Alec Baldwin - Best performance
David Lukas3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2009–2012
other · general · evergreen · 2009–2012 on HN
The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.
HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.
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6 comments from Hacker News
Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: ▶ this video Pure. Gold.
If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( link ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: ▶ this video
That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: ▶ this video
"Nice guy I don't give a f &k. Good father, f &k you, go home and play with your kids. You want to work here close!" ▶ this video Probably not the best "formal warning", but fun all the same.
▶ this video Always Be Closing "The hardest thing in life is sell" link * * * The biggest step in my opinion is the psychological one. After that, everything comes in much easier than before.
It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. [scene] ▶ this video [transcript] link (Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)