Barbarians at the Gate (1993 TV Movie)
Jonathan Pryce: Henry Kravis
Quotes
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F. Ross Johnson : Well, that LBO stuff is way over my head. I just can't follow it, Henry.
Henry Kravis : You don't have to. Bankers and lawyers work it all out.
F. Ross Johnson : All I want from bankers is a new calendar every year and all I care about lawyers is they're back in their coffins before the sun comes up.
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Henry Kravis : He got the art of the double cross down real fast.
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Henry Kravis : It's not the company. It's the credibility. My credibility. I can't just sit on the bench and let other people play the game. Not my game. Not with their rules.
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Henry Kravis : We pay off the debt in buying the company with cash from it's ongoing operation and by selling off pieces of the business.
F. Ross Johnson : That's french for firing people isn't it, Henry.
Henry Kravis : As few as possible of course.
F. Ross Johnson : [pause] A few dozen, ten thousand?
Henry Kravis : [longer pause then softly] As I said as few as possible.
F. Ross Johnson : [pause] I couldn't do that. I couldn't live with the fallout.
Henry Kravis : I'd take care of that.
F. Ross Johnson : Ya, I don't shave your face in my mirror every morning. All that aside I've never been a big fan of debt.
Henry Kravis : Debt can be an asset. Debt tightens a company.
F. Ross Johnson : It does wonders for the sphincter too.
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George Roberts : [ominous music] Our move. What do you think?
Henry Kravis : Napalm.
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Henry Kravis : Second place is no better than third.