“If anybody asks you if in you in this game, you tell 'em you in it for life, a'ight?. You play it hard, you play it tight, and you make sure niggas know you gonn' stand by your people. No loose talk, no second thoughts and no snitching. Play it like that.”
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“He got my blood on his shoes, I know that much.”
“Harvey Wasserman: [Watching Eileen's movie footage] Why is he kissing her? Eileen 'Candy'…”
“Duck Salad, no thank you!”
“I can act in a real movie with a story and everything.”