The Pope of Greenwich Village Quotes

The Pope of Greenwich Village is a TV show that debuted in 1970 . The Pope of Greenwich Village ended in 1970.

It features Gene Kirkwood, and Hawk Koch as producer, Dave Grusin in charge of musical score, and John Bailey (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Each episode of The Pope of Greenwich Village is 121 minutes long. The Pope of Greenwich Village is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: Eric Roberts as Paulie, Daryl Hannah as Diane, Mickey Rourke as Charlie, Kenneth McMillan as Barney, Geraldine Page as Mrs. Ritter, Burt Young as Bedbug Eddie, Tony DiBenedetto as Ronnie, Tony Musante as Pete, Betty Miller as Nora, and Jack Kehoe as Bunky.

The Pope of Greenwich Village Quotes

Eric Roberts as Paulie

• (Eric Roberts) "The Bed Bug took my thumb."

• (Eric Roberts) "The cop s*** his pants. Hey, hey, the cop s*** his pants."

• (Eric Roberts) "Nicky don't go for spit. 'Nose' still shines his own shoes, pop. I don't call that success."
• (Paulie's Father) "Oh yeah? And what do you call it?"
• (Eric Roberts) "Knowin' how to spend it. I never ordered a Brandy in my life that wasn't Cordon Bleu -- I took two-hundred from shylocks, pop, to see Sinatra at the Garden? Sat two seats away from Tony Bennett. That's success."

• (Eric Roberts) "Charlie. They took my thumb."

• (Ginty) "Hey I know you. You're the guy --"
• (Eric Roberts) "Yeah, I'm the guy who got his car f***in' towed -- and you're Kinty."
• (Ginty) "Ginty."
• (Eric Roberts) "What'd I say"
• (Ginty) "Good God, Lad. you're not poisoning the man."
• (Eric Roberts) "Nah. It's horse physic; here, pour the ginger ale, man. It's what they give horses when they can't s***."
• (Ginty) "How much do they give a horse that can't s***?"
• (Eric Roberts) "One. One of these will bust a block of concrete"
• (Ginty) "Does it work fast?"
• (Eric Roberts) "It ain't slow --"

• (Mickey Rourke) "You know, you ought to get a permit."
• (Eric Roberts) "A permit? For what?"
• (Mickey Rourke) "To s*** in the street. You eat like a horse."

• (Eric Roberts) "Murder rap? Nobody came within twenty feet of that yo-yo. He dived into that hole like a f***ing gopher."

• (Eric Roberts) "Hey Barney, Don't eat that crap. this guy's selling instant hepatitis."

• (Eric Roberts) "Aw man, another two-hundred dollar a week hard-on lookin' to s*** on anyone was drivin' a Coupe deVille."

• (Eric Roberts) "Cut that out you Argentine degenerate. That's my brother's place your robbin' there. This ain't some filthy little jail in Caracas, this is A-mer-i-ca."

• (Jimmy the Cheese Man) "Waiting tables is what you know. Making cheese is what I know. Let's stay with what we know here."
• (Eric Roberts) "You know about making cheese? Not for nothin', Jimmy, but my mother sent me over a hunk of mozzarella from your place last week, it was no big bargain. Tough, that mozzarella and it ain't the first time I've noticed it either, your mozzarella's tough sometimes."

Tony DiBenedetto as Ronnie

(We don't have any quotes for this character)

Betty Miller as Nora

• (Betty Miller) "How did you let this happen to you?"
• (Kenneth McMillan) "He-he. I let my whole life happen to me."

Kenneth McMillan as Barney

• (Kenneth McMillan) "He's not gonna give you up, Charlie. You're family."
• (Mickey Rourke) "Family, that f***in' kid? We're third cousins."
• (Kenneth McMillan) "Third cousins. For Italians. That's like twin brothers with the Irish."

Mickey Rourke as Charlie

• (Mickey Rourke) "Mister. I am the Pope, this might be your church, right now I'm the Pope of Greenwich Village 'cause I got the tape alright?"
• (Burt Young) "I like you have balls. I don't get too mad at that."

• (Mickey Rourke) "Honest work. Let me tell ya somethin' about 'honest work'. When somebody says they got 'honest work', you know what they got? They got a s*** job, that's what they got."

• (Mickey Rourke) "I didn't do anything, Paulie. I didn't hit her. I didn't do nothin'."
• (Eric Roberts) "You can't do that man. I mean you don't abuse 'em once in a while they'll s*** all over you. I don't mean you walk around morning to night whackin' 'em upside the head like someone from the other side but you terrorize 'em once in a while just to keep 'em in line. Know what I mean?"

• (Mickey Rourke) "You didn't tip the guy."
• (Mickey Rourke) "f*** him. Who am I, Santa Calus?"

Daryl Hannah as Diane

• (Daryl Hannah) "When are you going to outgrow him, Charlie?"
• (Mickey Rourke) "Outgrow him? I dunno Diane, Maybe WASP's outgrow people. I'm Italian. We outgrow pants, not people."

Geraldine Page as Mrs. Ritter

• (Jack Kehoe) "At least go to the filters, would ya ma? And those highballs aren't doing you any good either."
• (Geraldine Page) "A little whisky is good for the soul."

Tony Musante as Pete

• (Tony Musante) "Nothing hurts as much as you think it will. You go numb -- then you wrap your belt around your wrist and get to the nearest hospital."

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