“Senator Pat Geary: Mr. Cici, was there always a buffer involved? Willi Cici: A what? Senator Pat Geary: A buffer. Someone in between you and your possible superiors who passed on to you the actual order to kill someone. Willi Cici: Oh yeah, a buffer. The family had a lot of buffers!”
— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Senator Pat Geary, G. D. Spradlin, imdb.com