Al Pacino Quotes

Carlito's Way

Reflexes and Reputation in the Streets

Carlito Brigante Dumb move, man. Dumb move. But it’s like them old reflexes comin’ back. I know what’s supposed to happen now. Benny’s gotta go down. And if I don’t do it, they’re gonna say: “Carlito, he’s flaky, man. Slacked-out. A used-to-be bad guy. Joint got to Carlito.” The street is watchin’. She is watchin’ all the time.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Unexpected Consequences of Hostage Situations

Moretti Hey, man, I'm sorry.

Sonny How'd that happen?

Moretti They got his girlfriend in there. You know the Spanish.

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Any Given Sunday

The Impact of Television on Sports Culture

Tony D'Amato It's TV, it changed everything, changed the way we think forever. I mean the first time they stopped the game to cut away to some fucking commercial that was the end of it. Because it was our concentration that mattered, not theirs, not some fruitcake selling cereal.

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Carlito's Way

Reflections on Life and Mortality

Carlito Brigante Sorry, boys, all the stitches in the world can’t sew me together again... Lay down. Lay down. Gonna stretch me out in Fernandez Funeral Home on 109th street... Always knew I’d make a stop there, but a lot later than a whole gang of people thought. Last of the Mo-Rican’s. Well, maybe not the last. Gail’s gonna be a good mom. New, improved Carlito Brigante. Hope she uses the money to get out. No room in this city for big hearts like hers... Sorry, baby, I tried the best I could. Honest. Can’t come with me on this trip, though... Gettin’ the shakes now. Last call for drinks. Bar’s closin’ down. Sun’s out. Where we goin’ for breakfast? Don’t wanna go far... Rough night. Tired, baby... Tired...

[last words of the movie]

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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Reflections on Hollywood and the Acting Profession

Narrator When you come to the end of the line, with a buddy who is more than a brother and a little less than a wife, getting blind drunk together is really the only way to say farewell.

Marvin Schwarz So Rick, who's gonna kick the shit out of you next week? ]? ]? The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.? How about ]? Ping! Pow! Choom! Zoom! Down goes you, down goes your career as a leading man.

[[w:Mannix|Mannix; [w:The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; [w:Batman (TV series)|Batman and Robin; pantomimes the fight choreography]

Trudi Frazer I believe it's the job of an actor – and I say actor, not actress because the word actress is nonsensical – it's the actor's job to avoid impediments to their performance. It's the actor's job to strive for one hundred percent effectiveness. Naturally, we never succeed, but it's the pursuit..that's meaningful.

Sadie Dig it! We all grew up watching TV. You know what I mean? If you grew up watching TV, that means you were watching murder. Every show on TV that wasn't I Love Lucy was about murder. So my idea is: we kill the people who taught us to kill. I mean, where the fuck are we, man? We are in fucking Hollywood, man! The people who an entire generation grew up watching kill people live here and they live in pigshit fucking luxury. I say fuck em! I say we cut their cocks off and make em eat it!

Tex You two ready to kill some piggies?

Bruce Lee Now I admire ], I do. What I admire is, in his sport there is an element of true combat. When Cassius Clay meets ] in the ring, that's not two athletes posturing; that's combat. Two men, trying to kill each other right now. If you don't beat him…he kills you. That's beyond athletics. That's beyond ], you know? That's two warriors engaged in combat; that's what I admire.

[[w:Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay; [w:Sonny Liston|Sonny Liston; [w:Wide World of Sports (American TV program)|Wide World of Sports]

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Any Given Sunday

Confronting Weakness in Team Dynamics

Tony D'Amato If you're gonna be a loser, raise your hand. IF you're gonna act like a pussy, raise your hand.

Tony D'Amato What the hell are you doing, J?

Julian Washington Well, I didn't want you to be the only pussy with your hand up, so I thought I'd help you out.

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Carlito's Way

Confrontation and Defiance in Carlito's Way

Carlito Brigante I’M RELOADED! Come on in here, motherfuckers! Come on, I’m waitin’ for ya! You ain’t comin’ in? I’m comin’ out! You’re up against it now, motherfuckers! I’m gonna blow your fuckin’ brains out! You think you’re big time? You’re gonna fuckin’ die big time! You ready? Here comes the pain!

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The Insider

Conflict of Loyalty and Manipulation

Lowell Bergman I fought for you and I still fight for you!

Jeffrey Wigand You fought for me? You manipulated me! Into where I am now - staring at the Brown & Williamson building, it's all dark except for the tenth floor. That's the legal department, that's where they fuck with my life!

Lowell Bergman Jeffrey, where are you going with this? Where are you going? You are important to a lot of people, Jeffrey. You think about that, and you think about them. I'm all out of heroes, man. Guys like you are in short supply.

[Pause; Pause]

Jeffrey Wigand Yeah, guys like you, too.

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The Irishman

A Conversation Between Frank and Jimmy Hoffa

Frank Sheeran Hello?

Jimmy Hoffa Is that Frank?

Frank Yes.

Hoffa Hiya, Frank. This is Jimmy Hoffa.

Frank Yeah, yeah. Glad to meet you.

Hoffa Well, glad to meet you, too, even if it's over the phone. I heard you paint houses.

Frank Yes. Yes, sir, I... I do, I do, and I, uh, I also do my own carpentry.

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The Insider

Extraordinary Pressure on Ordinary People

Mike Wallace Who are these people?

Lowell Bergman Ordinary people under extraordinary pressure, Mike. What the hell do you expect? Grace and consistency?

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Carlito's Way

A Warning to Benny Blanco

Carlito Brigante Okay, Benny Blanco from the Bronx. The chick Steffie belongs to the club. Now if I ever, I mean if I ever, see you here again you die, just like that.

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The Insider

Value Beyond Commodity in Media Relationships

Jeffrey Wigand I'm just a commodity to you, aren't I? I could be anything. Right? Anything worth putting on between commercials.

Lowell Bergman To a network, probably, we're all commodities. To me? You are not a commodity. What you are is important.

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Scarface

Motivation Behind Violence and Immigration Desperation

Tony Montana You know I kill a communist for fun... but for a green card, I'm gonna carve em up real nice.

[''To Manny over assassinating a former-Cuban politician'']

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Dog Day Afternoon

Uncertainty Amidst a Hostage Situation

Sonny Who the fuck is that?!

[after being attacked by Maria's boyfriend]

Moretti I don't know. He-he's one of the Spanish kids.

Sonny Who's Maria?

Moretti They got her inside.

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Any Given Sunday

The Essence of Leadership: Sacrifice and Example

Tony D'Amato That's what a leader's about: sacrifice. The times he's gotta sacrifice because he's gotta lead, by example. Not by fear and not by self-pity.

