ALEC BALDWIN GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS ALWAYS BE CLOSING FULL SPEECH
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The best sales speech of all time. Live, eat, breath your craft and you'll dominate the space. You have to be this intense to make any business work. The Average call me obsessed, The successful call me for advice. - Спорт
This is where every inspirational sales copy cat movie got it's inspiration. It's quoted by REAL sales people because they do whatever it takes to close a deal (work harder, do more research, educate themselves in school, educate themselves on the job, get smarter in order to sell more things). It's not abusive, it's satirical and it's a dose of reality.
Satirical because no sales manager will speak this way but the reality is every sales manager wants their people willing to do what it takes to sell more NO EXCUSES & you should want this for yourself, be better at everything you do NO EXCUSES.
If you don't do a good job at work do you really think or expect a company to keep you around? I am guessing you work for the DMV if that's the case. If someone really feels they need to speak to you like this, THE REALITY IS YOU'RE FIRED. There is no speech to motivate a mediocre worker, you either rise to the occasion or eventually you're out. That is called business. The faster a businessman can see whether you're a producer or non-producer the better for business as negativity (a non-producer and complainer) can bring down a company's culture.
Of course if you're a non-producer and think everything should just be handed to you and you do not try and earn something then of course you hate this clip, you hate me and you hate the system (maybe work for the DMV?)
If you have an inner voice, train it to think like Alec Baldwin's voice in this movie, the message: BE HUNGRY, WORK SMARTER, DO WHAT IT TAKES, IF THERE ISN'T A WAY MAKE A WAY, GET UP EVERYDAY READY TO ATTACK YOUR GOALS, CRUSH YOUR GOALS, DON'T KNOW HOW? LEARN HOW and Always push yourself to do better, be better, sell better.
This is a speech to motivate the un-motivatable, the complainers, the life long victims of circumstance which would never happen because at that point you would have been fired a long time before that IN REALITY.
Every successful CEO has be the #1 best Sales person for the company and that's where it all starts and ends.
The real sad part is all of the negative trolls posting on here are not & will never be successful because they do not understand the message or put in the work:
1.) It's the message not the speech that should be driving you to be better everyday, that's what it takes
2.) You have to sacrifice time, energy and hard work (which 99% of the population is not willing to do) and this is why we have a 1% out there making most of the money. They decided to focus their efforts on a career that was very lucrative, put in the time to learn how to be good at it (10,000 hours +) and applied their knowledge they've learned to their craft and executed on a dream.
As Thomas Edison once said, "Most people miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work."
We're all a little guilty of this, ALL OF US at some point in life.
- If you want to live paycheck to paycheck and work really hard for that paycheck doing manual backbreaking labor everyday and you want to continue like this we all have respect for you and thank you for it. THIS CLIP ISN'T FOR YOU.
- If you want to work your job, pay your bills and live "your American dream" and you're happy with where you are in life then we all respect you for your choice and thank you. THIS CLIP ISN'T FOR YOU.
- If you want to do the least amount of work for the most amount of money then great, we all respect you for your choices (good luck). THIS CLIP ISN'T FOR YOU.
THE PEOPLE WHO GET THIS CLIP understand the message and will watch it as many times as needed to re-energize their motivation, I know I do.
There is no shortage of money out there, only a shortage of people trying to go get it.
NOW PUT IN WORK!
+Disturbed YT Thank you sir.
+Lucas bean Well put sir! Bravo!
+Lucas bean This was great
What commission based jobs have you had? I have 100% had sales managers talk to me like this.
Jasmine Veal Glad I'm not the only one who has had a real sales job thank you.
It’s took Hyundai over 30 yrs to recover from that Alec Baldwin’s line.
M A
Lmao, this movie's the single reason why they came up with the Equus XD
Hyundai still sucks. Normal ppl drive German or American! Asian cars kill.
Yeah and Hyundai learned from speeches like this and now are kicking ass here in the USA. Don’t ever underestimate..... and always work smarter than your competition.
HodL4Lambo they recovered?
Lmao
This speech wasn't in the original Broadway play, this was written specifically for the film and specifically for Baldwin. Brilliant.
yes. I saw the play on stage and it was very disappointing that this classic scene is not part of the production
@@Vlad65WFPReviews I love this movie. Seen it a million times. Everything about is great. I’m just curious though, even without this scene, is there as much swearing in the stage production as the movie? I mean did the movie, I guess except for this scene, pretty much copy the stage dialogue exactly or did it ratchet up the swearing?
@@Whoopdido777what kind of sheltered pathetic person do you have to be to be wringing your hands about language in an adult movie?
@@Whoopdido777yeah David Mamet really nails the white collar schmoozy cafe-bar talk
I saw this and just sold 2 homes..........and I'm not even a real estate agent.
+ryan49er1 where are you living now?
Did you make your $15,000?
LOL!
ryan49er1 you have brass balls
+ryan49er1 With weak leads? WOW!!!
Cast is insane. Room full of legends
Exactly ... Classic artists ! Lemon is outstanding!
