These speeches will make you stand a little taller, with your chin held up, with your chest puffed that bit further out. And put fire in your belly and hairs on your chest. I watch these whenever I need inspiration and some courage. Hopefully, they give you some too! Al Pacino’s speech in Scent of a Woman (1992) If you haven’t seen this film yet, then watch it before this humdinger of an ending speech. For a very useful transcipt of the Pacino’s barnstorming speech, see this link from American Rhetoric. Arnie’s 6 Rules of Success Arnie is the man. Plain and simple. Champion bodybuilder, self-made millionaire businessman, blockbuster A-list acting legend, Governor of California, all-round great guy. Listen to this. Rocky’s speech to his son in Rocky Balboa (2006) Every Rocky film (except Rocky V of course) has made me cry. Floods of tears. The final struggle of the …[Read More]
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“I need you to look like a man who belongs at that table” – what we can learn from Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale
Last night, I saw Casino Royale for probably the seventh time. Such a good movie. There’s a scene in particular that encapsulates everything that we’re trying to achieve here at www.howtobedapper.com. Bond comes into the bathroom where Vesper is doing her makeup. They are preparing for the big high-stakes poker tournament. The stakes are high in monetary terms but also sky-high in terms of intelligence in the fight against terrorism. Bond presents Vesper with a dress, explaining that he wants her to look fabulous so that when she walks into the room, the other players are distracted by her beauty and glamour. There’s certainly unsaid reasons such as she’d raise his own status and his opponents would treat him with greater respect for having such a woman on his arm. As he himself goes to change for the evening, he notices a suit on his bed. He strides incredulously back …[Read More]
‘Be Better Than The Gap’ – 4 Things Men Can Learn From Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love
Yes it’s a rom-com, but there’s plenty that a man can learn from Crazy, Stupid, Love. Steve Carell plays a family man whose wife has admitted she’s had an affair with a guy called David Lindhagen. Carell moves out and seeks solace at the local bar telling everyone how depressed he is and feeling sorry for himself. Needless to say he becomes a very sad case. Enter Ryan Gosling’s character: Gosling plays an accomplished ladies man. He’s super-confident, well-dressed and a natural at picking up women. He charms the women each night and more often than not leaves with them on his arm. Gosling takes pity on Carell and takes him under his wing, brandishing his tough love approach to educating Carell.In a memorable line, he tells Carell that the reason he lost his wife is not because of David Lindhagen, but because he lost sight of who he is …[Read More]