Memorable Quotes from Danny Aiello
11 quotesA Colorful Insult from Tommy Five-Tone
Tommy Five-Tone
That doughnut-hole-eating, son-of-a-bitch, take-it-in-the-ear-for-a-beer, rat bastard!
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Curiosity About Money and Relationships
Léon
Tony, all the money I make that you keep for me —
Tony
You need some money?
Léon
Just curious. Cause I've been working for a long time and I haven't done anything with my money.
Tony
You met a woman.
Léon
No.
Tony
Léon... Léon, you gotta be careful with women. Remember when you first arrived in this country? When I took you in you were still wet behind the fuckin ears, and already you were in deep shit because of a woman. Don't forget that, Léon.
Léon
I wish I could sometimes. You know, about my money — maybe I could give a little to someone, you know, to help out.
Tony
Hey, it's your money. I mean, I'm just holding it for you, like a bank. Except better than a bank, cause you know banks always get knocked off. No one knocks off old Tony.
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The Passage of Time and Its Impact
Masked Avenger
I wonder if future generations will ever even hear about us. It's not likely. After enough time, everything passes. I don't care how big we are or how important are our lives.
Rocco
This is a coincidence. I meet nobody from the old neighborhood in years. I finally do, and I gotta kill her.
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Contemplating Change in a Family Business
Pino
Daddy, you know, I've been thinking... maybe we should sell this place, get out while we're still ahead... and alive.
Sal
You really think you know what's best for us, Pino?
Pino
Maybe we can... can we sell this and open up a new one in our own neighborhood?
Sal
There's too many pizzerias already there.
Pino
Then maybe we could... we could try something different.
Sal
What am I gonna do? What am I - that's all I know. What am I doing? I been here twenty-five years. Where am I going?
Pino
I'm sick of niggers. It's like I come to work, it's Planet of the Apes. I don't like being around them. They're animals.
Sal
Why you got so much anger in you?
Pino
Why? I'll tell you why. My friends, they laugh at me. They laugh right in my face. They tell me, "Go to Bed-Stuy. Go feed the moulies".
Sal
Do your friends put money in your pocket, Pino? Food on your table? They pay your rent, a roof over your head? They're not your friends. If they were your friends they wouldn't laugh at you.
Pino
Pop, what can I say? I don't want to be here. They don't want us here. We should stay in our own neighborhood, stay in Bensonhurst, and the niggers should stay in theirs.
Sal
I never had no trouble with these people. I sat in this window. I watched these little kids get old. And I seen the old people get older. Yeah, sure, some of them don't like us, but most of them do. I mean, for Christ's sake, Pino, they grew up on my food. On my food. And I'm very proud of that. Oh, you may think It's funny, but I'm very proud of that. Look, what I'm trying to say, son, is, uh... Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay. I'm sorry. I'm your father, and I love you, I'm sorry but... but that's the way it is.
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Confrontation Over Captain Connolly's Credibility
Morgan
Hey Murph, what do you think of that son of a bitch, huh? Connolly. Captain Connolly. That clown they dress up as a cop. That fuckin banana. I mean, who does he think he's playin with, some chickenshit rookie? I've been on the job too long, you know what I mean? Yeah, they might get me for coopin'. Or for scorin a little nookie on the side. Or, maybe even shakin down a bodega. I never said I was the smartest guy in the world, but when he comes up with this phony witness shit...
Murphy
They got witnesses, Einstein.
Morgan
Yeah, deaf and dumb ones, right?
Murphy
Real live ones! The kind that put you away.
Morgan
Hey Murph! Murphy! Murphy, come here! Murphy! What are you talking about?
[goes out after Murphy]
Murphy
They got the little chick that was hiding up there behind the junk pile!
Morgan
What chick?
Murphy
Yeah, they got me and Coreli, too... A-Number One police work... Poor kid wasn't botherin nobody, and you throw him off the roof!
Morgan
You shut the fuck up!
Murphy
You fuckin creep, I wish I was man enough to turn you in!
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A Comedic Moment of Frustration
Snickers
(leaping around desperately) Get this fucking thing off my head!
Hudson Hawk
Hey Tommy, look at Snickers.
Tommy Five-Tone
Yeah, he's about to have a bad migraine.