Pacino and Jonathan Pryce haven't even shown up yet. That's crazy.
Room fulla losers if you ask me
@@audiearmorer2686This film was released in the year 1992 when I was 22 years old, but I did not see it until 2015 when I was 45. I am glad that I did not see it earlier because I did not have the maturity nor the years of work experience (especially as a middle aged man in the workforce) to appreciate this cast and the roles they were playing. Every single cast member in this film is awesome and perfect for the role he played. Alan Arkin’s portrayal of George Aranow is great: the honest, good natured man who cannot close a sale. Reminding me of my few jobs in sales, Arkin makes me look like Grant Cardone!
And when you ask someone have they seen it ?? They say,No ! Then you list the actors and they wonder how it was bypassed ?? Interest,interest in a play that became a movie,all actors come from a play…
Watched this and just sold my wife and kids. Life is amazing for me now. Total freedom and loads of money.
😄😄
From which part of Asia do you hail?
That's hilarious 😆
@@King_Ding_82 you closed the leads of Mitch & Murray
Good father? Fuck you!
I give this EXACT same speech to my kids when they sell girl scout cookies and boy scout popcorn.
It's a must for tots with lemonade stands.
sure ya did
"You gotta have brass balls to sell thin mints, girls..."
hahaha
"and what's your name, young lady?" "Fuck you, that's my name."
Two years ago I was waiting on 15 drunk white collar business men. Near the end of the meal a few started quoting this scene. One of them asked for coffee with his dessert. I replied, “Sorry. Coffee is for closers." Their tip paid my rent. Thank you Mr. Mamet. Thank you Mr. Baldwin.
Cool!!!
Nice story.
+Will Gold I would have showed them my watch.
+liduck52 He was waiting on them in a restaurant. What was he going to say "You see this watch? This watch came out of a Happy Meal."
+dynelol Then I would have told them that the coffee is weak.
I got so inspired by watching this scene that I went in the gym and bench pressed 300 lbs. and I'm only 6 years old.
Fresh Pranks TV ha ha
Fresh Pranks TV haha
Fresh Pranks TV lol
That is the single funniest comment I've ever read in the comments section on UA-cam. I laughed myself to tears, I'm glad I was alone.
I'm 2 years old and I made 950k last year
1st prize : cadillac eldorado
2nd prize: set of steak knives
3rd prize: you're fired
4th prize: you're run over by a cadillac eldorado, after being fired and stabbed with the steak knives.
Oh, it's a tough racket.
Severely underrated comment
4th prize you steal the leads
😂
I worked in sales for many years and tbh if I could start all over again I would never have gone into sales. It was brilliant when I first started but then over the years it just got toxic managers would put you under pressure to hit targets and you had many KPIs to achieve. I remember one manager would scream “I don’t give a f*** how you get the sales lie, cheat just get the f****** sales”. The deceit, and dishonesty goes hand in hand with any company that has a sales department. The bigger the company, the bigger the deception.
Great film and great actors.
Yeah, the managers love you when the sales are there, but the minute they're not they treat you like last nights dog food.
@@jaggedstudios3315 A loser is a loser. Nobody loves a loser (not even his mother).
Oscars have went to people before with limited screen time. This was one of those times it should have. Notice how Al Pacino character was "late". It didn't apply to him because he was a closer in the movie...but something tells me he was TOO big of a star to have Alec dog him out. 😂
salespeople see the world as a convention and people as dollar signs.
i can do my own shopping without some sociopath screaming about his stupid watch. or car. or life (i'm sure his wife in this movie REALLY loves him and isn't in it for the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
Alec Baldwin's character should've been named "Fuck You" in the closing credits.
lmao
Alec Baldwin really hated Ed Harris and his Hyundai.
But goddamn if he didn't love his Rolex.
FUN FACT: Ed Harris's brother lived down the street from me in central new jersey. His daughter is featured on Buzzfeed and goes by the name BUZZFEED BECKY.
How the hell did you know that? I looked her up, and sure enough, her name is Becky Harris. Some of her pics show (seemingly to me) that she has a facial shape that resembles Ed Harris's as well (other pics are not so obvious), if you pay real close attention. Edit: I should've realized you knew that because his brother lived down the street from you...
lonewolf333 haha yep I just always knew it was Ed's brother who lived there.. forgot who actually knew, but I've shoveled their driveway a few times for a few bucks when I was a kid lol. Who knows maybe Ed was inside, visiting, drinking hot chocolate.
Plot twist: Ed Harris actually rides in the back of a Chrysler 300.
Ed Harris is underappreciated in this movie. The subtle mannerisms he used, the breaks in his voice, the timing of him breaking eye contact, the quivering of the mouth, the blinking, were really great.
geesecougar2 He’s a beast actor
he is powerhouse in acting
Love it!lol
He wasn’t even acting, just scared of Alec here lol
The scene with Allen Arkin and Ed is just great. The 'because you listened' bit.
I did this for my son’s Boy Scout troop to get them motivated last week. I was asked to not come back.
