L.A. Law (TV Series)

Spleen It to Me, Lucy (1991)

Susan Ruttan: Roxanne Melman

Quotes 

• Roxanne Melman : You didn't hear a single word I said yesterday about respect for others.

  Susan Bloom : You and I need to have a talk about your deal.

  Roxanne Melman : But we're having this one first. You wanted to know when you are being offensive, well renting this entire office floor as a movie set is offensive!

  Susan Bloom : I said they could shoot one scene in my office after hours. You give these Hollywood producers an edge and they take it to be a mile.

  Roxanne Melman : That's not the point! You rented out our place of business like it was a cheap motel room!

  Susan Bloom : It was a favor for a friend. We set it up days ago, but quite frankly I forgot to tell you or Leland about it. I was gonna give you a percentage.

  Roxanne Melman : Is that what everything is to you? A percentage? You can't keep doing this with your chain smoking, nickname calling, tipping, brash attitude and expect others up pick up after you. McKenzie Brackman has principals. We stand for something. We don't ambush each other, we don't provoke internal fighting, and we don't sell out each other to the highest bidder!

  Susan Bloom : We're talking about lawyers here.

  Roxanne Melman : I didn't say we were perfect. But we try to have respect for others and ourselves.

  Susan Bloom : Let me tell ya about respect. I had to sweat for it all my life. I was born and grew up in rural and impoverished West Virginia. My family was dirt poor. I was lucky if I got one meal a day and one cigarette to smoke a day. I went to a piss-ant college in Charleston, West Virginia. And about a hundred pounds ago, I had to work my way through law school as a stripper. I have taken a lot of crap to get where I am today with being an entertainment lawyer. Now, I have all the food I can eat, all the cigarettes I can smoke, all the jewelry I want to wear, along with all the money that I can spend. And one of the things that I learned is that play by the rules generally means "pardon us while we screw you".

  Roxanne Melman : [in disbelief]  You did it again. You changed the subject. We were talking about how you treat the people you work with. You can't keep doing this, Susan! You are so brash, crude, and selfish that you have no respect for anyone or anything, not even yourself!

  Susan Bloom : Boy, you don't give up, do you? All right, if I can be a good little girl, I can handle it. I can see why Douglas promoted you, Roxy. You are one hell of an enforcer!