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The Wolf of Wall Street · 2013 — 第 5 / 30 章 · 4'35" · B1

Donnie Quits His Job for Jordan, Explained：an in with someone

Donnie Azoff corners his neighbor Jordan, finds out he is a stockbroker, and immediately wants in. "I quit my job right now and I work for you," he says — not a joke, as it turns out. It looks like a funny meet-cute between two men, but it is really the moment a future partnership starts.

あらすじ

Jordan's neighbor Donnie Azoff approaches him at a restaurant and starts asking personal questions, working his way to the only one that matters: how much money do you make? When Jordan answers, Donnie does not hesitate — he quits his job on the spot and announces he will work for Jordan. The two then head up to the roof, where their partnership is sealed over drugs.

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注目の表現

do all right for myselfnone of her businessgrew up hotan in with someone

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このシーンの表現

an in with someone

a way to get close to someone

Donnie admits he used being her cousin as an excuse to get close to her.

Knowing the coach gave him an in with the whole team.

このシーンの他の表現

  • do all right for myself

    earn a decent living

  • none of her business

    not her concern

  • grew up hot

    became very attractive

  • out of your mind

    crazy, irrational

  • nut job

    a crazy person

このシーンのメモ一覧

115 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

発音the same

The weakens to a light thuh before the stressed same.

I think we live in the same building.
表現 · A2a lot of money

a great deal of money

You make a lot of money?
表現 · B1do all right for oneself

earn a decent living

Yeah, I do all right for myself.
表現 · B2put something together

build it up piece by piece

I'm trying to put it together.
表現 · A2something like that

roughly that

Last month. Something like that.
表現 · A2quit one's job

leave one's job

I quit my job right now and I work for you.
表現 · B1none of someone's business

not her concern

On the phone, Donnie tells Jordan not to tell Susan, snapping that it is none of her business.

Don't fucking tell Susan. It's none of her business.
スラング · B1stupid shit

dumb nonsense — Very casual complaint; use nonsense formally.

I heard some stupid shit. I don't know.
表現 · B1half the time

often, more often than not

I don't even listen to it half the time.
表現 · A2it's not like that

that is not how it is

Oh, bro, it's not like that.
表現 · B1a first cousin

a close cousin

Is she like a first cousin, or is she...
表現 · A2grow up together

were raised side by side

Look, we grew up together.
表現 · C1an in with someone

a way to get close to someone

Donnie admits he used being her cousin as an excuse to get close to her.

so, you know, I used the cousin thing as like an in with her.
文法 · B2if anyone's gonna fuck my cousin

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause names who it would be.

You know, if anyone's gonna fuck my cousin, it's gonna be me, out of respect. You know?
文法 · B1there's a big chance

existential there: There's a big chance introduces the likelihood of something, usually with a that-clause.

But there's a big chance, right, if...
表現 · B2scare the shit out of someone

terrify someone

That'd scare the shit out of me, buddy.
表現 · B1take a risk

involve risk

Look, man, a lot of having a kid, or whatever, takes risk, whether you're fucking cousins or not.
文法 · B2whether you're fucking cousins or not

concessive clause: Whether or not concedes the point: the risk stands either way.

Look, man, a lot of having a kid, or whatever, takes risk, whether you're fucking cousins or not.
表現 · B2fuck with someone

mess with someone

You're completely fucking with me.
発音with me

With me links into wih-me, the th softened.

You're completely fucking with me.
スラング · B2fucking with me

messing with me — Casual between friends, but crude in public.

You're completely fucking with me.
表現 · B2be appreciative for something

be grateful for

I'm really appreciative for this fucking job.
表現 · B1be out of one's mind

crazy, irrational

You're out of your fucking mind.
発音out of your

Out of your blurs into outta-yer.

You're out of your fucking mind.
表現 · B2a nut job

a crazy person

After being dragged into smoking crack, Jordan mutters that Donnie is a nut job.

Fucking nut job.
スラング · B2nut job

a crazy person — Fine as a jab; too crude for formal talk.

Fucking nut job.

「Donnie Quits His Job for Jordan」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene plays as comedy, but it is also a job interview run backwards: Donnie asks the questions, and Jordan gets the offer. Donnie has a wife, kids, and a furniture business, yet the moment he learns Jordan's income he throws it away — "I quit my job right now and I work for you." That line is the whole movie in miniature. Where most people would ask what the work is or whether it is legal, Donnie skips straight to the money, because money is the only credential he respects. The rooftop sequence then does something clever: it makes their new bond literal, two men sharing the same high. From this point on, they are partners, and the film treats the decision as both absurd and completely believable.

Theme

MoneyDonnie quits a steady life the instant he hears the number, because money is the only thing he needs to know.
AmbitionTwo men recognize the same hunger in each other and turn a chance meeting into a partnership.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Envy turns into a resignation in one line.
  • Donnie has no filter, and that is the joke.
  • The crack scene turns friendship into a dare.
  • Casual profanity here signals intimacy, not real anger.

発音のポイント

  • the same — The weakens to a light thuh before the stressed same.
  • with me — With me links into wih-me, the th softened.
  • out of your — Out of your blurs into outta-yer.
I quit my job right now and I work for you.

Donnie's instant decision: the moment he learns how much Jordan makes, he drops everything and attaches himself to the money.

No one who's married is fucking happy.

A bitter generalization from a man who clearly is not; it also hints at the recklessness driving the people around Jordan.

That'd scare the shit out of me, buddy.

A blunt admission that the risk of having kids — especially in a family like Donnie's — genuinely terrifies him.

You know, if anyone's gonna fuck my cousin, it's gonna be me, out of respect. You know?

Donnie's absurd logic for marrying his cousin: he frames it as protecting her from other men, which is the joke.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Donnie quit his job so quickly?

Because he hears one number and decides it is worth more than everything he has. The film uses him to show how fast a normal life can be traded for the promise of easy money.

Is Donnie really married to his cousin?

By his own account, yes — his wife's father is his mother's brother. He insists it is not as bad as it sounds, then explains it in a way that only makes it sound worse.

What does it mean to have an in with someone?

It means having a way in — a connection that gets you close to a person. Donnie used being cousins as an in with the woman who became his wife.

Why do they smoke crack on the roof?

It turns the new partnership into a shared ritual. The scene is less about the drug than about two men deciding they are the same kind of person.

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