I see you're a man's man. All humor aside, assuming this story is true, you were no longer invited because...it breaks my heart to say...this so-called "woke" generation frowns on any masculine authority figure in their Boy Scouts.
They'd prefer a skinny jean-wearing clown...who idolizes Bernie Sanders and who's never got his hands dirty nor lifted a heavy object in his life...to whisper sweet nothing in kids' ears and treat them to Baskin-Robbins 🍧 instead of teaching them anything close to actual work ethics 👊.
Did the boys sell a lot of popcorn afterwards ?
🤣
@ Lane Meyer I think it was the part when you said:"My name is fuck you."
Good at video games? FUCK YOU, go home and play with your pokeymans.
"I MADE 9 DOLLARS LAST YEAR, how much you make?"
See this watch? It cost more than your lunch
I can out tonight and make 15 pastries. Can you? Can you??
I came third!
$1400 from the government
My uncle is a great salesman, but he is also a narcissistic sociopath with a coke problem.
Narcissist are like the best salesmen... I would know because E3 was COVERED in them... My word..
So your uncle is the President of the United States?
John Ybarra hey hey hey...why don't you go home and tell your wife your troubles?
So he's a businessman? You know, a piece of shit.
I thought lawyers were pieces of shit. Salesmen are just assholes in Tuxedos who would gouge out your eye just to make a +$1000 bonus on their paycheck.
"Oh yeah, I used to be a salesman. Its a tough racket"
LOL
Alex White *takes sip*
"You a good father?" "Fuck you! go home and play with your kids" DAM tht line, like this speech ALWAYS gets me......fuck a cheesy inspirational video with crappy music that is supposed to get you motivated....THIS scene and a couple others are all I need.
+Hugo Stiglitz I agree Ben Affleck did a horrible job of copying this movie. All the little kiddies thought he did it first.
+MovieHound17 What are the couple others? I gotta see em
+Hugo Stiglitz Makes me wonder what happened to Baldwin? He can still do funny (SNL, 30 Rock), but somewhere between this movie and Pearl Harbor he lost it.
intsoccersuperstar1 he's better as a director, as an actor he sux
+intsoccersuperstar1 The good roles dried up. They gave them all to idiots like Adam Sandler and Mose Freeh
Every person in sales has heard this a million times
2019 - "Put that cellphone DOWN!"
Dude your comment is mega underrated
Also 2019 - "He said 'fucking faggots' and then 'cocksucker.' This toxic movie triggered me and needs to be banned and cancelled from existence."
I meet guestopo tactics ...
cellphones are for closers
that seven minutes and 22 seconds is almost the best of Alec Baldwins career.
It would be the best in practically any actor's career
#30rock
You’ve never seen Beetlejuice?
Now he does Donald Trump impressions.
Oh yeah, easily. I totally agree with you. Of course that's not saying much.
Fucking brilliant scene.
I always come back to watch it when I need a boost in life.
It reminds me that you cannot sit out there and watch things pass you by, yet expect to earn it because you are a nice guy.
You gotta get your ass out there and close. Or hit the bricks.
You know what it takes to succeed in life? Brass balls
+Evan Urena Unfortunately, there is truth in this movie--this is EXACTLY how the real world works. The real world is 'Zero-Sum', in that we don't share power, one has more of it than the other (yes, i know zero sum mean 1 person has ALL the power, but work with me here). How many people at your job who are not managers or supervisors try to act like one, especially to the newbies? All of us want something to be in charge of, whether it is work, or home. The very thing here in America--only number 1 counts. If you lose the Superbowl, you are a loser--when really, you came in second. remember all those people you had to beat to get there? Olympics only the god counts silver and bronze no commercial deal for you.
+Evan Urena Comparing Baldwin's character to Hitler just completely undermined your argument. Hit the bricks, pal, you're done.
Topkek Willaev
+Evan Urena
You said Baldwin and Hitler represent the sore winner category and spreaders of chaos. So basically you see the two representing the same thing. Therefore you compared the two, and now you're denying it. Get some brass balls and admit it or walk.
I like how he rags on the guy's Hyundai TWICE! XD
AlexTechie I think that was another guy with the watch.
Qermaq
what?
AlexTechie The watch costs more than your car. I think that was a different guy than the Hyundai/BMW guy earlier.
Qermaq Oh hey it is the same guy. Hmm!
+AlexTechie poor bastard tried to keep on a cool face; that's why he got taped the fuck out! haha
Took me almost 25 years to see this thing and they just don't make them like this anymore. This is the movie with steel balls as Baldwin says. Despite great performances and they are wonderful, what thrilled me here the most is incredibly intelligent screenplay, intriguing characters and raw, flamboyant energy that exists in the air. It is a film with attitude, film that is not afraid to show reality of the situations when you find yourself under pressure and film populated with scumbags who will do anything just to keep the money flow. Basically this is the representation what harsh and cruel capitalism is all about. It is the law of the jungle out there and if you don't stand out you are basically nobody or you live as hobo metaphorically for the rest of your life. See this film , it is astonishing.
