2 minC1“And I want you to join me on this cinematic journey, 'cause it is cinema, Ray.”Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 1/15
- Negotiation
- Storytelling
- Persuading
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4 minB2“Panic hits me like a bucket of water.”Freddy Tells the Men's Room Story · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 19/22
- Storytelling
- Crime scenes
- Explaining
4 minC1“And I don't mean prayed for. I mean preyed upon.”Phil Saviano Tells His Story · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 6/21
- Investigation
- Storytelling
- Confessing
3 minB2“Get the fuck out of my house before I break your goddamn neck.”Jimmy Tells Joe How He Fell · The Last Boy Scout 1991 · Ch. 13/20
- Storytelling
- Comforting a friend
- Confessing
5 minB1“It's the first line of the film, man. It's gotta be on the money.”Mark Records the Film's First Line · American Movie 1999 · Ch. 14/19
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minC1“In simple terms, Miss Quested, life is a wheel with many spokes.”Godbole Explains the Marabar Caves · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 4/19
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
7 minB2“I have no idea what's going on, or what this place is at all.”Emmet Addresses the MasterBuilders · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 11/22
- Meetings
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB1“I don't know why, but it's always seemed like time just stopped.”Recounting the Night of the Shooting · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 5/20
- Storytelling
- Crime scenes
- Explaining
5 minB2“I, on the other hand, grew up in the East End of London, and all I ever wanted to do was blow the bloody doors off.”Hiring Divers for the Gesture · The Trip 2011 · Ch. 19/20
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
5 minB2“I just think it's hard to cast that role, you know, to fill it when you know it's gonna be like 30 to 40 years.”Wallace on Why He Isn't Married · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 5/17
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
2 minB2“He's gonna be a heavyweight, the way you're carryin' him.”Lenny Visits the Boxing Gym · Mighty Aphrodite 1995 · Ch. 12/15
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Complaining
3 minB2“So how do you make a story where you put everybody in one room?”The Chair Scene Goes Wrong · Friends: The Reunion 2021 · Ch. 16/25
- Storytelling
- Office chat
- Explaining