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The Irishman

Understanding the Situation at Hand

Frank Sheeran Tony told the old man, to tell me, to tell you: "It's what it is.

Jimmy Hoffa What it is?

Frank It's what it is. Please, listen to me.

Hoffa They wouldn't dare!

Frank Don't. Don't say that.

Hoffa They wouldn't dare!

Frank Jimmy don't.

Hoffa Please, Frank. Come on.

Frank Don't say they wouldn't dare.

Hoffa No, don't— don't tell me they can. That's fairy tales. Please.

Frank Don't say they wouldn't dare. Please.

Hoffa Something funny happens to me, they're done. You understand that? And they know it, because I got files. I got proof. I got records. I got tapes. Anytime I want, they'll be gone. These guinea motherfuckers spend the rest of their lives in jail, and they know it. They know it.

Frank But what you're saying is what they're concerned about.

Hoffa What I'm saying is I know things. I know things they don't know I know. Please.

Frank Do you wanna take that chance?

Hoffa What chance am I on?

Frank Jim...

Hoffa Why should I be taking a chance?

Frank They're saying this is it.

Hoffa They're saying this is it, and then it's it?

Frank Yeah.

Hoffa Bullshit. Bullshit, Frank.

Frank Jimmy, I'm trying to tell you something.

Hoffa I know you are. You're telling me that they're threatening me, and I gotta do what they say, which is absolute—

Frank It's more than a threat. It's the bottom line.

Hoffa Bottom line?

Frank It's what it is.

Hoffa They do something to me, I do something to them. That's all I know. I don't know anything else. Do you?

Frank So what am I gonna do? What am I gonna tell McGee? That you're not gonna listen? He ain't used to people not listening to him.

Hoffa Well, neither am I.

Frank What?

Hoffa Neither am I.

Frank Then I don't know what to do. I mean, maybe you should get some bodies around you for protection.

Hoffa Oh, come on, please. I'm not gonna go that route. Don't do this to me, Frank. What do you mean bodies around me? You put bodies around you then they go after your family. It doesn't matter. You worried?

[laughs]

Frank I'm worried.

Hoffa Get some bodies around you. I'll tell you why. This could happen to you. They could come after you, since you're with me. No?

Frank I'm worried.

Hoffa Tell Russ I got nothing but respect for him. I got a little trouble with him. We were talking before, I just got a little crazy. You know how I am. I just blow, sometimes.

Frank Yeah.

Hoffa I just walked away like that. But I get that way. I get abrupt. Maybe you could just tell him how much I respect him. I have nothing but respect for this guy. I would never hurt him, no matter what I do with files, or whatever I do with anything.

Frank No, but you should tell him, yourself.

Hoffa No, I'm not gonna tell him myself.

Frank Please.

Hoffa Oh, come on.

Frank It'll go a long way.

Hoffa He's your rabbi. Because of him, you're here. You tell him. Listen to me. At the end, there's only one thing that's real. This is my union. This is my union, Frank. Very simple when you say it that way.

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The Irishman

Commitment to a Cause

Jimmy Hoffa You wanna be a part of this fight?

Frank Sheeran Yes, I do, sir.

Hoffa Would you like to be a part of this history?

Frank Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available.

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Carlito's Way

Reflections on a Changed Neighborhood

Carlito Brigante Here’s me back on the street. Third Sunday in August. Old Timer’s Day in the barrio. Nothin’ left. Like them old cowboy movies, only instead of tumbleweed and cow dung we got stripped car wrecks and dog shit.

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Dick Tracy

Friendship and Farewells in a Tense Moment

Big Boy Caprice Oh look Lips, you dirtied your pretty tuxedo. Looks like you need a bath!

Lips Manlis The "Bath"?! Not "the bath", Big Boy, not "the bath"!

Big Boy Caprice It was great working for you but now it is time to retire.

Lips Manlis Ain't we pals, Big Boy? Ain't we pals?

Big Boy Caprice There are no pals in this business, Lips, you taught me that! I hate to do this, and I'm gonna miss you, but all is fair in love and business - ].

[[Benjamin Franklin]

Lips Manlis NO!

Big Boy Caprice All right, put the word out! Lips territory is my territory now. Anyone who was working for him, is working for me. Everything he owns, I own!

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Scarface

Principles of Honor and Consequences

Tony Montana I never fucked anybody over in my life that didn't have it coming to em. You got that? All I have in this world is my balls and my word, and I don't break em for no one.

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Glengarry Glen Ross

Confronting Morality and Personal Choices

Ricky Roma All train compartments smell vaguely of shit. It gets so you don't mind it. That's the worse thing that I can confess. You know how long it took me to get there? A long time. When you die, you're gonna regret the things you don't do. You think you're queer? I'm gonna tell you something: we're all queer. You think you're a thief? So what? You get befuddled by a middle-class morality? Get shot of it. Shut it out. You cheat on your wife? You did it. Live with it. Fuck little girls? So be it. There's an absolute morality? Maybe. And then what? If you think there is, go ahead, be that thing. Bad people go to hell? I don't think so. You think that? Act that way. A hell exists on Earth? Yes. I won't live in it. That's me. Did you ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours?

James Lingk That I—

Ricky Yes?

James I don't know.

Roma Or a piss? Great meals fade in reflection. Everything else gains. You know why? Cause it's only food. This shit we put on us keeps us going. It's only food. The great fucks you may have had, what do you remember about them?

James What do I remember? I–

Ricky I don't know. For me? I'm saying what it is. It's probably not the orgasm. Some broad's forearm on your neck, something her eyes did. There was this sound she made. Or it's me in the uh — I'm telling you — I'm in bed. The next day she brought me café au lait, gives me a cigarette. My balls feel like concrete. Hey, what I'm saying: what is our life? Our life is looking forward, or it's looking back. That's it. That's our life. Where's the moment? And what is it we're so afraid of?

James Loss.

Ricky What else? The bank closes. You get sick. My wife died on a plane. The stock market collapsed. What if these things happen? None of em. We worry anyway. Why?

Ricky Stocks, bonds, objects of art, real estate. What are they? An opportunity. To what? To make money? Perhaps. To lose money? Perhaps. To indulge and to learn about ourselves? Perhaps! So fucking what? What isn't? They're an opportunity. That's all they are. They're an event. A guy comes to you. You make a call. You send in a card. "I have these properties I would like for you to see." What does this mean? What do you want it to mean? Do you see what I'm saying? Things happen to you. Glad I met you. I'm glad I met you, James. I want to show you something. It may mean something to you. It may not. I don't know. I don't know anymore. What is that? Florida. Glengarry Highlands. Florida? Bullshit. And maybe that's true, and that's what I said. But look at this. What is this? This is a piece of land.

