Once Upon a Time in America Quotes

Once Upon a Time in America is a television show that debuted in 1970 . Once Upon a Time in America ended its run in 1970.

It features Arnon Milchan as producer, Ennio Morricone in charge of musical score, and Tonino Delli Colli as head of cinematography.

Once Upon a Time in America is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Once Upon a Time in America is 229 minutes long. Once Upon a Time in America is distributed by Warner Bros., and Titanus.

The cast includes: Robert De Niro as Noodles, Jennifer Connelly as Young Deborah, Scott Tiler as Young Noodles, Larry Rapp as Fat Moe, Noah Moazezi as Dominic, James Woods as Max, Brian Bloom as Young Patsy, Tuesday Weld as Carol, Danny Aiello as Police Chief Aiello, Amy Ryder as Peggy, Rusty Jacobs as Young Max, Darlanne Fluegel as Eve, James Russo as Bugsy, Richard Bright as Chicken Joe, Julie Cohen as Young Peggy, and Mike Monetti as Young 'Fat' Moe.

Once Upon a Time in America Quotes

Robert De Niro as Noodles

• (Robert De Niro) "You got any coffee around?"
• (Larry Rapp) "Yes."
• (Robert De Niro) "Thanks."

• (Sgt. P. Halloran) "Sergeant Halloran. Hello. Who's speaking? Can I help you? Hello."
• (Robert De Niro) "I got a good tip for you --"

• (Robert De Niro) "We gotta reorganize, Max. And I got a couple of good ideas --"
• (James Woods) "Me too."
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "If I had a million bucks, I'd take it easy."
• (James Woods) "We'll take it easy when we got twenty -- fifty."
• (Robert De Niro) "Where're you gonna get THAT?"
• (James Woods) "Right here --"
• (Robert De Niro) "What's that?"
• (James Woods) "It's a dream. A dream I've been dreaming all my life. I swear to God, you and me together, we can make it come true."
• (Robert De Niro) "What is it?"
• (James Woods) "The Federal Reserve Bank. It's the biggest step we can take, Noodles."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're really crazy."
• (James Woods) "Don't you ever say that to me. Don't ever say that to me again."

• (Robert De Niro) "I'm not interested in friends from those places, and I don't trust politicians."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're still acting like a street schmuck. You know, if we'd listened to you, we'd still be rolling out drunks for a living."

• (Robert De Niro) "What is it?"
• (James Woods) "It's a throne. It was a gift to a pope. It cost me about 800 bucks."
• (Tuesday Weld) "It's from the 17th century."
• (Robert De Niro) "What are you going to do with it?"
• (James Woods) "I'm sitting on it."

• (Deborah Gelly) "You dancing?"
• (Robert De Niro) "You asking?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "I'm asking."
• (Robert De Niro) "I'm dancing."

• (Deborah Gelly) "Been waiting long?"
• (Robert De Niro) "All my life."

• (Robert De Niro) "How's your sister?"
• (Larry Rapp) "I ain't seen her for years. She's a big star now."
• (Robert De Niro) "We should have known, huh? You can always tell the winners at the starting gate. You can always tell the winners, and you can tell the losers."
• (Robert De Niro) "Who would've put a penny on you?"
• (Larry Rapp) "I'd have put everything I ever had on you."
• (Robert De Niro) "Yeah, and you would've lost."
• (Larry Rapp) "Well, you're beat. Good night."
• (Robert De Niro) "Good night, Moe. Thanks."
• (Larry Rapp) "What have you been doing all these years?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I've been going to bed early."

• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Hey, Noodles, get a load of this -- Hey, scotch heating."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Yeah, a buck a cup."
• (Robert De Niro) "A buck a cup?"
• (James Woods) "Yeah."
• (Robert De Niro) "How much's it cost us?"
• (James Woods) "Costing us? A dime, including overhead."

• (Robert De Niro) "I'm gonna be gone for a while."
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "I'll be waiting at the hotel. I like it when you come home late and wake me up."
• (Robert De Niro) "I'm not gonna be home tonight. I'm not gonna be home tomorrow either."
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "I thought these things only take a couple of hours --"
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "How long will I have to wait?"
• (Robert De Niro) "A year and a half, more or less. Six months off for good behaviour."
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "What are you gonna do?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Don't ask."

