The Wolf of Wall Street: movie monologues to shadow
36 monologues from The Wolf of Wall Street. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B222 lines
My name is Jordan Belfort.
Jordan's self-introductionThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He lists wealth and crimes in one breath, and the pacing itself sells the high life. - B230 lines
Number one rule of Wall Street.
The number one ruleThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He moves from market chaos to client addiction, laying out the firm's whole business creed. - B212 lines
This is not a tip, this is a prescription.
A prescription for successThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He delivers absurd self-care as a doctor's order, and the straight face is the joke. - B223 lines
Hello, John, how are you doing today?
The full phone pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It runs from small talk to closing the trade in one breath, a textbook sales script. - B18 lines
Look, we grew up together.
Donnie's cousin defenseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The more he explains, the worse it gets, and his total sincerity is the punchline. - B118 lines
You listening? It's easier than you think.
Everyone wants to get richThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The Amish and Buddhist detour turns a sales lesson into a comic rant that still lands. - B25 lines
Listen to me. We're a new company with a new name.
The new-firm speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It builds a fake national myth for a brokerage, escalating until the room believes it. - B26 lines
They don't know, right? They gotta think about it,
Naming the client's doubtThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He voices the client's harshest doubt, then turns distrust into a lesson. - B25 lines
Who the fuck has the goddamn gall to call this house on a Tuesday night?
Mad Max's phone rantThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The sudden shift from rage to a polite hello makes the temper hilarious. - B24 lines
Forbes made me a superstar.
Fame brings a stampedeThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013One detail about suits sums up the absurd rush of fame and money. - B25 lines
At Stratton, there were three kinds of hookers.
The hooker tiersThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He grades prostitutes like stocks, and the deadpan delivery makes the absurdity land. - B27 lines
I want to stay married, Dad, but...
A father-and-son talkThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He wants to stay married yet admits the pull of temptation, and the honesty makes it land. - B24 lines
The Quaalude,
A brief history of ludesThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The deadpan documentary tone about a party drug is where the dark humor lives. - B25 lines
Except, guess who grew up with him?
Introducing DonnieThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The tease-and-reveal builds Donnie up as a comic force before he even speaks. - B26 lines
Three days later, I filed for a divorce and moved Naomi into the apartment.
Moving Naomi inThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Divorce, moving and redecorating pass in a few calm lines that still manage to brag. - B26 lines
I was making that much almost every day through one rathole or another.
The rathole accountsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He explains a whole money scheme in the calmest voice, which makes it chilling. - B28 lines
For three weeks, we sailed the Naomi through the Caribbean, eventually taking her home to Long Island,
The Gold Coast houseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The list of luxuries builds a perfect life, and the perfection is what makes it fragile. - B24 lines
And actually do some work besides swiping my fucking credit card all day, huh?
Naomi's sarcasmThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Her sarcasm stacks up, dismantling each of his invented professions in turn. - B26 lines
Ah, yes, my morning ritual.
Jordan's morning ritualThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A deadpan checklist makes an outrageous morning sound routine. - B27 lines
Hey, everybody, listen up!
The new-issue-day rallyThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns one firing into a speech that fuses fear with pure hype. - B222 lines
I wanna take a moment and tell you why Steve here is so absolutely off the fucking wall.
Jordan hypes Steve MaddenThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The praise slides from worship into crude jokes, and the excess is the comedy. - B212 lines
All right, I want you all to focus for a second.
The telephone rallyThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns a plain phone into a target and his brokers into killers and warriors. - B26 lines
Let me tell you something.
The rich-or-poor openingThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Personal history becomes the argument, and the choice sounds obvious. - B210 lines
So you listen to me and you listen well.
Turning poverty into a sales pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Rapid rhetorical questions weld shame and desire into one driving force. - B28 lines
my point is that I know you're investigating Stratton.
Jordan's yacht defenseThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He plays humble and pushy at once, turning innocence into a bargaining chip. - C17 lines
Now the one thing about Wall Street and this market is, for me, I feel
Dressing a bribe as charityThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The gentle tone is what makes the offer dangerous. - C14 lines
You think about the people that built this country, hardworking people like you.
Denham's sympathy trapThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He takes your side against the system, then waits for you to slip. - C17 lines
You know, Jordan, I'll tell you something.
Denham on privilegeThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He trashes a whole class, then singles Jordan out, which is flattery with a hook. - C17 lines
which started kicking in by the time I finished my sales meeting.
The phases of the pillsThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013A calm, list-like narration of losing control makes the whole thing darkly funny. - B24 lines
five years ago, when I started Stratton Oakmont with Donnie Azoff, I knew the day
the farewell openingThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It sets up a gracious exit only so the reversal lands harder moments later. - B26 lines
I want you to get all our clients on the phone right now and have them start selling Steve Madden.
Jordan's order to crush the stockThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013Each line raises the stakes from an order to an open threat. - B25 lines
We're going to Monaco so that we can drive to Switzerland
Jordan's detour planThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He rattles off a smuggling detour as if it were a business itinerary. - B224 lines
Do you dream of becoming financially independent but struggle every month just to pay your bills?
The infomercial sales pitchThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013It moves from the viewer's pain to a cure in one breathless sales arc. - C15 lines
Fucking Rugrat.
Donnie's rant about RugratThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013The insults pile up fast, turning betrayal into a comic tirade. - B25 lines
But it gets even better, babe.
Jordan's pitch to NaomiThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He turns a prison sentence into a family budget and keeps smiling. - B28 lines
It's sad, you understand? It's like...
Donnie's fake-loyalty speechThe Wolf of Wall Street · 2013He rages about betrayal while wearing the wire that will end Jordan.