"Anybody wants to see second prize? Second prize is a set of stake knives." I'm still using this line on a regular basis. Unfortunately less and less people get it. But it makes me laugh every time.
"Stake knives"? I guess vampires won't be buying from you😂😂😂
@@abcdefghijkl5408 😂😂😂 you are right. 🙈🙈 steak knives.
I actually don't think this was meant to be part of the movie, I think this was just Alec Baldwin acting the way he always does and everybody on set was just too afraid to do anything about it so they just decided to roll with it.
hhahahaha
I don't he could improvise all that.
This scene isn't in the play , Mamet wrote it specifically for Baldwin ..ironically because the financiers wanted more star power to selll the movie
i have read that too and it is an interesting story, but rings hollow. It is hard to believe that at that time, Alex Baldwin was considered to have more star power than Al Pacino, Jack Lemon, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris - or even Jonathan Price.
I can see adding the scene to sell the movie, but not that Alec Baldwin was the attraction.
+Information Police Well at the time of this film,Alec was a big star (AND young). Of course Al Pacino was a bigger star, but at his age at the time he no longer was a pull for a younger audience. Alec however still was.
Classic. That scene alone, is worthy of an Oscar.
It literally got Baldwin an Oscar nomination, for these 6 minutes of screen time in the whole movie.
Film was an embarrassment of riches..every scene a damn tour de force.. by the end I had to watch a bad daytime soap to purge myself of all that disgusting good acting..
Like when he did the parody on snl.
@@abusepotential7071 unfortunately he wasnt nominated for this role - but he should have been.
@@abusepotential7071 That's the Oscars for you. Sean Penn won the Oscar for Mystic River based on that crying scene at the beginning of the movie. Other than that scene, he was just okay.
This scene wasn't originally in the script or the original stage-play. It was written in just for Alec Baldwin. The studio was under contract to put him in a certain number of movies within a specific time period, as in say 3 films in 5 years, or something like that. This scene with Alec was written in here specifically to fulfill the contract, which is why you never see him again.
And it's the best scene in the film.
I like the scenes towards the end. When Al and Jack Lemmon try to con Mr. Linck. Then Al eviscerates Kevin Spacey for blowing the deal. Then Spacy turns Lemmon into a quivering, begging trapped thief. And Ed Harris exploding at everyone before he exits. This is the best film ever in some ways.
I had no idea. Incredible .
At least Baldwin didn't accidentally stab someone with those steak knives.
Lol if Roma was there it would've just been him and Baldwin saying "FUCK YOU!!" back and forth
Nope
And then Roma ending the argument with a nice big HOO-AH!!!
Them arguing is a big waste of time which is why he wasn't there, because the sales man he was describing was roma, with respect to get them to sign on the line that is dotted
Correct. The winners don't need the speech or the contest.
This speech would have lost a lot of its bite if Roma had been in the room. What makes it so hard hitting is that the guys listening to it are struggling and don't make their numbers. It would have been a damper if Baldwin's character had boasted to Roma that he made $900,000 last year and Roma responds with "Oh yeah? Me too."
A B C!
Always Blast Cinematographers!
Underrated comment
I hated working in sales! This shit causes severe anxiety and stress. I’m glad most work places have been researching employee efficacy.
It's a tough racket
ABC, Always Blast Cinematographers
Baldwin absolutely killed it in this scene
Luckily, the line "Go out there and blow people away" was cut from this script.
He also killed it in that Rust movie.
pos in real life like this character
He seems to be good at killing things...
He's killed people as well, he can burn.
Alec Baldwin's zenith. This is as good as it gets. Each if these actors here, Lemmon, Baldwin, Harris, Alda, Spacey, Pacino, Price, they're all in the same room. The A Room. These guys waited their whole lives for a part this perfect. Mamet delivered. They were so impressed with each other's work here, that on days they weren't scheduled to work, they showed up anyway to watch their fellow actors' work, not out of respect, rather out of curiosity and pleasure. These guys can go on to their final reward knowing that this film validated their time here in earth. Just a great character-movie. How did they do that?
Baldwin closed the deal on this role and an Oscar but ended up with the set of steak knives.
Thanks for that tidbit, and beautifully said.
All of those actors are likely better than Baldwin but he owned this scene.
Only topped would have been if Pacino was among them. THAT would have been two Irish v. Italian hotheads going at it 🤣🤣
the thing about this scene is the characters I've seen on every sales team, Alec is the arrogant succeful dick, Jack Lemmon is the whiney excuse maker, ed Harris is the guy that knows everything but doesn't sell, Kevin spacey is the guy who got his job because he knew somebody and just repeats the rhetoric he is taught, the other guy is the one that keeps quiet doesn't want to make waves.
I'm the guy in the bar saying how hard being in sales sucks. Verizon retail '04-'16
ain't an easy game, office equipment sales (copiers, printers, IT) for me.
