Memorable Quotes from Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
11 quotesAspirations and Identity in the Underworld
Rico Bandello
Underworld pays respects to Diamond Pete Montana.
[reading newspaper]
Joe Massara
Ah, what's that gotta do with the price of eggs?
Rico Bandello
Plenty. Diamond Pete Montana. He doesn't have to waste his time on cheap gas stations. He's somebody. He's in the big town, doing things in a big way. And look at us, just a couple of nobodies, nothin'.
Joe Massara
Is that what you want, Rico? A party like that for you? "Caesar Enrico Bandello. Honored by his friends.
Rico Bandello
I could do all the things that fella does, and more, only I never got my chance. Why, what's there to be afraid of? And when I get in a tight spot, I shoot my way out of it. Why sure. Shoot first and argue afterwards. You know, this game ain't for guys that's soft!
Joe Massara
Yeah, there's money in the big town, all right. And the women. Good times, something doing all the time. Exciting things, you know. The clothes I could wear. And then I'd quit, Rico. I'd go back to dancing, like I used to before I met you. I don't know. I ain't made for this sort of thing. Dancing. That's what I wanna do.
Rico Bandello
Dancing? Women? And where do they get you? I don't want no dancing. I'm figuring on making other people dance. Oh, I ain't forgetting about the money. Money's okay, but it ain't everything. Be somebody. Look hard at a bunch of guys and know they'll do anything you tell them. Have your own way or nothing. Be somebody.
Joe Massara
You'll get there, Rico.
Rico Bandello
Yeah.
Joe Massara
You'll show them.
Rico Bandello
You know, this was our last stand in this burg. We're pulling out.
Joe Massara
Where are we going?
Rico Bandello
East. Where things break big.
[gestures to the newspaper]
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Conflict Over Masculinity and Ambitions
Rico Bandello
Yeah, dancing's all right for a sideline. It gives you a swell front. But it ain't my idea of a man's game.
Joe Massara
What's the difference Rico, as long as I ain't kickin', why should you kick?
Rico Bandello
Who's kicking? Why should a young guy like you be wasting his time? And I kinda took pride in ya, Joe. Brought you into the gang, pushed you ahead, but now you're gettin to be a sissy.
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Illusions of Connection in Dance
Bill O'Brien
I'm pretending there's something swell about you. This delusion came over me while we were dancing. You know, when you look into a girl's eyes and you think you see someone that isn't there... well that's what I saw.
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A Loyalty Tested in Criminal Ambition
Rico Bandello
We started off together, didn't we? Well, we gotta keep going along together. Who else have I got to give a hang about? I need ya, Joe. I got the biggest chance of my life. The Big Boy just handed me the whole North Side, but it's too much for one man to handle alone. I need somebody, somebody to work in with me, a guy like you. Somebody I can trust.
Joe Massara
It can't be me, Rico. I've quit.
Rico Bandello
You didn't quit. Nobody ever quit me. You're still in my gang. Do you get that? (grabbing his lapel) I don't care how many fancy skirts you got hangin on to you. That Jane of yours can go hang. It's her that's made a softie out of you.
Joe Massara
You lay off Olga...
Rico Bandello
I ain't layin off of her. I'm after her. One of us is gonna lose and it ain't gonna be me. There's ways of stoppin that dame.
Joe Massara
You're crazy! Leave her out of this.
Rico Bandello
Aw, she's through. She's out of the way, that's what she is.
Joe Massara
You're lying. You wouldn't dare.
Rico Bandello
I wouldn't, wouldn't I? I'll show ya.
[brandishing his hand]
Joe Massara
I love her. We're in love with one another. Doesn't that mean nothin to ya?
Rico Bandello
Nothin'. Less than nothin'. Love! Soft stuff! When she's got you, you ain't no good for anything. We ain't out of this yet. Now we don't want no softies spilling things.
Joe Massara
I ain't gonna spill anything if that's what you're scared of.
Rico Bandello
You go back to that dame and it's suicide. Suicide for both of ya.
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The Challenge of Change in a Gang
Joe Massara
Once in the gang, you know the rest.
[after Olga sees his gun]
Olga Stassoff
I don't want to know. Only maybe, maybe it could be different this time, if we try.
Joe Massara
I've never seen a guy that could get away with it yet.
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Defiance in a Tense Exchange
Nina Barone
Please beat it! I'm no gun moll!
Bill O'Brien
You ain't no buzzard's dish either - not when I'm around!
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A Hold-Up Changes Everything
Olga Stassoff
Why, Joe...Joey.
Joe Massara
What is it? What's the matter?
Olga Stassoff
Nothing. It's all right. The joint's been held up, that's all.
Joe Massara
Held up?
Olga Stassoff
They...They shot McClure. Joe.
Joe Massara
Now you know.
Olga Stassoff
It was you.
Joe Massara
No. No, it's a lie! I...
Olga Stassoff
You shot McClure.
Joe Massara
No, I didn't, I swear. It wasn't me that shot him. It was...I don't know who. But it's our hips for this job, all right.
Olga Stassoff
Maybe... Maybe everything will be all right, Joey. Maybe he wasn't hurt badly. But you're through with that bunch. You don't belong, Joe. You're not that kind. You'll never go near them again.
Joe Massara
Olga...you can't go back on the gang.
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A Proposal for a Risky Task
Joe Massara
Say, what's the big idea of the rush anyway?
Rico Bandello
It's a little job we need you for. A little job at the Bronze Peacock.
Joe Massara
What do you mean? Are you trying to kid me or something? How can I take the chance? They're all my friends, they all know me.
Rico Bandello
That's why, they'll never suspect you. Now, don't stall, Joe.
Joe Massara
I ain't stalling. You gotta get me out of this, Rico. You gotta. I don't want to...Well, don't you see, I'm working steady now, and...Can't a guy ever say he's through?
Rico Bandello
You're gonna be in on this, and you'll like it.
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A Statement on Simplicity and Ease
Bill O'Brien
That wouldn't be hard.
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Opportunity in the Pigeon Club
Bill O'Brien
Hello, Dutch? Bill O'Brien! Say listen, I'm over at the Pigeon Club takin in the sights, and, uh, I ran into somethin that I thought might be of mutual interest to us. An out-of-town job came shoo-shooing in here a while ago and throwin away money like birdseed.
[on the telephone]
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Unexpected Origins in a City Encounter
Nina Barone
Where are you from?
Bill O'Brien
I fell out of a policeman's whistle in Times Square.
[laughs]
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