• (Robert De Niro) "Well, at least you recognized me. That's something."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Actresses have good memories."

• (Deborah Gelly) "Why do you want to see me?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Two reasons. I wanted to see if you did the right thing, turning me down to be an actress."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Well?"
• (Robert De Niro) "You did. You're terrific."
• (Robert De Niro) ""Age cannot wither her -- " It's like the play was written for you."
• (Deborah Gelly) "What was the other reason?"
• (Robert De Niro) "The other reason is -- to decide whether I should go to a party tomorrow night."
• (Deborah Gelly) "A party?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Yeah, on Long Island. A Secretary Bailey."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Do you know Secretary Bailey?"
• (Robert De Niro) "No, but I was invited anyway."
• (Deborah Gelly) "If you don't know each other, why were you invited?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I don't know. I thought you might know why."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Me? Why me?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Because you know him."

• (Robert De Niro) "I always thought you might have helped yourself to that million bucks. But now I know. Yeah, you're on your ass worse than ever."
• (Larry Rapp) "But I thought it was you who --"
• (Robert De Niro) "No, you thought wrong. The suitcase was empty."
• (Larry Rapp) "Then who took it?"
• (Robert De Niro) "That's what I've been asking myself for 35 years."

• (Robert De Niro) "Why'd you ask me to come here, Mr. Bailey?"
• (Secretary Bailey) "That invitation doesn't mean a god**** thing, and you know it. All that counts is what was in that suitcase: the money and the contract."
• (Robert De Niro) "It didn't say who the contract was on, though."
• (Secretary Bailey) "Haven't you figured that out yet?"
• (Robert De Niro) "You, Mr. Bailey? I haven't had a gun in my hand for many, many years. My eyes aren't too good, even with my glasses. My hands shake. And I wouldn't want to miss, Mr Bailey."
• (Secretary Bailey) "Cut the bulls***, Noodles, I'm already a dead man. At least give me the chance to settle the debt that I owe to you. I'll never make it before the investigating committee --"
• (Secretary Bailey) "They're scared I'll implicate the whole bunch of 'em, they gotta get rid of me. Today is as good a day as any. You do it, Noodles. You're the only person I can accept it from. You see, I found out where you were. I brought you back here for this, to even the score between you and me."
• (Secretary Bailey) "You can get out through there. It leads right down to the street. Nobody will see you."
• (Robert De Niro) "I don't know what you're talking about. You don't owe me a thing."
• (Secretary Bailey) "Your eyes were too full of tears to see it wasn't me burned up on that street. It was somebody else. You were too shocked to realize that the cops were in on it too. That was a Syndicate operation, Noodles."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're crazy --"
• (Secretary Bailey) "You said that to me once before, a long time ago. But my mind was never as clear as it was at that moment. I took away your whole life from you. I've been living in your place. I took everything. I took your money, I took your girl. All I left for you was 35 years of grief over having killed me. Now why don't you shoot?"

• (Deborah Gelly) "Where were you?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I was out of town."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Have you been back long?"
• (Robert De Niro) "A couple of days."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Are you staying?"
• (Robert De Niro) "That depends --"

• (Secretary Bailey) "It's 10:25. And I've got nothing left to lose. When you've been betrayed by a friend, you hit back. Do it."
• (Robert De Niro) "You see, Mr Secretary -- I have a story also, a little simpler than yours. Many years ago, I had a friend, a dear friend. I turned him in to save his life, but he was killed. But he wanted it that way. It was a great friendship. But it went bad for him, and it went bad for me too. Good night, Mr Bailey."
• (Robert De Niro) "I hope the investigation turns out to be nothing. It'd be a shame to see a lifetime of work go to waste."

• (Robert De Niro) "She called you Miss -- you never got married?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "No."
• (Robert De Niro) "Do you live alone?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "No."

• (Robert De Niro) "There were two things I couldn't get out of my mind. One was Dominic, the way he said, "I slipped," just before he died. The other was you. How you used to read me your Song of Songs, remember? "How beautiful are your feet / In sandals, O prince's daughter." I used to read the Bible every night. Every night I used to think about you. "Your navel is a bowl / Well-rounded with no lack of wine / Your belly, a heap of wheat / Surrounded with lilies / Your breasts / Clusters of grapes / Your breath, sweet-scented as apples." Nobody's gonna love you the way I loved you. At times I couldn't stand it. I used to think of you. I'd think, "Deborah lives. She's out there. She exists." And that would get me through it all. You know how important that was to me?"

