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(108,898 total)“A guy like you don't touch a made guy, you know what I did yesterday? I went in front of the skippers, I'm going on the record with you, nobody can touch you now, I'm your man, Jesus Christ couldn't touch you because I represent you, keep your nose clean, be a good earner follow the rules, and who k…”
— Paul Attanasio, Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero, Al Pacino, Donnie Brasco
“[Lefty Ruggiero is explaining Mafia code to Donnie Brasco] If I say you're a friend of mine, that means you're connected. If I say you're a friend of ours, that means you're a made guy. If I introduce you, I'm responsible for you. Anything wrong with you, I go down.”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
Tagged: mafia code
“[Lefty is cooking dinner in his kitchen] Lefty: Punch of salt. Donnie Brasco: [watching him from behind him] Punch? Lefty: Punch. Punch of salt. Donnie Brasco: Punch or pinch? Lefty: Punch, punch. Not pinch. What'd I say? I say pinch? Donnie Brasco: Nah, you said... you said punch. Lefty: Sometimes…”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
“Donnie Brasco: [Lefty tends to the pigeon coops on the roof of his building. Donnie's alongside him] Did you know there used to be falcons in New York? Lefty: They got everything in this fucking city. Donnie Brasco: Peregrine falcons. They lived across the river. Lefty: In Queens? Donnie Brasco: In…”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
“You know something? [Donnie soon boasts, when he meets FBI agents in a place the mob would never look, a kosher restaurant] I got him. I got my hooks in the guy. [referring to Lefty Ruggiero]”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
Tagged: Hooks
“Donnie Brasco: [while carrying bags and coolers onto the boat] Hey Richie, what are you trying to do, get me killed with that fucking suit? Richard 'Richie' Gazzo: What? Donnie Brasco: That fucking car, purple fucking car. Don't say the word plotz, you understand? Richard 'Richie' Gazzo: Yeah, yeah.”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
“Maggie Pistone: God, why do you hate me when I love you so much? Donnie Brasco: [standing in front of each other in their garage] You think I hate you? I don't hate you. This job is eating me alive. I can't breathe anymore. And if I come out, this guy Lefty dies. They're gonna kill him because he vo…”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco
“[after blowing up Leon's house boat] Wow, we really didn't think that through.”
— Andrew Steele, Dennis McNicholas, Lance DeLune, Will Ferrell, The Ladies Man
Tagged: Overreaction
“Donnie Brasco: You think I'm a rat...? Lefty: [to Donnie's while in his car, before putting a loaded revolver to his head] How many times have I had you in my house? If you're a rat, then I'm the biggest mutt in the history of the Mafia.”
— Paul Attanasio, Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone, Johnny Depp, Donnie Brasco