Alec Baldwin - Best performance
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to it as the one scene worth watching from the movie, a classic about sales and entrepreneurship.
What it is
The famous Alec Baldwin monologue from the film Glengarry Glen Ross, where his character Blake berates salesmen with the 'Always Be Closing' speech. It is a short, profane scene about sales pressure and motivation.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2009 to 2012.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec richardburton · 2012-01 · on “How to date a supermodel (or get dealflow or find cofounders)”
Sales. It is all about the numbers. Just watch this classic clip from Glengarry Glen Ross: [this video] Pure. Gold.
Recommends thomaspaine · 2010-03 · on “Must-See Movies for Entrepreneurs”
That's really the only part of the movie worth watching to be honest. Save yourself 90 minutes and just watch that scene: [this video]
Recommends ims · 2011-11 · on “Lesser Known Ways to Persuade People”
If you liked this movie, may I suggest the David Mamet movie that inspired it: Glengarry Glen Ross ( [LINK] ). Brilliant (but NSFW, language) "Always Be Closing" scene to give you a feel for it: [this video]
Cites gojomo · 2009-02 · on “Y Combinator putting on special event called AngelConf for would-be investors”
It's a memorable line from a monologue delivered by the Alec Baldwin character in the movie 'Glengarry Glen Ross'. [scene] [this video] [transcript] [LINK] (Language is NSFW... unless of course your workplace is like the one in the movie.)
Cites jorisvoorn · 2010-03 · on “Ask HN: How to sell?”
[this video] Always Be Closing "The hardest thing in life is sell" [LINK] * * * The biggest step in my opinion is the psychological one. After that, everything comes in much easier than before.