Sy Ableman Quotes in A Serious Man (2009)

Sy Ableman: Do you drink wine? Because this is an incredible bottle. This is not Mogen David. This is a - heh heh - a wine, Larry. A Bordeaux.

Larry Gopnik: You know, Sy...

Sy Ableman: Open it. Let it breathe. Ten minutes. Letting it breathe, so important.

Larry Gopnik: Thanks, Sy, but I'm not...

Sy Ableman: I insist! No reason for discomfort. I'll be uncomfortable if you don't take it. These are signs and tokens, Larry.

Larry Gopnik: I'm just-I'm not ungrateful, I'm, I just don't know a lot about wine and, given our respective, you know...

[Sy abruptly hugs him]

Sy Ableman: S'okay. S'okay. We're gonna be fine.

Sy Ableman: I'm a serious man, Larry.

Judith Gopnik: We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this, Larry.

Larry Gopnik: The kids aren't...

Judith Gopnik: I'm saying "we." I'm not pointing fingers.

Larry Gopnik: No one is playing the "blame game," Larry.

Larry Gopnik: I didn't say anyone was!

Judith Gopnik: Well let's not play He said, She said, either.

Larry Gopnik: I wasn't! I-...

Sy Ableman: Aw right, well let's just step back, and defuse the situation, I find, sometimes, if I count to ten.

[pause]

Sy Ableman: One... two... three... faw... Or silently.

[Long pause]

Judith Gopnik: Really, to keep things on an even keel, especially now, leading up to Danny's bar mitzvah...

Sy Ableman: A child's bar mitzvah, Larry!

Judith Gopnik: Sy and I think it's best if you move out of the house.

Larry Gopnik: Move out?

Sy Ableman: It makes eminent sense.

Judith Gopnik: Things can't continue as they...

Larry Gopnik: Move out! Where would I go?

Sy Ableman: Well, for instance, the Jolly Roger is quite livable. Not expensive, and the rooms are eminently habitable.

Judith Gopnik: This would allow you to visit the kids.

Sy Ableman: There's convenience in its fava. There's a pool...

Larry Gopnik: Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy?

Judith Gopnik: [Shocked pause] Larry!

Sy Ableman: Larry, you're jesting!

Judith Gopnik: Larry, there is much to accomplish before that can happen.

Sy Ableman: Larry, Larry, Larry. I think, really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate coss of action. It has a pool.

Sy Ableman: Ember's is not the forum to discuss legalities!

Sy Ableman: I fucked your wife, Larry! I seriously fucked her!

Judith Gopnik: We shouldn't put the kids in the middle of this.

Larry Gopnik: The kids aren't...

Judith Gopnik: I'm saying "we". I'm not pointing fingers.

Sy Ableman: No one is playing the blame game, Larry.

Larry Gopnik: I didn't say anyone was.

Judith Gopnik: Well, let's not play "he said, she said", either.

Larry Gopnik: I wasn't! I...

Sy Ableman: Aw right, well let's just step back, and defuse the situation. I find, sometimes, if I count to ten...

[grasps Larry's wrists]

Sy Ableman: One... two... three... four... or silently...

[Sy counts silently]

Judith Gopnik: Really, to keep things on an even keel leading up to Danny's bar mitzvah...

Sy Ableman: Child's bar mitzvah, Larry.

Judith Gopnik: ...Sy and I think it's best if you move out of the house.

Larry Gopnik: ...Move out?

Sy Ableman: Well, it makes eminent sense.

Judith Gopnik: Things can't continue as they...

Larry Gopnik: Move out? Where would I go?

Sy Ableman: Well, for instance, the Jolly Roger is quite livable. It's not expensive, the rooms are eminently habitable...

Judith Gopnik: This would allow you to visit the kids.

Sy Ableman: It has convenience in its favor, they've got a pool...

Larry Gopnik: Wouldn't it make more sense for you to move in with Sy?

[pause]

Judith Gopnik: [stunned] Larry.

Sy Ableman: Larry... you, you *are* jesting? I think really, the Jolly Roger is the appropriate course of action.