I am in advertising now but I did sales for years. It's one of the hardest jobs you can do. But when you are good at it, and things are going your way, earning those commissions feels like winning at the casino. I respect everyone who is good at it, and everyone who tries to be good at it.
+Brendan Primus I lasted one week doing that lol. I needed a guarantee pay not a what if pay.
+Brendan Primus I lasted one week doing that lol. I needed a guarantee pay not a what if pay.
An acting master class here. This is how you do a monologue. While filming this movie many of the actors, who weren't even scheduled to work, would show up on set just to watch the others.
No, they showed up to get the free snacks and a box lunch. It's a tough racket...
Actually everyone in the scene is great. Baldwin just has the lines.
The entire movie. It's a play. The acting is epic. Lemmon can say so much without speaking a word. Alec can just stand there and I'm happy, but his one scene is epic.
I picture the Baldwin character packing his briefcase:
Glen Garry leads? Check
Steak knives? Check
Brass balls? Check
He gives the leads to Spacey
1. He’s here from downtown 🌆
2. He’s here from Mitch & Murray🤹♀️
3. He’s on a mission of mercy🙏
What kind of loser would sell real estate in the first place? It's like selling cars.
Somebody who's too lazy to go to college and get a real profession lol
"Coffee's for closers only."
+jakethemuss3 Er, then how about tea? What is tea for?
You think im fuckin with you? .... i ain't fuckin with you...
Tom Sillers tea is for dancers
Fuck him - you can drink coffee on welfare
"I'd wish you good luck, but you won't know what to do with it if you get it!"
wow
And to answer your question, pal: why am I here? I came here because Mitch and Murray asked me for a favor. I said, the real favor is to follow my advice and fire your fucking ass because a loser is a loser. . .
Lol
Doug Zander
"Bunch of fu**in nonsense.' "Treat people like that."
-Ed Harris.
Translation: A silver response to a Platinum beatdown.
Cold as ice.
Still one of my all-time favorite lines
Always Be Cappin'
“Bitchin’ about that DP you shot…”
😆👋
"3rd Prize is you're fired!"
rboltt I'd settle for fourth prize in that case.
This clip always hits home for me because I was in sales in the 80s and 90s, and I have been told, close a deal or they would fire me, or if I wanted to spend more time with my family, they could arrange a lot of free time for me. My sales managers were old school (for then), so this is not far off reality.
Good father? Fuck you. Go home and play with your kids. Because only one thing counts in this life.
@@guyincognito8440 umm… my guess is your under 35 years old. You haven’t seen a bad economy in your lifetime… I mean a really bad economy where the government doesn’t hand out money like a broken atm.
At the risk of sounding like an “uphill to school both ways” type… this type of stuff did go on and the guys in those seats had to take it. You didn’t get to go whine to you mommy.
Hard times make hard men… hard men make good times… good times make soft men… soft men make hard times.
It’s the law of history… as immutable as Gravity!
@@guyincognito8440 you are mistaken. Bill Bailey is correct.
Was it a tough raquet ??
"I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it!" Priceless.
I worked in sales in my early 20's, and if given the choice, I never will again. I had a tough sales manager who talked big but never did anything meaningful to train any of us on how to ACTUALLY close a deal or do something with a lead. As other comments have said, and in this movie clip Bladwin's character claims he could make $X tonight with the resources they have. My response to such bull shit was always, okay, show me... show us... teach us so we know how to and make you proud rather than you just talking a big game to make yourself feel better. You know what movie showed that? The Wolf of Wallstreet. He wrote a script and taught his team.
It reminds me of the line I read long ago, "What if we train our employees and they leave?"
The reply? "What if we don't train them and they stay?"
Also, something that helped me decide to leave was the other great advice, "You are either working to fulfill your own dream, or helping somebody else fulfill theirs."
its not the boss’s job to train you for the job you were hired to do - otherwise, it was a bad hire. And if you dont like sales - i have news for you - you’ll always be broke because EVERYTHING in life is sales
"Yeah, I used to be in sales, it's a tough racket"
@@TrippFink - You are wrong on so many levels. I will try to keep it short, but the most successful stories of great organizations share a common thread:
You train, support and build your team. As I edited into my original comment, we see this in The Wolf of Wallstreet when he trains his people, gives them a script and helps them all becomes a success.
From business to sorts franchises, to the history of nation building, the story remains the same.
When the US accepted the surrender of Japan, they stayed and helped to rebuild the nation. They did the same in Western Europe. Meanwhile, they DIDN'T do that after 9/11 and left both Iraq and Afghanistan with their tails between their legs and the nations in chaos. Go watch Jon Oliver's coverage of it and the shit show that was left behind. Nothing that was done left the nation as a self sufficient power.
In my free time, I have helped build an American Football team in South America. More than that, I helped build an entire league and organization (look at my profile picture). We began with 18 guys throwing a rubber football around at the park in 2012 and by 2018 we were involved in amateur international events with Mexico, Brazil, Panama and other nations. I didn't just focus on my team. I held clinics for officiating, position coaching, tactics and so forth. I had material translated into Spanish and taught various methods and concepts so teams and coaches could choose for themselves which they liked best. Before Covid hit, we had 12 teams and we're getting local sponsorships for games. I couldn't have done it by myself, as those many great people all did their part and wanted to learn, but I led the charge to teach them. To take an interest in them.
