Cheat To Win

ERICA
I’m sorry you’re not sufficiently impressed with my education.

MARK
And I’m sorry I don’t have a rowboat so we’re even.

ERICA
I think we should just be friends.

MARK
I don’t want friends.

ERICA
I was being polite, I have no intention of being friends with you.

MARK
I’m under some pressure right now with my OS class and if we could just order food. I think we should—

[ERICA takes MARK’s hand and looks at him tenderly…]

ERICA (close)
You are probably going to be a very successful computer person. But you’re going to go through life thinking that girls don’t like you because you’re a nerd. And I want you to know, from the bottom of my heart, that that won’t be true. It’ll be because you’re an asshole.

MARK
I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there’s no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.

[beat]

MARK
Did I adequately answer your condescending question?

Absolutely brilliant design choice for the Dragon Tattoo DVD that was released this week.

Ok, I can only IMAGINE how amazing this would be…

One of the best moments in cinematic history.

I am not exaggerating.

Erica Albright is Lisbeth Salander.

Lisbeth Salander is Erica Albright.

That is what you call Acting with a capital “A.”