CBGB (2013)

Ashley Greene: Lisa Kristal

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• Lisa Kristal : [answering a phone call]  Zeke wants to know what time they're going on tonight.

  Hilly Kristal : I don't know yet.

  Lisa Kristal : [into the phone]  Bastard won't tell me.

• Lisa Kristal : You seen this?

  Hilly Kristal : No.

  Lisa Kristal : "The great thing about this band, Television, is that they have absolutely n musical or socially redeeming characteristics and they know it."

  Hilly Kristal : Who wrote that?

  Lisa Kristal : Josh Feigenbaum.

  Hilly Kristal : Who's he?

  Lisa Kristal : He's important. So, people are gonna read this and they're gonna start talking. And bands are gonna start showing up wanting to play here. And all bands have fans, even the shitty ones. And everybody wants to be in a band and have fans, so new bands are gonna start up and show up. You have no idea what's about to happen here. So... gimme a job.

  Merv Ferguson : The pay sucks. The music sucks. But far be it from me to refute the words of Josh Feigenbaum.

• Hilly Kristal : You gotta spend money to make money.

  Lisa Kristal : [irate]  You gotta *have* money to spend money to make money. And since you spend all the money you make, you don't have any money to spend. So you might wanna think about saving the money you make, instead of spending the money you make.

• Lisa Kristal : Mom was right to leave you. You're an asshole.

  Hilly Kristal : Lisa.

  Lisa Kristal : What?

  Hilly Kristal : In my capacity as asshole, I am promoting you to vice president of business affairs.

• Lisa Kristal : I just don't get it. Why did you risk everything on the Dead Boys? Was it the auto-asphyxiation or the self-mutilation?

  Hilly Kristal : They could have been a bellwether.

  Lisa Kristal : That's debatable.

• Lisa Kristal : This is what you're spending. This is what you're making.

  Hilly Kristal : I have to get back out there.

  Merv Ferguson : Give her a minute, Hilly.

  Lisa Kristal : You're spending too much. You cannot afford to personally take on a band.

  Merv Ferguson : I agree with Lisa on this.

  Hilly Kristal : Oh, this is about the Dead Boys.

  Merv Ferguson : Ye... before we branch out, we need to get our primary business in order. And we need to put proper vendor agreements in place. We need to have billing cycles. Look here, okay? This is what you're spending on toilet paper.

  Hilly Kristal : I don't believe that.

  Lisa Kristal : You... you're getting it from the deli. A lot of it! If you buy it in bulk, you can get it for a fraction of the price. This is what you're spending on beer. This is what you are bringing in on the bar in general. Hey, too many customers are drinking for free!

  Hilly Kristal : Oh, this is bullshit.

  Merv Ferguson : Hilly, cut it out!

  Hilly Kristal : Why are we talking about toilet paper? I have Genya Ravan out there ready to produce the Dead Boys album. You're wasting my time!

  Lisa Kristal : Fine.

  Hilly Kristal : [Lisa storms out]  God damn it, Hilly.

• Lisa Kristal : I'm going to law school.

  Hilly Kristal : Really? How come?

  Lisa Kristal : 'Cause I know you're gonna need me to. Even though I know you'll never admit it. Your friends have been waiting out there for you all fucking day. Get your ass out there!

  Hilly Kristal : You know, I really don't appreciate all the swearing.

• Hilly Kristal : What do you expect to do around here?

  Lisa Kristal : Well, what do you do around here?

  Hilly Kristal : Do you want a job or do you want to fight?

  Lisa Kristal : I asked you for a job.

  Hilly Kristal : Fine.

  [she hands him the Josh Feigenbaum article and he gives it a once-over] 

  Hilly Kristal : Okay. To start with, bands will sound check from 4:00 to 6:00.

  Taxi : Yeah.

  Hilly Kristal : I'll post the lineup at 7:30. And bands don't get to decide the order. They fight, they're out.

  Lisa Kristal : Got it. Anything else?

  Hilly Kristal : Yeah. Bikers don't pay for their drinks.

  Lisa Kristal : When?

  Hilly Kristal : A lot.

  Mad Mountain : Ever.

  Lisa Kristal : Why not?

  Hilly Kristal : Policy.

  [the phone rings] 

  Hilly Kristal : CBGB. Hold on.

  [covering the receiver] 

  Hilly Kristal : Bill collectors. You're hired.

  [Jonathan poops on the floor] 

  Hilly Kristal : Cleanup on aisle ten.

  Lisa Kristal : Oh, he is not talking to me, is he?

  Merv Ferguson : Yes. He is.