My sister began at the plumbing company she now manages as an office assistant. She was trained how to do her job and took interest in how to take on more responsibilities. Once she was promoted to a position of leadership and able to take important decisions, she explained to the owner that the staff of trained plumbers are getting old and nearing retirement without young blood to replace them. Under her leadership, the company began investing in training and certification for young plumbers and they have begun to expand within her state despite the difficulty of covid, because everyone needs a plumber, maybe more with everyone at home all the time. By investing in their staff and also making sure they train up people who can run the offices of other locations and those people know how to train their staff, they have seen a lot of success over these last 5 years and growing.
I can go on and on.
Your backwards thinking is why failures fail. You don't hire people to solve your problems. Rising tides lift all ships. Their success is your success.
@@PaulGaither and what do you have present day, it wasn’t you’re bosses fault you couldn’t be a successful salesman. People are born with the gift of being able to sell, the gift of charisma. If you couldn’t make it as a salesmen then it simply wasn’t the career for you.
@@freas9375 -Read my other reply to answer your question. Meanwhile, people are not "born with the gift of being able to sell". Finally, I am not blaming my boss for my difficulty in selling. I am saying that you don't hire someone with zero experience, neglect to even try to train them, and then berate them for not knowing how to sell. How difficult is that for you to understand?
I always liked how "Mitch and Murray" flowed so well into "Mission of mercy." Very similar sounds.
i was just thinking that the alliteration in this sentence must have been absurdly tough to pull off!
A whole generation of sales managers I've known have used this movie as "inspiration." Later, they just can't understand why they are divorced and miserable, but still don't have money in the bank....
You've got it right. I'm really surprised by the number of people who don't seem to get that this is exactly how *not* to motivate.
This kind of training works. You took offence because you know you're not successful and these same insults could be directed at you.
Good message, bad delivery. The scene, I mean.
I know the value of the speech, and hes right, action yields results, and results yield success. But trying to cover up the fact that the video has faults is narrow minded. This speech may work on those that need a proper kick in the ass, but those that actually have a moral compass and a respect for western values would see this man as everything that is wrong with capitalism.
Robert Lutece yes, I'm agreeing with you, when I said "this man", I meant Alec Baldwin xD
This is so great, I can watch this over and over ... but the way he pulls out the steak knives is hilarious and perfect.
Baldwin wasn't that rough on them. He didn't even shoot one of them.
"PUT THAT PROP GUN DOWN!"
Brilliant film and this is the best bit. Everyone should watch it.
Liking this video is for closers only.
I’m a sales guy. If this movie clip pumps you up to get a job like this, allow me to let you in on a secret. No one gets sold harder, or screwed more than the average sales guy. It’s not the customers getting screwed at a dealership or by a call center, it’s the sales people. They’re fed crap like this and have the idea of Rolex’s and BMW’s dangled in front of them to make them work harder. They’re commission only and when they finally have to quit it’s no big deal because the house keeps the business. You get sold at the interview that their top guy makes 250k but they don’t tell you he gets the best leads, you get garbage. Granted he is also a good sales person, but it’s not an even playing field. I had a couple of these jobs, I know. I’m currently #1 in sales at a Fortune 500 company (for my program), but I couldn’t make it at a company like this... don’t get taken, just a friendly heads up!
i agree completely with sam.
I put properties under contract so my boss can sell it wholesale to fillpers and investors and for 3 years of doing this, one thing is for sure, if the leads are shit, the leads are shit, people who think that you can turn every lead to money are way out of their minds
So you’re saying your leads were weak? The fucking leads are weak? You’re weak.
Thanks for the heads up! Aside from the sales aspect though this scene touches on the dog eat dog, do or die mentality of American Capitalism and really just basic survival quite nicely.
Yup. I can't stand this kind of environment.
Who knew that this guy would one day become the President of the United States.
No mr closer is a has been doing mini gigs on snl
Pretty sure that guy is beating the shit out of people in NYC traffic for failing to respect him properly.
Baldwin and Trump are kinda peas in a pod, aren't they?
Trump wishes he was that coherent.
Better than a Chinese sellout. We should all count our blessings.
kevin spacey also kinda did too
can i have some coffee?
Coffee is for closers...
Only you know if you can... coffee is for closers.. so?
No fuck you coffee is like for closers
I loved when Alec was an actor! He was so great... Too bad he's a douche now, that shoots people..
Put that gun down, Alec. Guns are for closers only. ...oh no, too late.
the new "Boss Baby" trailer made me come through and watch this piece of fuckin brilliance again. 👍😏
A Morris cookies are for closers!
You know this scene is not in the play.. It’s only in the movie and it was added specifically for Alec Baldwin and yes, IT’S THE GREATEST SALES SCENE EVER..
