Lester Siegel: Argo fuck yourself.
Jack O'Donnell: This is the best bad idea we have, sir. By far.
John Chambers: Target audience will hate it. Tony Mendez: Who's the target audience? John Chambers: People with eyes.
Lester Siegel: Okay, you got 6 people hiding out in a town of what, 4 million people, all of whom chant "death to America" all the livelong day. You want to set up a movie in a week. You want to lie to Hollywood, a town where everybody lies for a liv...
Max Klein: You want me to be honest with you, Les? Lester Siegel: No, I would like you to bullshit me, Max.
Joe Stafford: You really believe your little story's gonna make a difference when there's a gun to our heads? Tony Mendez: I think my story's the only thing between you and a gun to your head.
LA Times Reporter: What does the title refer to? Lester Siegel: The Argo. You know, it's the thing. LA Times Reporter: Like Jason and the Golden Fleece, or what? Lester Siegel: No, no. It's the ship. It's the spaceship. It goes everywhere. It goes al...
Lester Siegel: If I'm doing a fake movie, it's gonna be a fake hit.
Tony Mendez: You really know Warren Beatty? Lester Siegel: Yes, I do. I took a leak next to him once at the Golden Globes.
Jack O'Donnell: Brace yourself; it's like talking to those two old fucks on "The Muppets".
Jack O'Donnell: If we wanted applause, we would have joined the circus. Tony Mendez: I thought we did.
Jack O'Donnell: Carter said you were a great American. Tony Mendez: A great American what? Jack O'Donnell: He didn't say.
Jack O'Donnell: I am not going to leave him at the airport with six people and his dick in his hand. Tell the Director to call the White House. Do your fucking job!
John Chambers: [after hearing of the plan to get the hostages out] So you want to come to Hollywood, act like a big shot... Tony Mendez: Yeah. John Chambers: ...without actually doing anything? Tony Mendez: No. John Chambers: [smiles] You'll fit righ...
Lester Siegel: We made history today. "History starts out as farce and ends up as tragedy." John Chambers: Quote's the other way around. Lester Siegel: Yeah? Who said it? John Chambers: Marx. Lester Siegel: Groucho said that?
Lester Siegel, Tony Mendez: [on the phone] So I'm sitting in Jerry's this morning, having breakfast, a waitress comes over to me, she's waving a newspaper and she says, 'You see what those Canadians pulled off? Why can't we do something like that?' ...
First A.D.: He says the Minotaur prosthetic is too tight, so he can't act. John Chambers: If he could act, he wouldn't be playing the Minotaur.
