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King of New York Quotes

R 1990 · 1h 43m 68 Audience
Film Fixation: Christopher Walken in King of New York
Film Fixation: Christopher Walken in King of New York
15 quotes
The Reality of Their Criminal Lives
Jump I wanna know who I'm selling drugs to, you know what I mean?
Joey Dalesio You don't sell drugs, my brother. You shoot people.
Jump Yo, I'm unemployed. Ain't nobody left.
Confrontation Over Past Choices and Isolation
Frank White How come you never came to see me?
Jump Who wanted to see you in a cage, man?
Confrontation Between Frank White and Jump
Jump He's a fucking glitter-boy! He's looking to get sprayed, laid, played, and slayed. You know what I'm saying?
Frank White I heard that.
Justice and Morality in a Corrupt World
Frank White When the D.A's office investigated the sudden death of Arty Clay, they found that he left a $13 million estate. How do you explain that? There there's Larry Wong, who owned half of Chinatown when he passed away. Larry used to rent his tenements to Asian refuges, his own people, for $800 a month to share a single toilet on the same floor. How bout King Tito? He had thirteen-year-old girls hooking for him on the street. Those guys are dead because I don't want to make money that way. Emil Zappa, the Mata brothers, they're dead because they were running this city into the ground.
Roy Bishop You expected to get away with killing all these people?
Frank White I spent half my life in prison. I never got away with anything, and I never killed anybody that didn't deserve it.
Roy Bishop Who made you judge and jury?
Frank White Well, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.
Rumors and Provocations in Confrontation Scene
Dennis Gilley I heard a rumor about you.
Frank White What's that?
Dennis Gilley I heard you got AIDS getting dicked up your ass in prison. That's what I heard.
Frank White I thought about you every time I jerked off, dickhead.
Power and Influence Beyond Elections
Taglines Not everyone who runs a city is elected.
Taking Control of the Streets
Frank White From now on, nothing goes down unless I'm involved. No blackjack no dope deals, no nothing. A nickel bag gets sold in the park, I want in. You guys got fat while everybody starved on the street. Now it's my turn.
A Shift in Power Dynamics
Taglines The cops tried to stop Frank White their way. Now they'll have to do it his way.
Continuation of Scarface's Legacy in Film
Taglines Where "Scarface" left off... "King of New York" begins.
The Intersection of Law and Morality
Jennifer I thought people like you didn't believe in the legal process.
Frank White I thought people like me were the legal process.
Reunion and Reflections on Life's Changes
Frank White How's the family?
Pete Hamill Better then when you left. They're all working. My son is back from college. What about you?
Frank White Back from the dead!
Frank White's Ambitious Political Aspirations
Ariane What can we expect from the "reformed" Frank White?
Frank White I'm gonna run for mayor!
Business and Drug Culture in America
Frank White You think ambushing me in some nightclub's gonna stop what makes people take drugs? This country spends $100 billion a year on getting high, and it's not because of me. All that time I was wasting in jail, it just got worse. I'm not your problem. I'm just a businessman.
Cold Remorse in the Face of Violence
Jump Yo, congratulations, Frank. Congratulations, man. Them Columbian motherfuckers, they took permanent vacation in hell, if you know what I mean.
Frank White Well, I must've been away too long because my feelings are dead. I feel no remorse.
Crime in New York on Frank White's Terms
Taglines In the Big Apple, crime gets done on Frank White's terms...or else it doesn't get done at all.