Third prize is your fired, well I guess I'll have to just go apply to one of the other MILLION of real estate companies out there.
Despite this amazing speech, the leads were in fact hopeless, which is why none of them could sell any of it.
The leads were hopeless? THEY are hopeless.
They're crazy they just like to talk to salesmen.
Then Pacino closed a deal and Spacey muddled it. "Who told you you could work with men"?
The leads weren't hopeless. They were all pretty much the same it was just that Pacino could close the deal and the others couldn't, its that simple
@Khaled Rapp that was no lead when he closed that random guy in the bar. That was sheer talent.
Um, the author David Mamet inserted that speech and that character in there to raise the stakes of a domestic tragedy.
Baldwin's character is a VILLAIN, folks. He is the rock that crushes otherwise good men. He's not a role model - he's a force of tragedy.
People cheering for him in this scene are like people that root fot Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Men. AKA completely missing the creators point that they are the bad guys.
You can't play in the man's game? You can't close them? Then go home and tell your wife your troubles.
Comments are for closers. . .
Have you made your decision for CHRIST?
+Grim Snark I made my decision for Buddha.
+Amy 😍
+Amy stupid
Challenges And Stuff No more stupid than any other decision people have made,
+Grim Snark LOL! Can you imagine some pastor using a speech like this to convert you to Jesus? Fuck-you, that's my name.
If they put a prop gun on the set, this scene wouldn't have happened.
This scene really is good at motivating yourself to talk to strangers and close them.
One of the most underrated movies of all time. An absolutely stellar cast, a killer script and acting is Oscar worthy all round, all roles. It's also the most accurate portrayal of corporate life to-date.
This film is legendary. There is nothing underrated about it. It's okay to just like things without declaring them underrated. You're not an elitist insider with superb taste. This was a mainstream film that hundreds of millions of people saw. It's famous as fuck. Remember: it's okay to just like stuff. No need to proclaim it as underrated.
@@jumpwhistlefart Amen.
This film was never “underrated.”
Al Pacino wouldn't take that shit
lolthatsnotswag True but he never would have been in this scene because he was busy closing
Correct. The scene wouldn't work with him in it.
If his scene had lasted longer or if he was in a few more in this film, he'd have won the Oscar. A truly mesmerizing, frightening and flawless performance.
I've read the play does not have this scene in it. It was written just for the movie. So who the fuck needs the play then?
+FritzIdler It was written specifically for Alec Baldwin to play. We all know why :)
+jwagner7000 haha good one
+FritzIdler And this scene got Alec Baldwin, who only showed up in this one scene, an academy fucking award.
+Amy Actually, Pacino was the only nominee for an Oscar from this movie.
hamguin Happily corrected.
This scene is awesome. The absolute douchebagery of Alec Baldwin's character is great. I don't think playing this part was much of a stretch for him.
But isn't this a general issue with society? Your value as a a man, and this applies especially to men, is based on how much you make.
My theory is Blake is an ex salesman who started making motivational speeches when he realized there was no money in sales. The brass balls prop gives this away. Plus his speech is a sort of template that he adjusts accordingly, but still has a generic feel to it.
In effect, Blake is the salesmen TO salesmen: telling them they can have the American dream and get rich if only they would try harder.
Baldwin was nominated for an Oscar for this movie and this is the only scene he's in. Powerful speech.
I'm right there with him when he's talking about working hard, seizing your opportunities, and never missing a chance for self-betterment.
I'm really not with him when he glorifies materialism, and fucking any and everyone else over to get what you want. This didn't motivate me. I don't look up to this any more than I look up to rich crime bosses. The metric for "success" displayed here is a little disgusting.
I remember watching this and thinking this doesn’t exist in the real world. After leaving the Army and deciding sales was what I wanted to do as opposed to contracting. Yea I learned real quick not only is Alec Baldwin’s character spot on but everything he said actually works. Yea it’s fu**** up but if you can’t handle a sales manager questioning your manhood then commission only sales ain’t for you.
thats funny I went from the Army to contracting to eventually doing sales. I think about this shit all the time
@codyvandal2860 Alec Baldwin is willing to pull the trigger, that's why he is "who I am.:
Sadly, this scene is referenced in a lot of door to door sales. Costco and American Life Insurance come to mind
This is the brutal reality of sales management in the 80s and 90s. Certainly, in the holiday property industry on commission only , do your job ,the way you have been trained, and no room for negativity.
one of the best scenes in all of cinema.
grizzlywhisker certainly the most blistering beat down in all of cinema
But weren't the leads actually bogus though? The folks Sheldon got were flat broke and just liked to talk, didn't they?
That's correct, although it was only one lead. One the one hand, it was a bit of a catch 22 - can't close with bad leads, can't get the good leads without closing. On the other, Alec Baldwin's character was saying that if you *really* wanted it, you'd dig deep and somehow figure out a way to close even with shit leads. And then you'll have proven yourself worthy of the GG leads.
Anyone here because of Casey?
later...
