Glengarry Glen Ross Page #21

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ROMA (CONT'D)

I've wanted to talk to you for some

time. For a long time, actually.

I said, "The Machine, there's a man

I would work with. There's a

man..." You know? I never said a

thing. I should have, don't know

why I didn't. And that sh*t you

were slinging on my guy today was

so good...it...it was, and, excuse

me, 'cause it isn't even my place

to say it. It was admirable...it

was the old stuff. Hey, I've been

on a hot streak, so what? There's

things that I could learn from you.

You eat today?

LEVENE:

Me.

ROMA:

Yeah.

LEVENE:

Mm.

ROMA:

Well, you want to swing by the

Chinks, watch me eat, we'll talk?

LEVENE:

I think I'd better stay here for a

while.

Baylen sticks his head out of the room:

BAYLEN:

Mr. Levene...?

ROMA:

You're done, come down, and let's...

BAYLEN:

Would you come in here, please?

ROMA:

And let's put this together. Okay?

Shel? Say okay.

Pause.

LEVENE:

(softly to himself)

Huh.

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BAYLEN:

Mr. Levene, I think we have to talk.

ROMA:

I'm going to the Chinks. You're

done, come down, we're going to

smoke a cigarette.

LEVENE:

I...

BAYLEN:

(comes over)

...Get in the room.

ROMA:

Hey, hey, hey, easy friend. That's

the "Machine." That is Shelly "The

Machine" Lev...

BAYLEN:

Get in the goddamn room.

Baylen starts manhandling Shelly into the room.

LEVENE:

Ricky, I...

ROMA:

Okay, okay, I'll be at the resta...

LEVENE:

Ricky...

BAYLEN:

"Ricky" can't help you, pal.

LEVENE:

...I only want to...

BAYLEN:

Yeah. What do you want? You want

to what?

He pushes Levene into the room, closes the door behind him.

Pause.

ROMA:

Williamson:
listen to me: when the

leads come in...listen to me: when

the leads come in I want my top two

off the list. For me. My usual

two. Anything you give Levene...

93.

WILLIAMSON:

...I wouldn't worry about it.

ROMA:

Well I'm going to worry about it,

and so are you, so shut up and

listen.

(pause)

I GET HIS ACTION. My stuff is

mine, whatever he gets for himself,

I'm talking half. You put me in

with him.

Aaronow enters.

AARONOW:

Did they...?

ROMA:

You understand?

AARONOW:

Did they catch...?

ROMA:

Do you understand? My stuff is

mine, his stuff is ours. I'm

taking half of his commissions--

now, you work it out.

WILLIAMSON:

Mmm.

AARONOW:

Did they find the guy who broke

into the office yet?

ROMA:

No. I don't know.

Pause.

AARONOW:

Did the leads come in yet?

ROMA:

No.

AARONOW:

(settling into a desk chair)

Oh, God, I hate this job.

ROMA:

(simultaneous with

"job," exiting the office)

I'll be at the restaurant.

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