[takes out a brochure; opens the brochure, with the words: 'Make Your Dreams Come True']

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The Devil's Advocate

The Art of Underestimation

John Milton Don't get too cocky, my boy. No matter how good you are, don't ever let them see you coming. That's the gaffe, my friend. You gotta keep yourself small, innocuous. Be the little guy. You know, the nerd, the leper, the shit-kicking surfer. Look at me. Underestimated from day one! You'd never think I was a master of the universe, now, would you?

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The Devil's Advocate

The Mystique of Womanhood Explored

John Milton A woman's shoulders are the front lines of her mystique, and her neck, if she's alive, has all the mystery of a border town. A no-man's land in that battle between the mind and the body.

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The Godfather Part III

Reflections on Redemption and Honor

Michael Corleone Goodbye, my old friend. You could have lived a little longer; I could be closer to my dream. You were so loved, Don Tommasino. Why was I so feared, and you so loved? What was it? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me? Was it my mind? My heart? Why do I condemn myself so? I swear on the lives of my children: Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I will sin no more.

[at Don Tommasino's funeral]

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Insomnia

Confronting Guilt and Deception in Insomnia

Will Dormer Randy, this whole thing you're doing, you know, this "fuck the world" act, now that might work with your mama. It might even work with a couple of these local cops, who have known you long enough to figure you're too dumb to ever kill anyone without leaving a couple of witnesses and a signed confession. Ain't gonna work with me, because I know things, you understand? I know you beat your girlfriend. I know she was seeing somebody else. Somebody she might have even gone to see after she walked out on you Friday night. Now, you're gonna tell us who that somebody might be? Or are you so fucking stupid, you're going to leave yourself as the last person to see Kay Connell alive?

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Dog Day Afternoon

The Challenges of Employment and Crime

Sonny I'm robbing a bank because they got money here. That's why I'm robbing it.

Anchorman No, what I mean is why do you feel you have to steal for money? Couldn't you get a job?

Sonny Uh, no. Doing what? You know if you want a job you've got to be a member of a union. See, and if you got no union card you don't get a job.

Anchorman What about non-union occupations?

Sonny What's wrong with this guy? What do you mean non-union, like what? A bank teller? You know how much a bank teller makes a week? Not much. A hundred and fifteen to start, right? Now are you going to live on that? A got a wife and a couple of kids, how am I going to live on that? What do you make a week?

Anchorman Well I'm here to talk to you, Sonny...

Sonny Well I'm talking to you. We're entertainment, right? What do you got for us?

Anchorman Well, what do you want to get for it? Do you expect to be paid because...

Sonny No, I don't want to be paid, I don't need to be paid. Look, I'm here with my partner and nine other people, see. And we're dying, man. You know? You're going to see our brains on the sidewalk, they're going to spill our guts out. Now are you going to show that on television? Have all your housewives look at that? Instead of ]? I mean what do you got for me? I want something for that.

[[w:As the World Turns|As the World Turns]

Anchorman Sonny, you could give up.

Sonny Give up? Right. Have you ever been in prison?

Anchorman No!

Sonny No! Well. let's talk about something you fucking know about, okay? How much do you make a week? That's what I want to hear. Are you going to talk to me about that?

Anchorman Sorry, this has been interrupted.

Sonny Hey, what the fuck happened?

Mulvaney I guess he didn't appreciate your use of language.

Sonny Fuck him.

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Scarface

A Provocative Suggestion from Tony Montana

Tony Montana Why don't you try sticking your head up your ass? See if it fits.

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The Godfather

Kay Being Naive

Michael Corleone My father is no different than any powerful man, any man with power, like a president or senator.

Kay Adams Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.

Michael Corleone Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?

Any Given Sunday

Youth and Ignorance in Sports

Tony D'Amato You're very, very young... and your very, very stupid.

[to Beamen]

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The Devil's Advocate

The Consequences of Human Greed and Isolation

John Milton Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon… ha! I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab, and a pregnant receptionist. God's creature, right? God's special creature. I've warned him, Kevin. I've warned him every step of the way. Watching him bounce around like a fucking game. Like a wind-up toy. Like 250 pounds of self-serving greed on wheels. The next thousand years is right around the corner. Eddie Barzoon… take a good look, because he's the poster child for the next millennium. These people, it's no mystery where they come from.You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire. You build egos the size of cathedrals, fiberoptically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold-plated fantasies, until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god. Where can you go from there? As we're scrambling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet? As the air thickens, the water sours, even the bees honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity. And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, to prepare—it's "buy futures", "sell futures", when there is no future. We got a runaway train, boy. We got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future. Every one of them is getting ready to fistfuck God's ex-planet and lick their fingers clean as they reach out toward their pristine cybernetic keyboards to tot up their fucking billable hours. And then it hits home. You gotta pay your own way, Eddie. It's a little late in the game to buy out now. Your belly's too full, your dick is sore, your eyes are bloodshot, and you're screaming for someone to help. But guess what? There's no one there! You're all alone, Eddie. You're God's special little creature. Maybe it's true. Maybe God threw the dice once too often. Maybe He let us all down.

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The Insider

Reflections on Legacy and Responsibility

Mike Wallace In the real world, when you get to where I am, there are other considerations.

Lowell Bergman Like what? Corporate responsibility? What, are we talking celebrity here?

Mike Wallace I'm not talking celebrity, vanity, CBS. I'm talking about when you're nearer the end of your life than the beginning. Now, what do you think you think about then? The future? In the future I'm going to do this? Become that? What future? No. What you think is "How will I be regarded in the end?" After I'm gone. Now, along the way I suppose I made some minor impact. I did Iran-Gate and the Ayatollah, ], ], ], Sadat, et cetera, et cetera. I showed them thieves in suits. I've spent a lifetime building all that. But history only remembers most what you did last. And should that be fronting a segment that allowed a tobacco giant to crash this network? Does it give someone at my time of life pause? Yeah.

[[Malcolm X; [Martin Luther King; [Saddam Hussein|Saddam]

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Carlito's Way

The Illusion of Friendship in Business

Carlito Brigante Oh, Jesus. Jesus Christ, look at you. You said they were friends, Guajiro. But there ain’t no friends in this shit business.

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Glengarry Glen Ross

Conflict and Confrontation in a Sales Environment

Ricky Roma You stupid fucking cunt. You, Williamson, I'm talking to you, shithead. You just cost me $6,000. $6,000 and one Cadillac. That's right! What're you gonna do about it? What are you gonna do about it, asshole? You're fucking shit. Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking cunt, you idiot? Who ever told you that you could work with men?