• (Robert De Niro) "Hey, Maxie. Max. How much money we got put away?"
• (James Woods) "Why?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Because we're unemployed."
• (James Woods) "About a million bucks."
• (Tuesday Weld) "Oh, yeah? Where'd you put it?"
• (James Woods) "In my underwear."
• (Tuesday Weld) "I'd have found it there --"

• (Deborah Gelly) "Noodles -- you're the only person that I have ever --"
• (Robert De Niro) "Ever what?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Go ahead, ever what?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "-- that I ever cared about. But you'd lock me up and throw away the key, wouldn't you?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Yeah. Yeah, I guess so."
• (Deborah Gelly) "Yeah -- and the thing is, I probably wouldn't even mind."
• (Robert De Niro) "So?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "So -- I got to get to where I'm going."
• (Robert De Niro) "And where's that?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "To the top."
• (Robert De Niro) "Now you sound just like Maxie. You's both alike, that's why you hate each other."

• (Robert De Niro) "What does Bailey want from me?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "You came to ask me that?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Why'd he send me an invitation?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Why should I know about your invitations? What do you want? Why did you come here? I know nothing. I know nothing."
• (Robert De Niro) "Now you're a lousy actress --"

• (Robert De Niro) "What is this?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "Opening night. Fifteen years ago."
• (Robert De Niro) "Who's this?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "Patron saint of the place. Some actress."
• (Robert De Niro) "Do you know her?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "No."

• (Robert De Niro) "Hello, Deborah."
• (Robert De Niro) "Aren't you gonna say anything?"
• (Deborah Gelly) "What is someone supposed to say after -- after more than thirty years?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Well, how about "How're you doing? You look good." Or, "I was hoping I'd never see you again.""
• (Deborah Gelly) "I never thought I would. There's a difference."

• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "You know what? You know, I wish I was switched when I was a kid."
• (Robert De Niro) "What makes you think you weren't?"

• (Robert De Niro) "You wanted a place by the ocean. I had it opened. It was closed for the season. All these tables are for two people. Pick whatever one you want."

• (Robert De Niro) "To keep from going crazy, you have to cut yourself off from the outside world, just not think about it. Yet there were years that went by. It seemed like -- no time at all, because you're not doing anything."

• (Robert De Niro) "I brought back the key to your clock."

James Woods as Max

• (Sharkey) "You boys got yourself a real martyr for a friend. Make it work for you."
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Yeah, but what are we going to do with a martyr?"
• (Sharkey) "Times change. Prohibition won't last much longer. Take it from me, a lot of you will be out of work."
• (James Woods) "Go on, Mr. Sharkey. We're interested."
• (Sharkey) "You ever think of setting yourselves up in business? All those trucks used to haul liquor, soon be selling them for nothing. I'm talking about hundreds of vehicles controlled by a national organization. And supported by a powerful union headed by Jimmy. Whatever you ask, there's no way he can turn you down."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "You gotta be kidding, Sharkey. Jimmy "Clean Hands" in business with US?"
• (Sharkey) "They won't be clean for long, with the hands he'll shake. Everything in good time."
• (Robert De Niro) "We're not interested."

• (James Woods) "Ladies and gents, I drink to the demise of Fat Moe's speakeasy. Who the hell wants to drink here legally anyway, am I right? Okay, come on, Moe, set them up. Go on, get in there."
• (James Woods) "Here's mud in your eye. Boys, let's drink to our last shipment. There's more onboard tonight than just booze -- it's ten years of our lives, ten years that were really worth living."
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Yeah."
• (James Woods) "Noodles -- Noodles. L 'Chaim."
• (Robert De Niro) "L 'Chaim."

• (James Woods) "We got a rush job. Here. Come here, look at this. Come here."
• (James Woods) "Sudden death. f***ing tragedy, huh? 26 years old."
• (Robert De Niro) "26? What a shame."
• (James Woods) "Great stiff. She died of an overdose."
• (Girl in Coffin) "And I'm ready for another."
• (James Woods) "Pump the life into her. You didn't turn pansy in there, did you? -- There you go."
• (James Woods) "Turning over in the grave, they do it every time --."
• (Girl in Coffin) "Don't worry. A pansy he ain't."
• (Robert De Niro) "Thanks."

