I was once a shameless full-time dope fiend. Yeah, me Bob. The sweet mother’s son. Me and my crew robbed drugs stores. Drugstore Cowboy 1989 ***** starring Matt Dillon & Kelly Lynch & James Remar & James Le Gros & Heather Graham & William Burroughs et al, director Gus van Sant, opening remarks
After any kind of drug haul, everyone in the crew indulged. I laughed to myself as I pictured blues and Dilaudid in such great amounts on the spoon that it would literally be overflowing. Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm itch that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the whole world sympathized and took on a soft, lofty appeal. Everything was grand then. Your worst enemy – he wasn’t so bad. The ants in the grass – they were just, you know, doin’ their thing. Everything took on the rosy hue of unlimited success. You could do no wrong, and as long as it lasted, life was beautiful. ibid.
Most people don’t know how they’re gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles. ibid.
I’m a junkie. I like drugs. I like the whole lifestyle. ibid.
Nobody can talk a junkie out of using … something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life. ibid.
Narcotics have been systematically scapegoated and demonized. The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus. ibid. Tom
It’s this fucking Life. You never know what’s going to happen next. ibid.
When I was young I thought I was Painting Houses. Ha ha what did I know? I was a working guy … and then I started painting houses. Myself. The Irishman 2019 starring Robert de Niro & Al Pacino & Joe Pesci & Ray Romano & Bobby Cannavale & Anna Paquin & Lucy Gallina & Stephen Graham & Harvey Keitel & Stepehanie Kurtzuba & Katherine Narducci et al, director Martin Scorsese, de Niro’s opening monologue
I thought maybe he owned a gas station. ’Cause he owned someting’ – you could tell. Yeah, it turns out he owned the whole road. ibid.
I don’t know how he did it, and I ain’t gonna ask, all I know is that Bill Bufalino got me out of the case where I should never have gotten away with it. I shoulda been down for the count. Instead, we went out celebrating, and I met what turned out to be the rest of my life. ibid.
Angelo Bruno – shot in the head sitting in his car outside his house, 1980 … Salvatore ‘Sally Bugs’ Briguglio – shot three times in the face, 1979. ibid. captions
He took a shine to me right away. After a while, he started giving me little things to do. ibid. de Niro’s commentary
Naturally, the next thing you wanna do is throw the thing away. You want to get rid of it. ibid.
Back then there was nobody in this country who didn’t know who Jimmy Hoffa was. In the fifties he was as big as Elvis. In the sixties he was like the Beatles. And next to the president he was the next powerful man in the country bar none. ibid.
We need unity. We need solidarity. Solidarity! Solidarity! Solidarity! … Solidarity: it works for all of us. ibid.
The pension fund … Jimmy had complete control over every bit of it … ibid.
He’s got a hand in everyone’s pocket, shaking down the trucking companies. Can you imagine that? Threatening people. You threaten people once in a while, OK, I understand. But all the time? It’s drawing attention to us, you understand? Guys like that give unions a bad name. Something’s gotta be done. ibid. Pacino
Priest: Do you feel anything for what you’ve done?
De Niro: I don’t. I mean maybe because I’m here now talking to you that in itself is an attempt to … ibid. confession
You’re smuggling cigars. You have an interesting file, Barry. American Made 2017 starring Tom Cruise & Sarah Wright & Domhnall Gleeson & Alejandro Edda & Benito Martinez & Mauricio Mejia & Jayma Mays & Jesse Plemons & Lola Kirke & Frank Licari & Jed Rees & Caleb Landry Jones et al, director Doug Liman,, CIA bloke to Barry Seal
The CIA wanted snaps of them insurgents. ibid. Barry
Turns out the Contras didn’t really wanna fight a war. They just wanted to make money like the rest of us. Meanwhile, the Medellin cartel wanted guns. So they worked out a little trade. ibid.
