21 Quotes

[last lines]
Ben Campbell: [narrating, Ben see's all of his friends gambling in Vegas] I let down my good friends. But as it turns out, they weren't too bad at simple math either.
Ben Campbell: [narrating, Jill and Ben make out in the school library] I scored the prettiest girl in school.
Ben Campbell: [narrating, Cole lays on

a beach with a cocktail in his hand] I got beaten down by an old-school Vegas thug who was having trouble accepting his retirement. But I worked out a deal with him that got him a nice pension.
Ben Campbell: [narrating, Ben introduces his mother to Jill] And I lied to my mother. But I confessed the lie. And, well, she still loved me.
Ben Campbell:

[narrating, Ben walks into school to get his scholarship] So my senior year of college, I joined this team. And I learned this new skill. I went to Vegas 17 times to use it. I made hundreds of thousands of dollars counting cards.
Ben Campbell: [Ben sits across from the professor] And then I had it all stolen from me. Twice. How's that for a life experience, professor? Did I

dazzle you? Did I jump off the page?

[Cole Williams confronts Micky for the first time again]
Ben Campbell: [narrating, when we see Micky tied up in the basement of the casino] I had a 1590 on my SAT. I got a 44 on my MCATs. And I have a 4.0 GPA from MIT. I thought I had my life mapped out. But then I remembered what my Nonlinear Equations professor once told me, always account for variable change.

Cole Williams: [Cole Williams walks out of the shadows] Hello, Micky.
Micky Rosa: Look, I got money in Boston. A hundred grand. I'll give it to you. If you just let me walk away. I'll walk away.
Cole Williams: I don't want your money, Micky. I don't need it. But I know someone who might be interested. He's good with numbers, too. He

works for the IRS.

[Ben asks Micky why he's being asked to join the team of card players]
Ben Campbell: So, why are you telling me?
Micky Rosa: Well, let's just say a spot opened up on our roster.
Ben Campbell: How?
Micky Rosa: Jimmy got a job at Google.
Ben Campbell: Jim... Jimmy got a job at

Google?
Micky Rosa: Yeah, it's catchy, I know.
Ben Campbell: Well, if you're making so much money at this, then why did he take it?
Micky Rosa: Ben, I said Google, not Sizzler.

[Ben speaks to his teacher Micky for the first time in class]
Micky Rosa: We're gonna call this, um, the game show host problem. All right? Ben, suppose you're on a game show. And you are given a chance to choose from three different doors, all right? Now, behind one of the doors is a new car. Behind the other two, goats. Which door would you choose, Ben?
Ben

Campbell: Door number one?
Micky Rosa: Door number one. Ben chooses door number one. All right, now, the game show host, who, by the way, knows what's behind all the other doors, decides to open another door. Let's say he chooses door number three. Behind which sits a goat, now... Ben, game show host comes to you. He says, 'Ben, do you want to stay with door number

one or go with door number two?' Now, is it in your interest to switch your choice?
Ben Campbell: Yeah.
Micky Rosa: Well, wait. Remember the host knows where the car is, so how do you know he's not playing a trick on you? Trying to use reverse psychology to get you to pick a goat?
Ben Campbell: Well, I wouldn't really care. I

mean, my answer's based on statistics. Based on variable change.
Micky Rosa: Variable change? But he just asked you a simple question.
Ben Campbell: Yeah, which changed everything.
Micky Rosa: Enlighten us.
Ben Campbell: Well, when I was originally asked to choose a door, I had a 33.3% chance of

choosing right. But after he opens one of the doors and then re-offers me the choice, it's now 66.7% if I choose to switch. So, yeah, I'll take door number two, and thank you for that extra 33.3%.
Micky Rosa: [Micky smiles] Exactly! People, remember, if you don't know which door to open, always account for variable change. Now, see, most people wouldn't take the switch out

of paranoia, fear, emotions. But Mr. Campbell, he kept his emotions aside and let simple math get his ass into a brand new car! Which is better than that goat you've been driving around campus.

[Micky gets on Fisher's back after Fisher gets jealous of Ben's winnings]
Fisher: Beginner's luck.
Micky Rosa: Hey, Fisher. Win like a man, lose like a man.
Fisher: Micky, I didn't play into a cold deck three times.
Micky Rosa: You know what's worse than a loser? Someone who won't admit he played it

wrong.