• (James Woods) "Holy s***. Noodles. Noodles. Come here, come here. Look, the blond by the piano --"
• (Robert De Niro) "Who's that?"
• (James Woods) "Who is that? You and this broad were practically engaged at one point."

• (James Woods) "So?"
• (Robert De Niro) "We got a deal."
• (James Woods) "To a very smooth talker."
• (Robert De Niro) "Where's that switch list?"
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "The switch list?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Yeah."
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "I can't find it."
• (James Woods) "What?"
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "I can't find it."
• (Robert De Niro) "What'd you do with it?"
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "I think I dumped it."
• (James Woods) "What a yutz."
• (Robert De Niro) "Oh, Pat --"
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Wait a minute, listen -- Listen, Noodles. Noodles, wait, I remember -- the boys' numbers was odd -- even. And the girls' was odd."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "You took good stock."
• (Robert De Niro) "Hey, let's give him an even number. Eight -- let's pick an eight."
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Eight -- yeah, it's a good number."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Wait, what about the other pischers?"
• (James Woods) "We're better than fate. Some we give the good life, others we give it up the ass."

• (James Woods) "Can I take that for you, sir? Your limousine is waiting."
• (Robert De Niro) "Maxie --"
• (James Woods) "You're looking good."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're looking a little better."

• (James Conway O'Donnell) "Who are you? Who's paying you?"
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "I think this is gonna piss you off, Mac. I think it's those dirty politician friends of yours."
• (James Conway O'Donnell) "Yeah? Well, you crawl back and tell 'em we don't want you in with us. Our fight's got nothing to do with liquor and prostitution and dope."
• (James Woods) "Well, you'd better get used to the idea, pal. This country is still growing up. Certain diseases it's better to have when you're still young."
• (James Conway O'Donnell) "You boys ain't a mild case of the measles. You're the plague."
• (James Conway O'Donnell) "And bastards like HIM are immune. That's the difference between us and them."
• (Robert De Niro) "Take it easy. The difference is, they're always gonna win. And you're gonna keep gettin' it up the ass."
• (Crowning) "Sooner than you think."

• (James Woods) "You'll be carrying the stink of the streets with you for the rest of your life."
• (Robert De Niro) "I like the stink of the streets. It makes me feel good. And I like the smell of it, it opens up my lungs. And it gives me a hard-on."

• (James Woods) "You okay?"
• (Robert De Niro) "How come you didn't tell me?"
• (James Woods) "Being inside can change you. I'd already made the deal with Frankie to get rid of Joe. With a man like Frankie Minaldi you don't say yes, and then no. I could not take the chance that you'd change your mind. You understand."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're right. I would have said no."
• (James Woods) "Frankie is as big as they come. He's got the Combination in his hand."
• (Robert De Niro) "If we're not careful, he'll have us in his hand."
• (James Woods) "You don't get nowhere alone."
• (Robert De Niro) "I thought you didn't like bosses. It sounded like a good idea then. It still is."
• (James Woods) "Let's just think about it, Noodles. They're gonna ask us to come in with them. There's a lot in it for us --"
• (Robert De Niro) "Today they asked us to get rid of Joe, tomorrow they ask me to get rid of you. Is that okay with you? 'Cause it's not okay with me."
• (James Woods) "All right. let's just forget about it --"

