James Delos quotes from Westworld

James Delos

They said there were two

Dolores Abernathy

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That answer doesn't seem to satisfy you.

[grunts] You uh, you frighten me sometimes Dolores.

Dolores Abernathy

[smiling] Why on earth would you ever be frightened of me?

James Delos

My fuckup of a son invested in this place because he believed in the future. I'm not interested in the future. I'm not interested in fantasies. I'm interested in reality.

William

I think in 20 years this will be the only reality that matters.

James Delos

Maybe so, but I'll be long gone by then. Meanwhile, I don't wanna underwrite some fuckin' investment banker's voyage of self-discovery. That's not a business.

William

You're right. This place is a fantasy. Nothing here is real. Except one thing: The guests. Half of your marketing budget goes to trying to figure out what people want. Because they don't know. But here, they're free. Nobody's watching. Nobody's judging. At least that's what we tell them. This is the only place in the world where you get to see people for who they really are. And if you don't see the business in that, then you're not the businessman that I thought you were.

James Delos

You're a cheeky little cunt, aren't you? There's not a man alive would talk to me like that. Not anymore. [pauses] Okay. Talk to me. I'm listening.

William

A little early for me.

James Delos

A little fuckin' late, you mean. Besides, you aim to cheat the devil, you owe him an offering.

Man in Black

You're feeling it more. Aren't you? The engineers call it a cognitive plateau. Your mind is stable for a few hours, few days, and then it starts to fall apart. Every time. At first we thought it was your mind rejecting the new body. Like an organ that's not a perfect match. But it's more like your mind rejects reality. Rejects itself.

James Delos

I don't, uh 'member any prior, I, I, I... Attemp -

Man in Black

No, Jim, this is the 149th time we've brought you back. We're gettin' closer to workin' out the kinks, slowly but surely. You're on Day 35. You're only now starting to degrade.

James Delos

I feel fuckin' fi... Ticker... Steady as a...

Man in Black

Another year or two, they might crack it and get a version of you that's viable long-term. But the thing is, I'm not so sure anymore. I'm beginning to think that this whole enterprise was a mistake. People aren't meant to live forever. I mean, take you, for example. Ruthless philanderer with no ethics in your business or family dealings, a veritable shithead. In truth, everyone prefers the memory of you to the man himself.

James Delos

Want me to stay here forever, do ya? Hmm? Enjoyin' running my company, Bill? Livin' in my house? Fucking my daughter? Hmm?

Man in Black

Juliet's dead. She killed herself.

James Delos

Why would she... Why would she do that? What did you... What did you do to her?

Man in Black

World is better off without you, Jim. Possibly without me.

James Delos

Logan! Logan! Logan!

Man in Black

Logan overdosed years ago. Couldn't face reality, either. Your wife's gone, Juliet's gone. No one's coming to help you. Took me a long time to learn this but some men are better off dead. Good night, Jim.fathers. One above, one below. They lied. There was only ever the devil. And when you look up from the bottom, it was just his reflection laughing back down at you. You aim to cheat the devil you owe him at least an offering.

James Delos

What do you think, William? Was this the inevitable end? Are you just a passenger? Did your life just happen to you? Or did you choose it?

Man in Black

If you can't tell... If you can't tell, does it matter? I know what I have to do.