[to John Williamson]

Detective Could I, uh—

Ricky Oh, I'm gonna have your job, shithead. I'm going downtown, I'm gonna talk to Mitch and Murray. I'm going to Limpkin. I don't care whose nephew you are, who you know, whose dick you're sucking on, you're going out. I swear to you, you're going-

Detective Come on. let's get this done.

Ricky Anyone in this office lives on his wits. I'm gonna be with you in a second. What you're hired for is to help us. Does that seem clear to you? To help us, not to fuck us up. To help men who are going out there to try to earn a living, you fairy, you company man. I'll tell you something else. I hope you ripped the joint off. I can tell your friend here a little something might help him to catch you. You want to learn the first rule? You'd know if you spent a day in your life. Don't ever open your mouth til you know what the shot is, you fucking child!

[to the detective; to John]

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The Godfather Part III

Power Struggles Within the Corleone Family

Michael Corleone Don't ever again give that kind of order. Not while I'm alive. You understand?

[after learning of Zasa's assassination]

Vincent Mancini Uncle Mike, it had to be done. You were too sick to make a decision. I got the go-ahead from Neri. I got the go-ahead from Connie.

Michael Connie.

Vincent It was the right thing to do.

Michael It was the wrong thing to do. I command this family, right or wrong. It was not what I WANTED! Understand?

Vincent Yes.

Al Neri Yes.

Connie Corleone-Rizzi Yes!

Michael Vincent, help me to my bed. I want to talk to you alone. Your father, my brother...he and I. Opposites. But I never doubted his love. He would do anything for me. But his temper. It was too much. Clouded his judgement. I don't want to see the same thing happen to you.

[in his room]

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Insomnia

Investigating Leads in a Complex Case

Will Dormer We better find out where this came from.

Det. Ellie Burr I tried. Mrs. Connell doesn't know, her friends didn't know.

Will Dormer Have you tried the jewelry stores? Small things, remember? The second you're about to dismiss something, think about it. Look at it again.

Det. Ellie Burr Want me to write that down?

Will Dormer No, I'll remember it.

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The Godfather Part III

A Moment of Musical Distraction

Johnny Fontane Michael, it's your favorite song! Where are you going?

Michael Corleone I'm just gonna go into the kitchen and listen to some ] records.

[[w:Tony Bennett|Tony Bennett]

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Insomnia

The Consequences of Crossing Moral Boundaries

Hap Eckhart You think there have been others?

Will Dormer No, but there's gonna be. This guy crossed the line and he didn't even blink. You don't come back from that.

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Insomnia

Desire for Rest and Peace

Will Dormer Let me sleep. Just let me sleep.

[last words]

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The Godfather Part III

Strategic Decisions in Organized Crime

Michael Corleone Joe Zasa would never pull something like this without backing. He doesn't have the wit for that helicopter attack. He doesn't even have the ambition to wipe out the whole Commission. Certainly not the balls.

Vincent Mancini I say we hit back and take Zasa out!

Michael Never let anyone know what you're thinking. All right, let's get a ... let's get a message to Joey Zasa. I respect what he's done. The new overthrows the old, it's natural.

[leaning to Vincent; to Vincent, Connie and Neri]

Vincent How can you do business with this guy?

Michael I'm a businessman, first and foremost. I want no conflict with anyone.

Vincent Well, you can tell him from me that he can live or he can die.

Michael Vincent, WILL YOU SHUT UP?!

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Glengarry Glen Ross

Frustration in Real Estate Sales

Ricky Roma Ho, ho, ho! "Patel"? "Ravadem Patel"? Wh—how'm I gonna make a living on these dead-beats? Where'd you get this from, the morgue?

[getting lead cards from Williamson]

John Williamson Look, I'm—

Ricky Oh come on. What's the point? What's the fucking point in any case? I gotta argue with you? I gotta knock heads with the cops? I'm busting my balls selling your dirt to dead-beats! Money in the mattress! I come back, you can't even keep the contracts safe, I gotta go out and cl— Fuck this shit! I'm gonna go out and re-close last week's stuff.

[throws the cards at Williamson]

John No, no, no. The word from Murray is to leave them alone. He needs a new sit. He'll go out himself.

Ricky Murray's gonna go out?

John Yeah. He'll be the president of the company, just come in from out of town. All right?

Ricky Okay, okay, okay. Give me this shit.

[takes the leads again]

John I'm giving you three leads.

Ricky Three? No, I count two.

John There's three leads there.

Ricky Patel"? Fuck you. Fucking Shiva handed this guy a million dollars, told him "Sign the deal!", he wouldn't sign. And the god Vishnu too, into the bargain. Fuck you, John! You know your business. I know mine. Your business is being an asshole. I find out whose fucking cousin you are, I'm going to go to him and figure out a way to have your ass! Fuck you! I'm waiting for the new leads.

[throws the cards at Williamson again]

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Any Given Sunday

Cherishing the Game Beyond Winning

Tony D'Amato This game has got to be about more than winning. You're part of something here... along the way, I want you to cherish it, because when it's gone, it's gone forever.

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Scarface

Tony Montana's Defiance and Resilience

Tony Montana Hey, how'd you like that? Huh? You fuckin maricón! Hey, cockroaches! You think you can take me?! You need a fuckin army if you're gonna take me! You hear?! C'mon! I'll take you all to fuckin Hell! Come on! Come on! Come to me! Okay! Who you think you fuckin with? I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin with the best! Come on! I'm still standin', huh! Fuck! Come on! Go ahead! I'll take your fuckin bullet! Come on! I'll take your fuckin bullets! You think you can kill me with bullets?! I'll take your fuckin bullets! Go ahead!

[''Shouting defiantly after being shot several times''; ''While being shot repeatedly'']

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Scarface

Desire for Wealth and Success in Paradise

Tony Montana This is paradise. This is paradise, I'm tellin you. This town's like a great big pussy just waitin to get fucked. I'm tellin you. I shoulda come here ten years ago. I'd have been a millionaire by this time. By this time, I'd have had my own boat, my own car, my own golf course.

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The Godfather Part III

Treachery and Control in The Godfather Part III

Don Altobello Treachery is everywhere.

Michael Corleone You still have your fingers on the strings, even now.

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The Godfather Part III

Reflections on Wisdom and Mortality

Michael Corleone I feel... I'm getting wiser now.

Kay Adams-Corleone The sicker you get, the wiser you get, huh?

Michael When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.

