“[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.”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…”Tagged: Punch, Pinch, Fucking
“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…”Tagged: Pigeons, falcons, New Jersey, Fucking
“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]”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.”Tagged: Fucking, killed, plotz
“[referring to Bruno, to Lefty, while in his car] Twenty years you know a guy, you fuckin' whack him out just like that over a lounge? That's beautiful.”Tagged: Fucking, whack
“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…”Tagged: Fucking, Hate, Death Threats
“If I come out alive, this guy, Lefty, ends up dead. That's the same thing as me putting the bullet in his head myself.”Tagged: Death Threat, Bullet
“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.”Tagged: Mafia, Rat, Snitch
“Lefty: [standing next to Donnie's car at night] There's the boss. And, under him, there's the skipper. You know how this works? Donnie Brasco: Yeah, it's like in the army. Lefty: Bullshit. The army is some guy you don't know telling you to go whack some other guy you don't know.”Tagged: army, Bullshit
“FBI Technician: [sitting on the floor of a motel room, reserved for the FBI] What's ‘Forget about it’? Donnie Brasco: Forget about it’ is, like, if you agree with someone, you know, like ‘Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass. Forget about it!’ But then, if you disagree, like ‘A Lincoln is better…”Tagged: FBI, Raquel Welch, Piece of Ass, lincoln, Cadillac