Judge Judy: Consider yourself in Contempt!
 
Charlie Gasparino: Steven A. Cohen, did you order the Inside Trade?
 
Judge Judy: You *don’t* have to answer that question!
 
Steve Cohen: I’ll answer the question!
 

Steve Cohen: You want answers?
 
Charlie Gasparino: I think I’m entitled to.
 
Steve Cohen: You want answers?
 
Charlie Gasparino: I want the truth!
 
Steve Cohen: You can’t handle the truth!
[pauses]
 
Steve Cohen: Son, we live in a world that has Chinese Walls, and those walls are guarded by compliance and bankers. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Peter Lattman? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You celebrate Raj Rajaratnam, and you curse hedge funds. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Rajaratnam sentence, while tragic, probably saved money. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves money. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on Wall Street, you need me on Wall Street. We use words like edge, proprietary, frontrunning. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defeating something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very capitalism that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a phone, and make a trade. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.
 
Charlie Gasparino: Did you order the Inside Trade?
 
Steve Cohen: I did the job I…
 
Charlie Gasparino: Did you order the Inside Trade?
 
Steve Cohen: You’re Goddamn right I did!
 

By Turney Duff with apologizes to Aaron Sorkin

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