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Carlito's Way

Understanding the Loss of Perspective

Carlito Brigante When you can’t see the angles no more, you’re in trouble, baby. You’re in trouble.

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The Insider

Frustration and Curiosity Unite in Tension

Lowell Bergman You'd better take a good look, because I'm getting two things: pissed off and curious.

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Jack and Jill

Misunderstandings Across Time Zones

Al Pacino Amongst this princely heap, if any here, by false intelligence... Hold me a foe if I unwittingly... or in my rage, committed aught that is hardly borne by any in this princely presence, I do reconcile myself to his friendly peace. Tis death to me to be at enmity, and desire all good men's love. Where were you, Popcorn?

Jack What do you mean? It's 5:30.

Al Pacino No, no, it's 9: 30 my time. I was waiting for you at 5:30.

Jack Oh, it's four hours the other way. I just... I got confused. I...

Al Pacino Okay, whatever, whatever, whatever. What's going on? How's she doing'?

Jack We're, uh, we're, uh, we're coming along. That's how we're doing.

Al Pacino Coming along? What does that mean, "coming along"? What does that mean?

Crowd #1 Come on, wrap it up!

Jack It means we're getting there. We just need a little more time.

Al Pacino Put her on the phone. I want to hear her voice.

Jack Ah, she's not here right now.

Jill This reminds me of that boat movie with Leonardo.

Erin Titanic?

Jill No, the one with the iceberg.

Al Pacino Who is that?

Jack That was, uh, Poopsie.

Al Pacino Why won't you let me talk... Hey, can you... You got to be quiet. I can't hear him! All right? Please. Please! Yeah, listen, you get me this girl, or you don't get that Dunkaccino commercial, you understand? Don't you know me? Don't you know I would use all my power, all the power I have, to keep a commercial like that from happening'? Don't you know that?

Crowd #1 Is he seriously breaking out The Godfather?

Crowd #2 I swear to God, I'm going to cry.

Al Pacino Put her on! Put her on!

Crowd #3 Pacino!

Jack Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right. Hang on for a second. I'll put her on. Hello'?

Al Pacino Jill, my darling, just to hear your voice. What are they doing? Why are they trying to keep us apart?

Jack Nobody's keeping me apart from anybody. I'm my own person. You remember that.

Al Pacino Oh, I know you're your own person. Nobody's like you.

Stunt Guy Uh... Would you like a little privacy? I could finish up for you.

Al Pacino No, no, it's okay. It's okay. Nobody wants to see you. But thanks, anyway. Jill. can you meet me when you dock in Spain'?

Jack But what about your Shakespeare show'? Don't you have that to do?

Al Pacino You kidding? This is L.A. They got Bruce Jenner playing Lord Rivers.

Jack Yeah, I don't think so.

Al Pacino Darling, put your brother on.

Jack Okay. Here he is. Hello. Jack's back.

Al Pacino Popcorn, we did it! We did it! I'm coming, I'm coming to get her!

Jack You're coming to get her? She just said, "I don't think so," I thought.

Al Pacino I can smell horny across an ocean. Here's how it's going to go down. 9PM tomorrow top deck, portside. I'll be there. Audience, could you tell me where I was?

Crowd #4 But he, poor soul.

Al Pacino But he, poor soul, by your first order died.

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Carlito's Way

The Limits of Endurance and Change

Carlito Brigante This guy, this counsellor in Lewisburg, Mr Seawald, once said to me: “Charlie, you run out of steam. You can’t sprint all the way. You gotta stop sometime. You can’t buck it forever. It catches up to you. It gets you. You don’t get reformed, you just run out of wind.”

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Any Given Sunday

Reflection on Home and Identity

Tony D'Amato Doesn't make sense, my not having a home, a family, a life.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Tension Between Hostage and Police Negotiator

Sonny I don't wanna talk to some flunky pig tryin to calm me, man.

Det. Moretti Now you don't have to be calling me pig for...

Sonny What is he doin'?

[notices other officers moving toward him]

Det. Moretti Will you get back there?!

[shouts at officers]

Sonny What are you movin in there for?!

Det. Moretti Will you get the fuck back there?! Get back there, will ya?!

[runs toward closing officers]

Sonny What's he doin'? Go back there man! He wants to kill me so bad, he can taste it! Huh? Attica! Attica! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!! Attica!

[addresses other cops moving toward him]

Sonny Attica!! Attica!! Remember Attica?!

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Scarface

The Role of the Bad Guy

Tony Montana What you lookin at? You all a bunch of fuckin assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin fingers and say, "That's the bad guy." So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy. There's a bad guy comin through! Better get outta his way!

[''To the guests at the restaurant'']

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The Godfather Part II

You Can Never Lose Your Family

Michael Corleone Tell me something, Ma. What did Papa think, deep in his heart? He was being strong, strong for his family. But by being strong for his family, could he lose it?

Carmela Corleone You’re thinking about your wife, about the baby you lost. But you and your wife can always have another baby.

Michael Corleone No, I meant, lose his family.

Carmela Corleone But you can never lose your family.

Michael Corleone [nods] Times are changing.

Carlito's Way

Facing Mortality with Resilience and Reflection

Carlito Brigante Somebody’s pullin’ me close to the ground. I can sense, but I can’t see. I ain’t panicked, I been here before. Same as when I got popped on 104th Street. Don’t take me to no hospital, please. Fuckin’ emergency rooms don’t save nobody. Sons of bitches always pop you at midnight when all they got is a Chinese intern with a dull spoon. Look at these suckers scramblin around. What for? My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far. Most of my crew got washed a long time ago. Don't worry. My heart, it don't ever quit. I ain't ready to check out. Seems like I just got out of the joint. Stood up in front of that judge, and told him what was who.

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Insomnia

Concealing Truths and Moral Dilemmas

Det. Ellie Burr Nobody needs to know. You didn't mean to do it, and I know that, even if you don't.

Will Dormer No, don't...

Det. Ellie Burr Why?

Will Dormer Don't lose your way.

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The Irishman

Confrontation Over Resignation and Respect

Jimmy Hoffa Where are you going?

Frank Sheeran What do you mean where am I going? I fucking quit, that's where I'm going!

Hoffa What are you quitting for?

Frank You gonna call me a motherfucker? If you can talk to them like that, you can't talk to me like that!

Hoffa No! That didn't apply to you!

Frank It didn't apply?

Hoffa No!

Frank You gotta let me know it didn't apply to me. I'm standing right there...

Hoffa I didn't even see you standing there!

Frank I was standing right there, Jimmy, what are you talking about?

Hoffa But it didn't apply to you! What else can I say?

Frank You... you... you got a problem, you pull me aside, you don't insult me and then you say it didn't apply to me!