• (James Woods) "While you were on vacation, we were working overtime. The union paid off. That's your share."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Yeah. Even that geek, you know, Jimmy "Clean Hands," he respects us. I shed a little blood for the cause."
• (Larry Rapp) "Here, it's all in the papers. Morning Telegraph, they didn't like it, it says, "Underworld joins strikers in brutal battle." But the Post, they liked it: "Ends justify means in decisive gangland encounter." And they kvetched about the Atlantic City job."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Newspaper guys never know what the f*** they want."
• (Robert De Niro) "Well, you could have looked for me."
• (James Woods) "We did. Cockeye found you at the Chink's, so doped up you didn't even recognize him."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "There you were. You called me "Deborah.""
• (Robert De Niro) "Go f*** yourself. Mind your own business."
• (James Woods) "We do our business TOGETHER, and broads do NOT get in the way -- and you know it."
• (Robert De Niro) "Yeah?"
• (James Woods) "Yeah."
• (Robert De Niro) "What's SHE doing here? It ain't Saturday. She should be screwing in Detroit."
• (Tuesday Weld) "Well, she's screwing HERE now; and ONLY with Max."
• (Robert De Niro) "Oh, yeah? With her husband peeping through?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "No, I left him."
• (Robert De Niro) "You live with her and you tell ME not to mess with broads --"
• (James Woods) "You forget one thing."
• (Robert De Niro) "What?"
• (James Woods) "I don't give a f*** about her."
• (Tuesday Weld) "Max --"
• (James Woods) "Shut up. Shut up."
• (Robert De Niro) "Hey, Maxie, tell me something. What'll you spend your honeymoon on, a cathouse?"
• (James Woods) "Shut the f*** up. Shut up. Just shut up. You want me to dump her? You want me to kick her f***ing ass out of here? Want me to kick her ass out or what? You want me to kick? Get the f*** out. Get the f*** out. Get out. Gonna tell me I don't have a way with women?"

• (James Woods) "You know, I've been watching you all night, and you've been drinking like a fish. Trying to get your courage up? We're only bringing in a shipment of booze, it's got so you're even scared to do that. Maybe you just better stay home tonight, with Eve."
• (Robert De Niro) "Hey, Maxie, everywhere you go, I go too. Remember that."
• (James Woods) "Maybe Sharkey was right. Maybe I ought to just dump you."
• (Robert De Niro) "You're really crazy."
• (James Woods) "Never say that. Don't say it."

• (Frankie Minaldi) "Hey, Joe, tell these guys the story about the p***** being insured. What is it? Tell these guys how you stumbled on this whole thing. Tell them the story. Come on. p***** insurance, the insurance pussies. Tell them that story."
• (Joe Minaldi) "Life is stranger than s***, that's all. It's a pisser. No big story. I got this insurance agent, this Jew kid named David. He conned me into every policy in the world. Every policy, name it, dogs, house, wife, life, anything. I'm drinking with the boys one night. He comes in with his wife, a brunette with a nice ass who works for a jeweller. And he's still on the hustle, this guy. So I wink at the guys, I say, "Look -- the most serious policy, you don't have me covered for." He goes, "What's that, Joe?" "Cock insurance. You make me a policy that when it don't work, I get a payment. I'll write out a check now." He thinks, and he says, "I don't know if the actuality gauges govern this -- but we can make a policy. But you gotta guarantee you're in good health now." I says, "Look, leave her with me. Come back and see if it stands up. If it stands up, you know I'm in good health." The jerk leaves her. I screw her. Not only that, she likes it. And she tells me when her boss, the jeweller is shipping stones to Holland, where he keeps his stash; in a drawer in the safe; everything. Can't ask for more, right? Except, one better. I never paid the first premium on the new cock policy."
• (James Woods) "Cock insurance --"
• (Joe Minaldi) "Life is funnier than s***. But -- be easy with the girl. I mean that. Be easy with the girl."

• (James Woods) "We're going, you coming?"

Scott Tiler as Young Noodles

• (Scott Tiler) "Were you in there?"
• (Rusty Jacobs) "You're one lousy kisser. I seen you go in there after that ball-buster."

• (Scott Tiler) "She don't leave me alone, I'm gonna give her what she's asking for --"

• (Scott Tiler) "You'll put up, and you'll shut up. You hear nothing, and you see nothing. Just like you did for Bugsy."

• (Officer 'Fartface' Whitey) "Okay, boys, we're even --"
• (Scott Tiler) "The hell we are."
• (Rusty Jacobs) "You'll be collecting your pension before we're even."

• (Scott Tiler) "Sorry, Fats."

Noah Moazezi as Dominic

• (Noah Moazezi) "Bugsy's coming. Run."

Danny Aiello as Police Chief Aiello

• (Danny Aiello) "Find my son, or I'll burn down this building."

• (Danny Aiello) "Hey, hey, let Papa change you. Come on, everything will be swell. Come on, come on, come on --"
• (Danny Aiello) "What the f*** is this? What is this? Huh? What's that? LOOK."