"This office is simply marvelous! It's like a want to take a mental picture of it. Click! I just did!"
ROFL!! I wonder if the best door in the world hit him in the ass on the way out
This is probably my all time favorite scene in all of cinema.
Alec Baldwin's finest moment as an actor. Hands down.
Have to alter this comment to shooting that lady, thats commitment to the part.
Malice: "I am God"
Pulling the trigger on Rust sure got him noticed...
Sounds like an AMWAY presentation.
MrShobar lol, good one.
It kind of is. They are selling worthless overpriced land
Lucas, you are correct to point out this is satire, but I think you misidentify the playwright's satirical intention. At the beginning of the scene Moss says, "The rich get richer, that's the rule of the land." This scene is an attack on an aspect of capitalism.
Take for instance the prizes of the sales contest. The winner get's a sick car (symbolizing the rich and their haul). Second place gets a set of steak knives (representing the middle class and their hilariously incommensurate haul). Third prize is "you're fired" (representing the loser, the working poor, the Willy Lomans).
Furthermore, consider the Glen Garry ledes. These premium, untapped leads, which will presumably put the salesman in contact with a person who actually may want to buy something, are only given to the salesman who WINS the contest. A contrarian might say that a struggling salesman might benefit from a layup to boost their confidence and commission.
But that's the beauty of art. I believe Mamet's intention was the satire I laid out above, but Lucas above can take his own meaning/validation from the same scene. Any way you slice it this is a fantastic scene. One the most memorable ever for me. If it weren't for all the foul language I'd love to show it to students of high school age.
I should add that I, for one, do NOT subscribe to Mamet's anti-capitalist point of view. (For that matter I bet Mamet himself has evolved since this play/film came out.) I just recognize that this was his satirical intentions with this scene.
‘You don’t like it? Leave’ he sounded like the joker mixed with some Bond villain lol tf
RIP, Alan.
I used to be a salesman, it's a tough racket
Some Southern Guy 🤣
please step away from the drink. there are other options.
This shit made me laugh too hard
~siiiip~
I used to play tennis. It was a tough racket.
ALEC BALDWIN at his best !!!!!!!!!!!!
+Carlos Hawkins The character - and the speech - aren't in the original play. They were created just for the film, for Baldwin. Wow!
+TheStockwell I hear that think for the info.
+Carlos Hawkins In 2005, Baldwin did a new version of the speech - as an elf in Santa's workshop. There are poor quality versions on UA-cam. Google "alec baldwin elf snl" and click the NBC com link. It's a great sketch but I'm pretty sure the audience had no idea what was going on!
+TheStockwell I saw it funny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+TheStockwell LOL!!! That was hilarious. Thanks for the heads up.
True Story: I inherited a watch, one of those heirlooms that pass from father to son, as it was broken I took it to the jeweler to get it fix. After a day or two the jeweler call me back and tells me that it would be $350 to fix the watch. I told him that with that amount of money I could get a new watch, and he simply answer: "not this watch". As it turn out the watch is more expensive than my truck.
+Miguel Vega Quinones Jesus christ how much was it worth?
The fact you didn’t know what it was probably means you don’t deserve it. Educate yourself, that cell phone in your pocket has the wealth of knowledge from the entirety of humanity.
Was your truck hyundai
Kevin Durant should have watched this before leaving OKC.....
Lmfaoooo
Awwwww. Cry me a river. Salty salty salty.... Lol...
+Crashburn 32 nothing salty, just the truth. KD cant play in the mans game. so he has to join forces with three other all stars. Weak.....
+Crashburn 32 Who the fuck is jay crowder.... LMFAO.... if durant is so great, why couldn't he close when his team was up 3-1? he is weak, soft as they come.... bruuhhh
OKC had to steal a team.
The acting talent on display is quite something!!!!
Been around for quite a few years this is by far the best acting I've ever seen.not to mention this out standing cast every one of these actors are incredible
This also sets up the scene later on when we see Richard Roma in action -- the deal is basically closed although the guy wants to back out of it and Williamson ruins it. Roma was going to immoral lengths to close the deal -- doing exactly what Baldwin was saying in this speech -- only to be be foiled by his novice boss. Notice Roma isn't in this scene either. He doesn't need this speech. He lives this speech.
You couldn't have the two personalities in the room at the same time
+stevemtc1 ---------- That is a good point.
+stevemtc1 ur comment was extraordinary.
Actually they intentionally pulled Pacino from this scene because they knew based on his character history that he wouldn't have put up with that shit and busted Baldwin's ass....and then probably eaten his intestines
+woodyburns that's the whole point
just fyi to all, Alec Baldwin wasn't acting in that scene.
That's what THEY'D have you believe.
yep, this was back when he was working for Mitch and Murray and just happened to wander into this building. Only later did he find out he was a great actor thanks to all the great training as a salesman.
Even though my job is in a field not even close to sales, I still listen to this when I need a little extra motivation at work.
Here after he was now being officially charged with involuntary manslaughter. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Well..at least he didn't shoot any of them