Hoffa How am I going to pull you aside? I didn't even see you there!

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Carlito's Way

A Declaration of Rehabilitation and Change

Carlito Brigante Your Honor with all due respect, past and present, and without further to-do. Let me ensure this court that I am through walkin’ on the wild side. That’s all I’ve been tryin’ to tell you. I have been sick with the social ills known in the ghetto. But my time in the sterling correction facilities of Green Haven and Sing Sing have not been in vain. I’ve been cured! Born again, like the Watergaters. I know you heard this rap before. Your Honor, I mean it. This is the truth. I changed. I changed, and it didn’t take no thirty years like Your Honor thought, but only five. That’s right, sir, five years. And look at me. Completely rehabilitated, reinvigorated, reassimilated and finally going to be relocated, and I want to thank a lot of people for that. I look over there and I see that man there, Mr Norwalk. I want to thank you, sir, for making the tapes in an illegal fashion. I would like to thank the Court Of Appeals, for reversing you, Your Honour. And I want to thank Almighty God without whom no case gets tossed.

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Insomnia

Job Over Mystery

Will Dormer You don't get it, do you, Finch? You're my job. You're what I'm paid to do. You're about as mysterious to me as a blocked toilet is to a fucking plumber. Reasons for doing what you did? Who gives a fuck?

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...And Justice for All

Value Decisions on Lives and Despair

Arthur Kirkland This is a man bent on killing himself! It's no secret; a guard found him in his chambers once trying to hang himself! This is a man who's making value decisions on people's lives!

[about Judge Rayford]

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Any Given Sunday

Winning and Losing with Integrity

Tony D'Amato On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is - can you win or lose like a man?

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Scarface

The Power of Courage and Determination

Tony Montana Amigo, the only thing in this world that gives orders is balls, you got that? Balls.

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The Godfather Part III

The Price of Love and Vulnerability

Michael Corleone When they come... they come at what you love.

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Dog Day Afternoon

Conflict Over Alarm and Morality

Sonny Hey, wait a minute, what are you trying to do? Trip the alarm? Use the spare key?

Mulvaney It must have been on my mind.

Sonny Well, you'll get your mind right. I'm a Catholic, and I don't want to hurt anybody, understand?

Mulvaney Yes, sir.

Sonny No alarms! No alarms!

Mulvaney Okay.

Sonny No games, alright? Use the other one.

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The Irishman

Understanding the Value Beyond Money

Russell Bufalino You don't need money, do you?

Jimmy Hoffa It's not about money.

Russell Well, if it's not about money, then I'm really having trouble understanding, because I don't know what all the talk is about?

Hoffa It's my union. Is that hard to understand?

Russell No, no. It's your union. That's right. It'll always be your union. You could step down and still run it.

Hoffa No, you don't step down.

Russell What do you mean?

Hoffa Russ, you don't step down to run a union. You step down to go to your grave.

Russell Well, listen. I still think — I can't help but think, I'm sorry — but is there another reason or something?

Hoffa This is my union! What do you mean another reason? This is my union! All right, let's start with that! And then try to understand things!

Russell Listen, some people, not me. But some people, they're a little concerned. Some people, not me. They think that you might—

Hoffa I might—?

Russell You might be demonstrating a failure to show appreciation.

Hoffa I'm not showing appreciation?

Russell According to, you know, some people.

Hoffa I went to school for five fucking years.

Russell Yes, you did.

Hoffa Five fucking years! I didn't name one fucking name!

Russell You did the right thing.

Hoffa I did the right thing.

Russell You did the right thing.

Hoffa Sat there everyday with that whining cocksucker from New Jersey, talking to me about his woes, his problems, and all I wanted to do was finish my ice cream in peace. This cocksucker shows up at a meeting! Fifteen minutes late! Wearing fucking shorts! Who wears shorts to a meeting?

[pointing to Tony Pro]

Russell Nobody.

Hoffa That's right.

Russell Nobody.

Hoffa I'm not showing appreciation?

Russell It's not me. According to some people.

Hoffa No, I know it's not you! Some people, some people say I'm not showing appreciation. Well, then fuck them.

Russell I'm trying to help you, Jim.

Hoffa I know you are. But nobody threatens Hoffa.

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The Irishman

The Importance of Attribution in Conversation

Jimmy Hoffa Who said it?

Frank Sheeran Don't matter who said it.

Hoffa It matters. Was it Russell?

Frank No.

Hoffa No. Of course it's not Russell. And the little cocksucker from the Miami fiasco? No? Not him? No? Then who?

Frank I'm gonna tell you. Tony.

Hoffa Tony? Which Tony? They're all named Tony. I mean, what's the matter with Italians that they can only think of one name?

Frank The other Tony.

Hoffa What Tony?

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The Irishman

Frustration and Betrayal in Leadership

Jimmy Hoffa I am sitting in a room... full of fuckin idiots. You dumb motherfuckers! You know what you did? You take Johnny O'Rourke's kid and you put him on as general organizer, pay thirty-six fucking grand, at the same time... you let him sell insurance to his fucking father's... To his fucking father's... to his fucking father's... LOCALS! Damn it! How do you do that? How STUPID can you be? That fucking cocksucker Kennedy has got his nose up my ass everywhere I go! You don't know that they're hounding me? They're looking at everything I do, and you let this happen in public! You're giving it to him! I'm going to jail. You understand? I'm going to prison... because of you. You dumb motherfuckers. This is what you wanted. You wanted to put me in jail. Tell me now so I can kill you... right here. Right here!

[leans over the table shaking his head; slams table; in a calmer tone; slams table again]

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The Godfather Part II

I Was Mad at You

Fredo Corleone Sometimes I think I should have married a woman like you did, like Kay — have kids, have a family, for once in my life be more like Pop.

Michael Corleone It's not easy to be his son, Fredo. It's not easy.

Fredo Corleone Mama used to tease me. She’d say, "You don't belong to me. The Gypsies left you on the doorstep." Sometimes I think it’s true.

Michael Corleone You’re no Gypsy, Fredo.

Fredo Corleone Mikey, I was mad at you! Why couldn’t we spend time like this before?

Carlito's Way

Survival and the Choices We Make

Carlito Brigante Guys went down, yeah, but it ain’t like, you know, you just decide one day and that’s it. No. You just do what you gotta do to survive. Somehow, you know, you just end up where you are.

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The Insider

The Dilemma of Truth in Journalism

Lowell Bergman You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him to go on television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own confidentiality agreement. And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, most-expensive corporate-malfeasance case in U.S. history. And Jeffrey Wigand, who's out on a limb, does he go on television and tell the truth? Yes. Is it newsworthy? Yes. Are we gonna air it? Of course not. Why? Because he's not telling the truth? No. Because he is telling the truth. That's why we're not going to air it. And the more truth he tells, the worse it gets!

