylor:
...but you didn't prove that vanilla was the best... Nick Naylor:
I didn't have to. I proved that you're wrong, and if you're wrong I'm right. Joey Naylor:
But you still didn't convince me Nick Naylor:
It's that I'm not after you. I'm after them. [points into the crowd]
Full Transcript
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So what happens when you're wrong
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chuckles Well Joey I'm never wrong
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But you can't always be right
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Well if it's your job to be right then you're never wrong
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But what if you are wrong
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Okay let's say that you're defending chocolate
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and I'm defending vanilla
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Now if I were to say to you
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Vanilla's the best flavor ice cream you'd say
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No chocolate is Exactly
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But you can't win that argument
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So I'll ask you So you think chocolate
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is the end all and be all of ice cream do you
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It's the best ice cream I wouldn't order any other
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Oh So it's all chocolate for you is it
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Yes chocolate is all I need
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Well I need more than chocolate
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And for that matter I need more than vanilla
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I believe that we need freedom and choice
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when it comes to our ice cream and that Joey Naylor
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that is the definition of liberty
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But that's not what we're talking about
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Ah but that's what I'm talking about
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But you didn't prove that vanilla's the best I didn't have to
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I proved that you're wrong and if you're wrong I'm right
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But you still didn't
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convince me
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'Cause I'm not after you
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I'm after them
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Movie Summary
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Actors
Joey Naylor
Nick Naylor
