Bulla, his assets are with me. They used to be with Auntie Queeny. But she fucked up. Let me put it this way: Auntie Queeny, she is part whore and part horse. ibid. Jik Jickles, financial adviser
I was born on a snooker table. ibid.
You know what we need, don’t ja – a nice bowl of eels. ibid.
I was on the psychiatric ward with them. ibid.
I’m going to take his fucking face off. ibid. Queenie
If there’s one thing worse than a cozzer, and that’s a bent cozzer with a big truncheon. ibid.
Which one of you called my kids Pikey? ibid. cousin
My dad was Bulla the Fourth. The great fighting midget. ibid. Bulla
What a letdown I must have been. ibid.
Bulla is banged up again. ibid. rozzer
Being under sedation seemed the only way the prison system could deal with such a man. ibid. director
Unfortunately people and animals were harmed in the making of this film. ibid. caption
I feel like I’ve been fighting this corner for ever … I was a smoker, I mean I was an artist, a poet. Down Terrace 2009 starring Robin Hill & Robert Hill & Julia Deakin & David Schaal & Kerry Peacock & Tony Way & Mark Kempner & