"The city shines brightest at night."
Nightcrawler - Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
My motto is if you want to win the lottery you've got to make money to buy a ticket.
— Lou Bloom
Context:
Lou says this during a job interview at a scrapyard, trying to sell himself as a hardworking employee.
Meaning:
Encapsulates Lou's warped view of success: it requires investment and risk, but he views it purely transactionally, ignoring luck or morality.
And I'm thinking that television news might just be something I love as well as something I happen to be good at.
— Lou Bloom
Context:
Lou pitching his services to Nina after capturing his first successful footage.
Meaning:
Reveals Lou's frightening realization that his predatory nature is perfectly suited for the cutthroat world of crime journalism.
Think of our newscast as a screaming woman running down the street with her throat cut.
— Nina Romina
Context:
Nina explaining to Lou exactly what kind of footage she wants him to capture.
Meaning:
A grotesque metaphor that exposes the news station's editorial policy: fear and gore are the only metrics that matter.
What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people but that I don't like them?
— Lou Bloom
Context:
Lou speaking to his "date" (Nina) at a Mexican restaurant while blackmailing her.
Meaning:
A chilling admission that Lou is not socially awkward due to ignorance, but rather misanthropic and consciously detached from humanity.
I will never ask you to do anything that I wouldn't do myself.
— Lou Bloom
Context:
Lou's final speech to his new interns, framing his psychopathy as inspirational leadership.
Meaning:
Ideally a leadership quality, but here a terrifying threat because there is nothing Lou wouldn't do (including die or kill) for the perfect shot.