• (Danny Aiello) "My son, where is he?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Where do you think? He's in the maternity ward. He never left. He got restless, so he wanted to change his bed. The other kids got the same idea, so they wanted to change their beds. You got thirty, forty screaming babies jumping from one bed to another, switching tags. So now we do have a real problem."
• (Danny Aiello) "Piece of s***, whoever you are. What the f***? I want my son."
• (Robert De Niro) "Luckily, we were there to see that everything was under control. If you want, we can put everything back. Except you gotta meet us halfway."
• (Danny Aiello) "Tell me."
• (Robert De Niro) "Why do you give a f*** who wins the strike?"
• (Danny Aiello) "That's got nothing to do with me --. What did I do?"
• (Robert De Niro) "First of all, you let the scabs in. Second, you've got the cops in there protecting them."
• (Danny Aiello) "I'm a cop."
• (Robert De Niro) "All right, shut the f*** up. Now listen very carefully: call off your dogs and let the strikers work it out with the bosses."
• (Danny Aiello) "I want my son."
• (Robert De Niro) "Do that, and we'll give you the kid's number. If you don't, look for your kid yourself. So what's it gonna be?"
• (Danny Aiello) "Okay. I'll call my men off today."
• (Robert De Niro) "Attaboy. You know, for a rotten bastard son of a bitch -- you're not as stupid as I thought. We'll be in touch."
• (Danny Aiello) "When will you call?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Don't worry, don't worry, we'll be in touch with you. Bye."

Richard Bright as Chicken Joe

• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "Just swapping prisoners."
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Fair trade, huh, chickenhead?"
• (Philip 'Cockeye' Stein) "Union boy over here, for Mister Boss Man."
• (Richard Bright) "Well, look who's here; Fat Moe's boneyard boys."
• (James Woods) "Which reminds me -- how's that cancer in your gut comin' along, Chicken Joe?"

• (Richard Bright) "I don't give a s*** about you and your Socialist workers."

Tuesday Weld as Carol

• (Tuesday Weld) "Why don't we make it a threesome, huh?"
• (James Woods) "Can't you see he's got other plans for tonight?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "Well, bring her along. We'll make it a foursome."
• (Robert De Niro) "I'm not that kind of guy. Besides, I'm afraid if I give you a good crack in the mouth, you'd probably like it --"

• (Tuesday Weld) "Max made fools of us, Noodles. He wanted to die. Did you know his old man died in the nuthouse? Max didn't want to end up the same way, so he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops. And when they stopped the truck, Max started shooting first -- just to get himself killed."

• (Tuesday Weld) "Hit me."
• (Robert De Niro) "What, are you crazy?"

Jennifer Connelly as Young Deborah

• (Jennifer Connelly) "Somebody's there."
• (Scott Tiler) "There ain't nobody. It's Max."
• (Jennifer Connelly) "So that's who it was --"
• (Rusty Jacobs) "Noodles."
• (Jennifer Connelly) "Go on, run. Your mother's calling you."
• (Rusty Jacobs) "Noodles."
• (Scott Tiler) "Just gonna go see what he wants --"

• (Jennifer Connelly) "Get down off of there, roach. That record's just like Ex-Lax; every time I put it on, you have to go to the bathroom."

• (Jennifer Connelly) "What are you doing?"
• (Scott Tiler) "Give me a drink."
• (Jennifer Connelly) "We're closed. Nice people don't drink on Pesach, they go to the synagogue."
• (Scott Tiler) "So what are YOU doing here?"
• (Jennifer Connelly) "Somebody's got to keep an eye on the place. There are a lot of thieves out there. One could get into your house."
• (Scott Tiler) "Especially if you leave the door open."
• (Jennifer Connelly) "You can pray here too. Here or in the synagogue, to God it's the same difference. Come over here and sit down --"

• (Jennifer Connelly) "Fats, you better spray the toilet. I saw a cockroach in there."

Julie Cohen as Young Peggy

• (Julie Cohen) "You better stop squeezing me, or I'm gonna poop in my pants."

• (Julie Cohen) "Bring me a charlotte russe, and then you can do anything you like --"
• (Brian Bloom) "That one. With the cream."
• (Mike Monetti) "The five-cent one?"
• (Brian Bloom) "Yeah. For the two-penny one she only gives you a hand job, I can do that myself."

