Going for Broke (2003 TV Movie)

Gerald McRaney: Jim Bancroft

Quotes 

• Laura Bancroft : [first time playing video poker]  Did I win?

  Jim Bancroft : Yeah, four whole quarters.

  Laura Bancroft : Oh well, easy come, easy go. I'll try again.

  [3 hearts come up] 

  Jim Bancroft : Now hold, hold hold.

  Laura Bancroft : Well I understand that, I don't understand...

  Jim Bancroft : Now hit 'draw'.

  Laura Bancroft : Draw.

  [full house comes on screen, bells go off] 

  Laura Bancroft : Wait, what happened?

  Jim Bancroft : A full house.

  Bella : Cookie, you just won a hundred bucks!

  Laura Bancroft : I did?

  Jim Bancroft : Yeah, you want to hear it come out?

  [pushes button, quarters fall out of slot] 

  Jim Bancroft : I'll get a bucket.

  Laura Bancroft : Great!

  Bella : Fun, huh?

  Laura Bancroft : Oh that's really good, what's a full house?

  Laura Bancroft : [voice over]  That win was such a rush. I mean a few coins, a couple of minutes of fun, and before the evening was over, I had enough to fix the furnace. I was providing for my family, and I felt high. And I wanted that feeling again, and again. I'm sorry, is it okay if I smoke?

• Jim Bancroft : [teaching Laura to country dance]  Come on, you can do this, it's real simple: slow, slow, quick quick.

  Laura Bancroft : Whatever happened to disco?

• Bella : A tip, always bet the maximum, when you see the payoff, you'll thank me.

  Laura Bancroft : Oh, okay. Better be right.

  [pushes button, bells ring] 

  Laura Bancroft : Oh! Oh! OH MY GOD! Look, I won! I WON $500!

  Bella : How's that for payoff? I want to thank you!

  [shakes her hand] 

  Laura Bancroft : You want to hear it?

  Jim Bancroft : Hit it.

  Bella : 500 smackers.

  Laura Bancroft : Yeah!

  Bella : Good for you.

  Laura Bancroft : YES! I WON $500!

  Laura Bancroft : [voice over]  Looking back, that was the moment I can say it started, that moment when I felt that click. After the hassles of the day, the house, the kids, the office, the million things that needed my attention, this became my escape.

• Jim Bancroft : Heard you had a rough one today.

  Laura Bancroft : [takes a drag off cigarette]  A small corner of hell.

• Jim Bancroft : [Laura's backing the car out]  Hey hon, where you going?

  Laura Bancroft : Grocery run.

  Jim Bancroft : With all the leftovers we got?

  Laura Bancroft : We're low on mayo, but I'll be back before you know it.

  Laura Bancroft : [voice over]  They all suspected what was going on, but I got very good at fooling myself at least. That day, I lost everything I'd just borrowed from my mother.

• Jim Bancroft : [finds Laura at the casino when she said she was going shopping]  What is with you?

  Laura Bancroft : With me? It's a game, Jim. Sometimes, I like to relax.

  Jim Bancroft : It's more than that.

  Laura Bancroft : You think I have a problem, just say it.

  Jim Bancroft : I think you have a problem, I think you gamble too much and you can't stop, and you can't see what it's doing to our family.

  [drags her out of the casino] 

  Laura Bancroft : Hey, Jim.

  Jim Bancroft : Excuse us.

  Laura Bancroft : This is embarrassing, let go of me! I said let go of me!

  [breaks away from him] 

  Jim Bancroft : [takes bills out of his pocket]  I found these today, these bills go back for months. Did you think if you hid them, they'd just go away?

  Laura Bancroft : I didn't hide them, I just set them aside and forgot. Don't you think if I knew they were there, I would've paid them?

  Jim Bancroft : With what? I checked the bank account, there's nothing there. Now I'm working my ass off and I'm wondering where's the money going?

  Laura Bancroft : Is this just about the money?

  Jim Bancroft : It's about everything. It's about you and me and this whole damn situation, you are addicted to those machines!

  Laura Bancroft : Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? If I were, how could I be so successful? I haven't had time to get to the bank, but since it means so much to you, I'll go get them now.

  Jim Bancroft : You're not fooling any of us, Laura.

  Laura Bancroft : I said I'll handle it, and don't you dare follow me!