From Lowdown

Lance
To the abductors, the victim is just a commodity, see? For the sake of argument, let’s say someone wants to by your car, and you agree to sell it. You quote them an amount, and when the prospective buyer happily, eagerly agrees to the price, what goes through your mind? “Damn, I should’ve asked for more.” It’s no different with kidnappers. If you give into their demands, they’ll hang on to the victim for as long as they like. What you have to do is haggle. You have to let them think the victim isn’t worth as much as they had thought. That way, you give yourself an edge. You play their game, fight fire with fire. Kidnapping is a business. You have to treat it as such.

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Lance
Life moves just like water. Some people settle for the still calm of a secluded pond… But those with ambition move more like waves. Just like it is with waves, with every rise there is a fall. If this case is any indication, I’d say I’m on a rise. And I’d rather fall hard than never rise at all. When I do fall…when I hit the pavement, and my legs are broken and blood is filling up my lungs, I’m gonna pull myself up, turn around, look to the sky and say, “See how high I was? I could see everything.”

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[Lance hangs up and sits for a moment. Then he throws his wallet out of the passenger window.]

Lance
Whoop. Say, could you go out and grab that for me?

[Josh looks out the window, and then looks at Lance like he’s crazy. Looks out the window again, then looks back at Lance as he opens the door and steps out.]

[Front view of the car as Josh walks towards the wallet. The door closes and locks. Josh turns back to the car.]

[Through the window.]

Josh
Hey!!

Lance
Josh, buddy, I decided I can’t involve you in this anymore. I’ve gotta take action, and it’d be stupid of me to endanger someone else while I’m on the job.

Josh
He’s my FRIEND!

Lance
HEY, listen to me! I need to tell you something… There was once a great Zen master named Gutei. Whenever anyone asked him about Zen, Gutei would quietly raise one finger into the air. There was a boy in the village that started doing the same thing. Whenever he heard people talking about Gutei's teachings, he would interrupt the discussion and just raise his finger. So Gutei heard about the boy's mischief, and when he saw him in the street, Gutei took him and cut off his finger. The boy cried and started to run off, but Gutei called out to him, “Boy!” And when the boy turned to look, Gutei raised his finger into the air. At that moment, the boy became enlightened.

[Beat]

Josh
But--!

[Lance raises one finger. Then he puts the car into gear.]

[Josh takes a step away and Lance drives off.]