American Psycho (2000)

Jared Leto: Paul Allen

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Quotes 

• Patrick Bateman : Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?

  Paul Allen : They're OK.

  Patrick Bateman : Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

  Paul Allen : Hey Halberstram.

  Patrick Bateman : Yes, Allen?

  Paul Allen : Why are there copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?

  Patrick Bateman : No, Allen.

  Paul Allen : Is that a rain coat?

  Patrick Bateman : Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

  [raises axe above head] 

  Patrick Bateman : Hey Paul!

  [he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him] 

  Patrick Bateman : TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW, YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!

• Paul Allen : This is really a beehive of, uh, activity, Halberstam. This place is hot, very hot.

  Patrick Bateman : Listen, the mud soup and the charcoal arugula are outrageous here.

  Paul Allen : Yeah, well. You're late.

  Patrick Bateman : Hey, I'm a child of divorce. Give me a break.

  [studies menu] 

  Patrick Bateman : Hmmmm, I see they've omitted the pork loin with lime Jell-O.

  Patrick Bateman : [looks across the room]  Is that Ivana Trump over there? Jeez, Patrick, I mean Marcus, what are you thinking? Why would Ivana be at Texarkana?

• Patrick Bateman : Wasn't Rothschild originally handling the Fisher account? How did you get it?

  Paul Allen : Well, Halberstram, I could tell you... but then I'd have to kill ya.