Dog Day Afternoon

A Unique Request During Tension

Sonny Kiss me, man.

Moretti What?

Sonny Kiss me. When I'm being fucked, I like to get kissed a lot.

...And Justice for All

Critique of Committee Effectiveness

Arthur Kirkland At this point, I would just like to say that what this committee is doing in theory is highly commendable. However, in practice, it sucks... and I'm not going to answer any more questions.

Carlito's Way

Consequences of Ambition in Carlito's Way

Carlito Brigante You think you're big time? You're gonna fuckin DIE big time!

The Godfather Part III

Gangsters Discuss Reputation and Legitimacy

Michael Corleone You all know Joey Zasa. He is, I admit, an important man. His picture is on the cover of the New York Times Magazine. He gets the Esquire Magazine award for the best dressed gangster. The newspapers praise him because he hires the blacks into his family, which shows he has a good heart. Who knows, maybe someday he will make all of you popular.

[the assembled Dons laugh]

Joey Zasa It's true, I make more of a bella figura. That is my nature. But I also want to make a move into legitimate enterprises. I also want a pin from the Pope. Sure, I take the blacks and the Spanish into my family, because that's America.

[walks around the table]

Michael And you guarantee that they don't deal the drugs in those neighborhoods?

Joey I don't guarantee that. I guarantee that I'll kill anyone who does.

Don Altobello Let me talk to him.

[to Michael, nervously]

Michael Who can refuse Don Altobello?

Don Altobello Joey...

Joey No! I say to all of you that I have been treated this day with no respect! I've made you all money. And I asked for little. Good. You won't give, I'll take! As for Don Corleone, he has made it very clear today that he is my enemy! You must choose between us.

[angry]

The Godfather Part III

The Illusion of Greatness in Power

Michael Corleone You could have helped me, Kay. You could have helped me to convince him.

Kay Adams-Corleone Convince him of what?

Michael He throws his life away. He throws greatness away.

Kay This is greatness? You know, Michael, now that you're so respectable I think you're more dangerous than you ever were. In fact, I preferred you when you were just a common Mafia hood.

Michael Alright, now can we talk common sense?

Kay Alright.

Michael Okay.

Kay Tony knows you killed Fredo.

Michael Why did you come here?

[beat, angry]

Kay I came here to protect my son. I didn't come here to see you disguised by your church. I thought that was a shameful ceremony.

Michael I spent my life protecting my son. I spent my life protecting my family-!

Kay Let's be reasonable here, Michael. I mean, that's your big thing, isn't it? Reason...backed up by murder.

Michael Oh, God... God, you hate me. You hate me.

Kay No, I don't hate you, Michael. I dread you.

Michael I did what I could...to protect...all of you from the horrors of the world.

Kay But you became my horror.

The Godfather Part III

Lingering Memories of Past Relationships

Michael Corleone I spent a lot of time in this room, thinking of you.

Kay Adams-Corleone And then you got married.

Michael I still thought of you.

The Insider

Commitment to Integrity in Journalism

Lowell Bergman I never left a source hang out to dry, ever! Abandoned! Not till right fucking now. When I came on this job I came with my word intact. I'm gonna leave with my word intact. Fuck the rules of the game!

Insomnia

The Fragility of Life and Guilt

Walter Finch Killing changes you. It's not guilt — I never meant to do it. It's, like, awareness. Life is so important, how can it be so fucking fragile?

Will Dormer You trying to impress me, Finch? Because you've got the wrong guy. You think killing that girl makes you special, but you're not. You're the same distorted, pathetic freak I've been dealing with for 30 years. Do you how many of you I've caught with their pants down?

Walter Finch I never touched her like that!

[indignantly]

Will Dormer But you wanted to, and now you wish you had. The best you could do was clip her nails.

Dick Tracy

Late Night Ambitions in Entertainment

88 Keys The girls are tired. We've been going all night. It's 2 a.m.

Big Boy Caprice It's 2 a.m.? I'm about to turn this dump into the best place of a new era in entertainment, you're telling me it's 2 a.m.?

Big Boy Caprice PLAY THE PIANO!

Breathless Mahoney Hey! That was a silly thing to do. He's the best piano player in town.

Big Boy Caprice Shut up! Come here. Next time, I take his fingers and I turn them into pretzels. I just might do the same thing to your face.

Big Boy Caprice See? He's playing better already.

Scarface

The Path to Success According to Tony Montana

Tony Montana What I try to tell you? This country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the woman. That's why you gotta make your own moves.

The Godfather Part III

The Risks of Honesty in Power

B.J. Harrison The Pope's doing exactly what you said he'd do, he's cleaning house.

[about the newly ordained [[Pope John Paul I]

Michael Corleone He should be careful. It's dangerous to be an honest man.

Dog Day Afternoon

Tension Between Negotiators in a Hostage Situation

Agent Sheldon I want them all.

Sonny I want to talk to Leon.

Agent Sheldon I want to come in, and see if everybody's okay.

Sonny You got guts. You think if Sal and me have cut their throats we're gonna let you out?

Agent Sheldon I have to see.

Scarface

Self-Reliance and Personal Responsibility

Tony Montana Hey, fuck you man! Who put this thing together? Me, that's who! Who do I trust? Me!

The Irishman

Memory and Accountability in Political Favoritism

Robert Kennedy Are you saying you don't remember doing any favors for Johnny Dio, or you don't remember the conversation?

[during congressional hearing interrogation of Hoffa]

Jimmy Hoffa I'm saying, to the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory, I cannot remember.

[nonchalantly]

Kennedy Then where did this $20,000 come from?

Hoffa Individuals.

Kennedy Which individuals, Mr. Hoffa?

[losing patience]

Hoffa Uh... off hand, that particular amount of money I borrowed... I don't know at this particular moment. But the record of my loans, which I requested, I have, and out of all the moneys I loaned during this period of time I went into these ventures.

[pretending to think]

Insomnia

Menu Choices in a Tense Conversation

Hap Eckhart We got the Halibut Calabrese, the Halibut Olympian.

Will Dormer Keep going.

Hap Eckhart Halibut Cajun style.

Will Dormer I can't wait to see what they got for dessert.

The Godfather Part III

A Shift in Legacy and Loyalty

Vincent Mancini I am your son. Command me in all things.

Michael Corleone Give up my daughter. It's the price you pay for the life you choose.

Vincent Done.

Michael Nephew, from this moment, call yourself Vincent Corleone.