• (Julie Cohen) "What do you want?"
• (Brian Bloom) "Me?"
• (Julie Cohen) "Mama said you were looking for me."
• (Brian Bloom) "No, the guys told me that --"
• (Brian Bloom) "What?"
• (Brian Bloom) "I'll come back some other time --"
• (Brian Bloom) "Noodles. Noodles. Noodles. Noodles."

Darlanne Fluegel as Eve

• (Beefy) "Where is he? Where's he hiding?"
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "I don't know -- I've been looking for him since yesterday."
• (Beefy) "I'm gonna ask you for the last time: Where is he?"
• (Darlanne Fluegel) "I don't know -- What are you gonna do to him?"
• (Beefy) "Stay here in case that rat shows up --"

Amy Ryder as Peggy

• (Amy Ryder) "Come on, let's see if you can guess who it is --"
• (Robert De Niro) "Charlotte russe, with a little too much whipped cream -- Peggy."
• (Amy Ryder) "Hey, you watch it, now. And my prices, they've gone up. I work in a high-class joint now, and I get paid by the pound."
• (Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg) "My Peggy, she's worth every penny of it too, my red-hot mama."

• (Amy Ryder) "You know these guys?"
• (Tuesday Weld) "No, I don't think so. No. No, I'd remember a bunch of good-lookers like these."
• (Tuesday Weld) "Oh -- well, how could I forget? There was -- there was only one of you I got to know personally, though."
• (James Woods) "Which one? Let's see how good a memory you've got for faces."
• (Tuesday Weld) "You."
• (James Woods) "No, him."
• (Robert De Niro) "We've been hanging out so long we're starting to look alike."
• (James Woods) "Hanging out --"
• (Tuesday Weld) "Charmed. You can call me Carol. We've already met. Pleasure."
• (James Woods) "The pleasure -- is all mine."

Larry Rapp as Fat Moe

• (Larry Rapp) "Noodles. Noodles. Noodles. Untie me."
• (Robert De Niro) "Stay that way. No, stay. I want them to know I did it."
• (Larry Rapp) "Where you going?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I'm gonna go get Eve."
• (Larry Rapp) "Don't."
• (Robert De Niro) "Why?"
• (Larry Rapp) "They -- they already been there."

• (Larry Rapp) "What do you think?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I think the answer's here. That's why I came back."

• (Larry Rapp) "Who's Robert Williams?"
• (Robert De Niro) "I am."
• (Larry Rapp) ""We wish to inform you that following the sale of the Beth Israel Cemetery -- " The synagogue sent these out if you wanted to relocate your loved ones. I got the same letter on account of my father."
• (Robert De Niro) "Only the synagogue didn't send that. I got that last week, and the rabbi told me he sent those out about eight months ago."
• (Larry Rapp) "Yeah, that's right. That's about when I got mine. So -- what else did the rabbi say?"
• (Robert De Niro) "He said I was lucky. The bodies of -- Philip Stein, Maximilian Bercovicz, Patrick Goldberg -- were already spoken for. And they were up in a very fancy cemetery in Riverdale."
• (Larry Rapp) "What's this all mean?"
• (Robert De Niro) "It means, "Noodles, though you've been hiding in the asshole of the world, we found you. We know where you are." It means, "Get ready.""
• (Larry Rapp) "For what?"
• (Robert De Niro) "That's the one thing it didn't say."

• (Larry Rapp) "Take the money and run, Noodles. What's keeping you here?"
• (Robert De Niro) "Curious --"

Rusty Jacobs as Young Max

• (Rusty Jacobs) "From here on, we establish the shared funds of the gang. They belong to all of us together, and to none of us alone. And we solemnly swear to put in 50 per cent of everything we make. Agreed?"
• (Noah Moazezi) "Agreed."
• (Noah Moazezi) "I wanna take another peek."

Brian Bloom as Young Patsy

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James Russo as Bugsy

• (James Russo) "You don't work for me, you don't work for no-one."
• (Rusty Jacobs) "I don't like bosses."
• (James Russo) "You'd be better off you stayed in the Bronx."
• (Rusty Jacobs) "Woulda been better for you, too."
• (Rusty Jacobs) "I'm gonna kill him one of these days --"
• (Scott Tiler) "Yeah? Meanwhile, it looks like he killed US."

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