Is it the fact I’m the daughter of an ex-convict have anything to do with it? Gangs Inc aka Paper Bullets 1941 starring Alan Ladd & Joan Woodbury & Jack la Rue & Linda Ware & John Archer & Vince Barnett & Gavin Gordon & Phillip Trent & Selmer Jackson & Kenneth Harlan et al, director Phil Rosen, Rita to boss on getting sacked because insurance company refused to bond her
I’m just stringing her along. ibid. Harold to lawyer
Do this for me, darling. You’ll never regret it. ibid. him to her
For them that don’t have football there’s always religion. Night Moves 1975 starring Gene Hackman & Susan Clark & Jennifer Warren & Edward Binns & Harris Yulin & Kenneth Mars & Janet Ward & James Woods & Anthony Costello & John Crawford & Melanie Griffith et al, director Arthur Penn, friend
We are at war twenty-four hours of every day. Enemy of the State 1998 starring Will Smith & Gene Hackman & Jon Voight & Barry Pepper & Regina King & Ian Hart & Lisa Bonet & Jascha Washington & James LeGros & Jake Busey & Scott Caan & Jamie Kennedy & Jason Lee & Gabriel Byrne & Loren Dean et al, director Tony Scott, opening scene
Everything’s gone: wife, job, bank accounts, everything. ibid. Robert to cab driver
The government’s been in bed with the entire telecommunications industry since the ’40s. They’ve infected everything. ibid. Edward
In the years we were married there were four Lucy Chapmans. The Big Heat 1953 starring Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame & Jeanette Nolan & Alexander Scourby & Jocelyn Brando & Lee Marvin & Adam Williams & Kathryn Eames & Peter Whitney et al, director Fritz Lang, Mrs Duncan
Rozzer: I do what I’m told.
Bannion: I guess that’s what we’re all supposed to do, isn’t it. ibid.
Not until I catch up with the people who murdered my wife. ibid. Bannion
You’re on a hate binge. ibid. fellow rozzer
Maybe you don’t think murder looks so good on you. Farewell, My Lovely aka Murder, My Sweet 1944 starring Dick Powell & Claire Trevor & Anne Shirley & Otto Kruger & Miles Mander & Mike Mazurki & Douglas Walton & Ralf Harolde & Esther Howard & Ernie Adams et al, director Edward Dmytryk, rozzer to Marlowe
My mind felt like a plumber’s handkerchief. ibid. Marlowe
Nothing bothered me. The 220 felt nice and snug against my appendix. ibid.
The name is Moose … Moose Malloy. You heard of me maybe. ibid. bloke looking for bird
She was a gal who’d take a drink. ibid. Marlowe
I think I’ll put some powder on my nose. ibid. client to Marlowe at club
I find men very attractive. ibid. blonde to Marlowe
Unemployment coming in the wake of the wartime boom is beginning to grip the country ... The same old struggle: the struggle to survive. The Roaring Twenties 1939 starring James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart & Prescilla Lane & Glady George & Jeffrey Lynn & Frank McHugh & George Meeker & Paul Kelly et al, director, commentary
It’s not me, it’s what I stand for – am I right? ibid. him to her
He had it coming to him. ibid. Bogart
You used to be quite a guy in the old days. ibid. barkeeper
He used to be a big shot. ibid. Panama
My agenda is to kick ass and secure the bounty. Domino 2005 starring Keira Knightly & Mickey Rourke & Edgar Ramirez & Riz Abbasi & Delroy Lindo & Mo’Nique & Dabney Coleman & Lucy Liu & Macy Gray & Jacqueline Bisset & Christopher Walken & Mena Suvari & Tom Waits & Jerry Springer et al, director Tony Scott
What the hell is going on? Catch 44 2011 starring Malin Akerman & Nikki Reed & Deborah Ann Woll & Bruce Willis & Forest Whitaker & Shea Whigham & Brad Dourif et al, director Aaron Harvey, bird with gun in bar
You think you can bung two million dollars’ worth of coke and just walk away? This last job – it was your last. ibid. Ronnie