Glengarry Glen Ross

Conflict Amidst High-Stakes Real Estate Tensions

Dave Moss You're fucked, Rick. Are you fucking nuts? You're hot, so you think you're the ruler of this place. You wanna—

Shelley Levene Now, wait a minute, Dave.

Dave Shut up!

Shelley Okay.

Dave You want to decide who should be dealt with how, is that it? I come in the fucking office today, I get humiliated by some jack-off cop. I get accused of— I get the shit thrown in my face by you, you genuine shit, because you're top name on the board?

Ricky Roma Is that what I did, Dave? I humiliated you? Oh my God. I'm sorry.

Dave Sitting on top of the world. Sitting on top of the world, everything's fucking peach fuzz.

Ricky And I don't get a moment to spare for some bust-out humanitarian down on his luck lately?

Dave Oh, fuck—

Ricky Fuck you, Dave. You know you got a big mouth. You make a close, this whole place stinks with your farts for a week, how much you just ingested. Oh, what a big man you are! "Hey, let me buy you a pack of gum. I'll show you how to chew it." Ooh! Your pal closes, and all that comes out of your mouth is bile! How fucked-up you are!

Dave Who's my pal, Ricky? Hmm? What are you? And what are you, Ricky? Huh? ]? What the fuck are you, Mr. Slick? Who— what the fuck are you: friend of the working man? Big deal! Fuck you! You got the memory of a fucking fly! I never liked you, anyway.

[[Fulton J. Sheen|Bishop Sheen]

Ricky What is this, your farewell speech?

Dave I'm going home.

Ricky Your farewell to the troops?

Dave I'm not going home. I'm going to Wisconsin.

Ricky Have a good trip.

Dave Ah, fuck you! Fuck the lot of you! Fuck you all!

[exits]

Ricky You were saying?

[to Shelley]

The Irishman

The Importance of Timeliness in Communication

Jimmy Hoffa You don't keep a man waiting. The only time you do is when you want to say something. When you want to say fuck you.

Scarface

The Truth Revealed Through Eyes

Tony Montana The eyes, chico. They never lie.

...And Justice for All

The Complexity of Justice and Winning

Arthur Kirkland Sorry, Your Honor. Let's get back to justice. What is justice? What is the intention of justice? The intention of justice is to see that the guilty people are proven guilty and that the innocent are freed. Simple, isn't it? Only it's not that simple. However, it is the defense counsel's duty to protect the rights of the individual, as it is the prosecution's duty to uphold and defend the laws of the State. Justice for all. Only we have a problem here. And you know what it is? Both sides wanna win. We wanna win. We wanna win regardless of the truth. And we wanna win regardless of justice, regardless of who's guilty or innocent. Winning is everything!

Any Given Sunday

The Value of Four Seconds

Tony D'Amato Four seconds is a lifetime!

Insomnia

Uncertainty in the Face of Consequences

Ellie Burr Don't move! You shot Detective Eckhart and Finch saw you do it. Did you mean to shoot Hap?

Will Dormer I don't know anymore. I couldn't see him in the fog. But when I got there, he was afraid of me. He thought I meant to do it. So maybe I did. I just don't know anymore.

The Insider

Debate Over Media Integrity and Corporate Influence

Lowell Bergman This news division has been vilified by the New York Times, in print, on television, for caving to corporate interests!

Don Hewitt The New York Times ran a blow-by-blow of what we talked about behind closed doors! You fucked us!

Lowell Bergman NO, YOU FUCKED YOU! Don't invert stuff! Big Tobacco tried to smear Wigand, YOU bought it. The Wall Street Journal, here: not exactly a bastion of anti-capitalist sentiment, refutes Big Tobacco's smear campaign as the lowest form of character assassination! And now, even now, when every word of what Wigand has said on our show is printed, the entire deposition of his testimony in a court of law in the State of Mississippi, the cat TOTALLY out of the bag, you're still standing here debating! Don, what the hell else do you need?

Don Hewitt Mike, you tell him.

Mike Wallace You fucked up, Don.

Carlito's Way

Chasing Dreams Requires Action and Effort

Carlito Brigante The dream don't come no closer by itself. We gotta run after it now.

The Godfather

Michael Tells Kay How They Know Johnny Fontane

Kay Adams Michael, you never told me you knew Johnny Fontane!

Michael Corleone Sure, you want to meet him?

Kay Adams Well, yeah! Sure.

Michael Corleone My father helped him with his career.

Kay Adams How did he do that?

Michael Corleone ...Let's listen to the song.

Kay Adams Tell me, Michael. Please.

[after listening to Johnny for a while]

Michael Corleone Well, when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. But the band leader wouldn't let him. Now, Johnny is my father's godson. So my father went to see this bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went back, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of $1000.

Kay Adams How did he do that?

Michael Corleone My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

Kay Adams What was that?

Michael Corleone Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract.

Kay Adams ...

Michael Corleone ...That's a true story.

Carlito's Way

The Danger of Unpaid Favors

Carlito Brigante No favor. I owe you. Favor gonna kill you faster than a bullet.

The Godfather

It's Strictly Business

Michael Corleone Where does it say that you can't kill a cop?

Tom Hagen Come on, Mikey...

Michael Corleone Tom, wait a minute. I'm talking about a cop that's mixed up in drugs. I'm talking about a - a - a dishonest cop - a crooked cop who got mixed up in the rackets and got what was coming to him. That's a terrific story. And we have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we, Tom? And they might like a story like that.

Tom Hagen They might, they just might.

[Tom nods]

Michael Corleone It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business.

[to Sonny]

Glengarry Glen Ross

The Simplicity of Truth in Conversations

George Aaronow When I talk to the police, I get nervous.

Ricky Roma Yes. You know who doesn't?

George Who?

Ricky Thieves. Always tell the truth, George; it's the easiest thing to remember.

The Devil's Advocate

The Allure of Vanity as a Sin

John Milton Vanity—definitely my favorite sin.

[Last line of the film]

Carlito's Way

Reflections on Changing Times and Loss

Carlito Brigante Times have changed. What happened to the miniskirts? Where’s all that marijuana? Now everything is platforms, cocaine, and dances I don’t dance. What a man gotta come to when he loses five years.

Insomnia

Time-Sensitive Investigations in Homicide Cases

Det. Ellie Burr So, I'm gonna just take you guys over to the lodge, and...

Will Dormer Just take us to the station.

Det. Ellie Burr Right. We need to get started. Most homicides are solved by work done in the first 72 hours.

Will Dormer Well, it's 48 hours. We're a day behind. But who's counting?

Memorable Quotes from Al Pacino

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