I don’t know how he did it, and I ain’t gonna ask, all I know is that Bill Buffalino got me out of the case where I should never have gotten away with it. I shoulda been down for the count. Instead, we went out celebrating, and I met what turned out to be the rest of my life. ibid.
Angelo Bruno – shot in the head sitting in his car outside his house, 1980 … Salvatore ‘Sally Bugs’ Briguglio – shot three times in the face, 1979. ibid. captions
He took a shine to me right away. After a while, he started giving me little things to do. ibid. de Niro’s commentary
Naturally, the next thing you wanna do is throw the thing away. You want to get rid of it. ibid.
Back then there was nobody in this country who didn’t know who Jimmy Hoffa was. In the fifties he was as big as Elvis. In the sixties he was like the Beatles. And next to the president he was the next powerful man in the country bar none. ibid.
We need unity. We need solidarity. Solidarity! Solidarity! Solidarity! … Solidarity: it works for all of us. ibid.
The pension fund … Jimmy had complete control over every bit of it … ibid.
He’s got a hand in everyone’s pocket, shaking down the trucking companies. Can you imagine that? Threatening people. You threaten people once in a while, OK, I understand. But all the time? It’s drawing attention to us, you understand? Guys like that give unions a bad name. Something’s gotta be done. ibid. Pacino
Priest: Do you feel anything for what you’ve done?
De Niro: I don’t. I mean maybe because I’m here now talking to you that in itself is an attempt to … ibid. confession
Sit properly like you mean it. Don’t muck about. Four Lions 2010 starring Riz Ahmed & Kayvan Novak & Nigel Lindsay & Adeel Akhtar & Arsher Ali & Craig Parkinson & Preeya Kalidas & Julia Davis & Benedict Cumberbatch & Alex MacQueen et al, director Chris Morris, opening scene
The way to stop the Feds tracking you is very simple: you eat the Sim-card. ibid. Barry
Oh what? Just because I’m Muslim you thought it was real? ibid. audience member with faux bomb
My plan is right to pop a bomb on a crow and flight it into one of them towers full of Jews and slags. ibid. Faisal
Bomb the mosque. Radicalise the moderates. Bring it all on. ibid. Barry
What war? The war on Kaffir sheep? ibid. Omar
We’ve got your reg, pal. And your fucking face. You are under surveillance big style. Perrier’s Bounty 2009 starring Gabriel Byrne & Cillian Murphy & Michael McElhatton & Don Wycherley & Jodie Whittaker & Brendan Coyle & Conleth Hill & Domhnall Gleeson & Patrick McCane & Jim Broadbent et al, director Ian Fitzgibbon, opening commentary, clamping dude
Dirty. Like a bag of carrots. ibid. blokes in bar assessing passing women
Jack says you’ve got a great big cock. Boogie Nights 1997 starring Mark Wahlberg & Burt Reynolds & Julianne Moore & Don Cheadle & John C Reilly & William H Macy & Heather Graham & Luiz Guzman & Philip Seymour Hoffmann & Philip Baker Hall et al, director Paul Thomas Anderson, financier
This is the future – video tape tells the truth. ibid. boss man
This is a fine life you’ve made for yourself. ibid. bloke
I want mellow, mellow, mellow. ibid. Jack
See me. I’ve just served sixteen years of a ten year sentence – chucked a few Screws over the landing. Took a few prison governors hostage along the way. Call me old fashioned, I’ve done most of my bird down in the dungeons in solitary. But I enjoy me own company. That’s me: Bulla. Big Fat Gypsy Gangster: Bulla The Movie 2011 starring Ricky Grover & Omid Djalili & Tulisa Contostavlos & Steven Berkoff & Peter Capaldi & Rufus Hound & Rochelle Wiseman & Laila Morse et al, director Ricky Grover
He’s a Mafia man. He’s like a gangster. Set up for no reason by the bent copper, d’you know what I’m saying? ibid.
He wired my Frankie’s bollocks up to an electric kettle and turned it on. ibid.
Bulla has been labelled the most dangerous man in Britain today ... Man or animal? ibid.
I’m a lovely guy. But I can be very very naughty. ibid. Bulla
Bulla, his assets are with me. They used to be with Auntie Queenie. But she fucked up. Let me put it this way: Auntie Queenie, she is part whore and part horse. ibid. Jik Jickles, financial adviser
I was born on a snooker table. ibid.
You know what we need, don’t ja – a nice bowl of eels. ibid.
I was on the psychiatric ward with them. ibid.
I’m going to take his fucking face off. ibid. Queenie
If there’s one thing worse than a cozzer, and that’s a bent cozzer with a big truncheon. ibid.
Which one of you called my kids Pikey? ibid. Cousin
My dad was Bulla the Fourth. The great fighting midget. ibid. Bulla
What a letdown I must have been. ibid.
Bulla is banged up again. ibid. rozzer
Being under sedation seemed the only way the prison system could deal with such a man. ibid. director
Unfortunately people and animals were harmed in the making of this film. ibid. caption
Spade & Archer Detective Agency. The Maltese Falcon 1941 starring Humphrey Bogart & Mary Astor & Gladys George & Peter Lorre & Barton MacLane & Lee Patrick & Sydney Greenstreet & Ward Bond & Jerome Cowan & Elisha Cook junior et al, director John Huston, opening scene
I don’t know anything about women. ibid. Sam
Help me, Mr Spade. I need help so badly. ibid. Ruth Wonderly
I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble. ibid. Spade to Ruth
I’ve always been a liar. ibid. Ruth to Spade
People lose teeth talking like that. ibid. Spade
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. ibid.
For most geeks a bad day might be being the butt of jokes in class. Occasional food prank, and worse, being beaten by a Jock. But when you live in the box, a bad day might be accidentally getting killed. Dope 2015 starring Shameik Moore & Tony Revolori & Kiersey Clemons & Blake Anderson & Zoe Kravitz & A$AP Rock & Chanel Iman & Tyga, director Rick Famuyima
Let’s not forget – the nineties also gave us Vanilla Ice, M C Hammer, and we can’t forget about the Fresh Prince … ibid.
All I have are the choices I make, and I choose her, come what may. The Adjustment Bureau 2011 starring Matt Damon & Emily Blunt & Terence Stamp & John Slattery & Anthony Mackie & Michael Kelly & Donnie Keshawarz & Anthony Ruivivar et al, director George Nolfi, Davi
I can go through this door alone. You’ll never see me or the people chasing us again, or you can come with me, and I don't know what’s on the other side, but you’d be next to me and that’s all I’ve wanted since the minute I met you. ibid. David to Elise
Most people live life on the path we set for them. Too afraid to explore any other. But once in a while, people like you come along who knock down all the obstacles we put in your way. People who realize free will is a gift you’ll never know how to use until you fight for it. I think that’s the Chairman’s real plan that maybe one day, we won’t write the plan. You will. ibid. Harry voiceover
Albert, leave him alone. Come on, let’s eat. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 starring Helen Mirren & Alan Howard & Richard Bohringer & Tim Roth & Michael Gambon & Ian Drury & Cairan Hinds & Gary Olsen & Ewan Stewart & Liz Smith et al, director Peter Greenway, Georgina to Albert
Don’t smoke. It’s sloppy in a woman. Besides, no-one is gonna eat smokes – it ruins your taste-buds, burns your tongue and makes your pee stink. ibid. Albert to Georgina
Good cook. Except he will put mushrooms on everything. ibid. Albert at table
Money’s my business, eating’s my pleasure. ibid.
You’re so talkative tonight we couldn’t stand the silence without you. Wash your hands! ibid.