[Micky deals a deck of cards out to the team of kid card players]
Micky Rosa: What's the count?
Jill Taylor: Plus 9.
Micky Rosa: No.
Fisher: Plus 11.
Micky Rosa: No.
Kianna: Dude, I lost count 20 cards ago.
Micky Rosa: Don't call me

dude.
Choi: [Micky points to Choi] Uh, plus 9?
Micky Rosa: You're just following Jill. People, please. We had a total of 76 cards that came out of the deck. Twenty-three were high cards with the value of minus one. Seventeen were neutral with no value at all, and the rest were low cards with the value of plus one. How could you lose the count?

Ben Campbell: [Ben speaks from the doorway] Plus 13. The count. It's plus 13.
Micky Rosa: [Micky smiles at Ben] Yes.

[Jill tells Ben at his place of work that he should join the team]
Jill Taylor: Ben, you should feel the thrill of winning more money than you can possibly imagine. I think you should come to Vegas. 'Cause I'm guessing that you could probably use a break from this place.
Ben Campbell: I can't. I'm sorry. I just can't.
Jill

Taylor: Okay, if you change your mind, you know where we meet.
Ben Campbell: Okay.
Jill Taylor: You're welcome any time. You know, I think the best thing about Vegas is you can become anyone you want.

[Ben talks to Miles about the cost of having to go to school being expensive]
Ben Campbell: You know, tuition fees and living expenses alone cost over $300,000. $300,000.
Miles Connoly: It's outrageous. It's astronomically high. I get it.
Ben Campbell: You know, I just thought there was more to life than just money.

Miles Connoly: Well, look at the bright side, I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance.

[Micky yells at Ben for losing $200,000]
Ben Campbell: Hey, I let you down, all right. I get it.
Micky Rosa: Excuse me? You let me down? I don't care! Let me make one thing clear to you, I am not your father! You are not my friend. This is a business. You were only good to me as the money you make, and, right now it's not worth a hell of a whole lot!

[Micky realizes he's set up by Ben when he finds the chocolate cent in the bag]
Cole Williams: [in a flashback] I never saw Micky Rosa after that.
Cole Williams: [Cole stops his punch in front of Ben's face] But I think I wanna see him now. And I want you to make that happen.
Ben Campbell: I don't work for Micky anymore.

Cole Williams: [Cole laughs] Come on, kid. Your picture's all over the database, your Vegas gig is done. But I will give you one night. And I can guarantee you won't be bothered. You'll make a killing, and you'll keep it all. Hmm? Listen. My name's Cole. Cole Williams. You just bring me Micky Rosa, kid. I'll take care of the rest.
Micky Rosa: [in the

present] Son... Of... A... Bitch.

[Cole Williams tells Ben the history him and Micky have in Las Vegas]
Cole Williams: Tell me, uh... how's uh... Good old professor Rosa doing, huh? Oh, yeah. Me and Micky, we go way back. I spent years, chased him all over this town. I gave him beat downs left and right, only to find him at the tables a week later. He was very persistent. And then, one September night, when

I was in Barstow at my father's funeral, my casino was taken for seven figures. Can you imagine that? The most ever taken by a single counter in one night. 'Course I was, naturally, unceremoniously fired. Funny thing, though. I never saw Micky Rosa after that. Never.

[Ben tells Jill he can lead this team of card players]
Jill Taylor: What are you doing?
Ben Campbell: Well, we're printing money here. What, you think just 'cause Micky left we're gonna stop? No, I can do this. I can lead this team. You know, I'm not the same guy I was back in Boston.
Jill Taylor: Exactly.
Ben

Campbell: Yeah, exactly. You know, isn't this exactly who you wanted me to be when you first came into the store to buy a tie?

[Jill sits on Ben's lap at a dance club, as they both pretend to be their fake identities]
Jill Taylor: What line of work you in, mister?
Ben Campbell: I count things.
Jill Taylor: [Jill chuckles] My name's Sierra.
Ben Campbell: Hi, Sierra. I'm Salvadore Sanchez.
Jill Taylor:

[Jill whispers in Ben's ear] Would you like a private dance, Salvadore?
Ben Campbell: Well, that all depends how much it's gonna run me, Sierra.
Jill Taylor: 20 a song, 30-song minimum.
Ben Campbell: Sounds expensive.
[Ben and Jill kiss for the first time]