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Cultural Identity and Ownership in Conflict
Buggin Out
Hey, hey, Sal, how come you ain't got no brothers up on the wall here?
Sal
You want brothers up on the wall, get your own place. You can do what you want to do. You can put your brothers and uncles and nieces and nephews, step-fathers, step-mothers, whoever you want. See? But, this is *my* pizzeria. American Italians up on the wall.
Vito
Take it easy, Pop.
Pino
Don't start.
Buggin Out
Yeah, that might be fine, Sal, but, you own this, rarely do I see any American Italians eatin in here. All I see is Black folks. So since we spend much money here, we do have some say.
Sal
You lookin for trouble? You a troublemaker, is that what you are? You makin trouble?
Buggin Out
Yeah! I'm a troublemaker. I'm makin trouble.
Sal
You're a ball breaker. Always comin in here lookin for trouble, aren't you. Suppose I busted your head. How would you - Now, Mookie. Mookie, you wanna get your friend outta here.
Buggin Out
Oh, you wanna kick me out now? You're gonna kick me out, huh?
Sal
Nah, I'm not kickin you out. You're kickin yourself out.
Buggin Out
What? Look, we want some brothers up on the wall. Yo, ], ], you know, ]. Tomorrow!
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Consequences of Choices and Health Concerns
Louis
Well, you've done it to yourself this time, haven't you?
Jacob
Am I dying, Louie?
Louis
From a slipped disk? That'll be a first.
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A Playful Exchange Between Friends
Jacob
You know you look like an angel, Louie? Like an overgrown cherub. Anyone ever tell you that?
Louis
Yeah, you. Every time you see me.
[smiling]
Jacob
You're a lifesaver, Louie.
Louis
Yeah, I know.
[smiling]
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Demand for Representation in Public Spaces
Sal
What'd I tell you about that noise?
Buggin Out
What'd I tell you about them pictures?
Sal
What the fuck, are you deaf?
Buggin Out
No! Are you? FUCK YOU! We want some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame now!
Mookie
We're trying to go fucking home! We've been here all fucking day, Buggin Out!
Sal
Turn that jungle music off! We ain't in Africa!
Buggin Out
Why it got to be about jungle music? Why it got to be about Africa? It's about them fucking pictures!
Sal
It's about turning that shit off and getting the fuck out of my place!
Pino
RADIO RAHEEM!
Radio Raheem
Fuck you!
Sal
AND FUCK YOU TOO!
Ahmad
Get in there, Pino!
Radio Raheem
This is music. My music!
Sal
FUCK YOUR MUSIC!
Radio Raheem
Well, turn it off, then.
Vito
Hey, man, get the fuck out of here! We're fucking closed!
Buggin Out
Fuck you! We're closing you guinea bastards for good! For good, motherfucker! Until you get some black people on that motherfucking Wall of Fame!
Sal
You're gonna fucking close me?
Buggin Out
You're goddamn right!
Sal
YOU BLACK COCKSUCKER!! I'LL FUCKING TEAR YOUR FUCKING NIGGER ASS!
Punchy
Oh, we're niggers now?! We niggers now!
[Over all the shouting]
Buggin Out
YOU FUCKING WHITE TRASH! I'LL FUCK YOU UP!
Mookie
Sal, put the fucking bat down!
Buggin Out
COME ON, MAN, YOU FUCKING GUINEA TRASH!
Sal
YOU BLACK COCKSUCKER!! YOU NIGGER MOTHERFUCKER!
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A Unique Approach to Earning Money
Tony
In the meantime, all you gotta do is come here every once in a while and I'll dish it out so's you can have a little fun. Okay? Here's a hundred bucks to start with.
Mathilda
Can't I get a job instead?
Tony
A job? What the hell can you do?
Mathilda
I can "clean".
Tony
I ain't got no work for a twelve-year-old kid, so get it out of your goddamn head! It's OVER! The game's OVER! Léon's DEAD!
Tony
You hear me?! Come on. You think I ain't hurtin too? But he's dead. And you're gonna forget all this craziness and get your little ass back to school. Capisce? Now take this money, and get the hell outta here, and don't let me see your face till next month, cause something tells me I'm about to lose my famous kind streak!
[softly; Starts to get impatient]
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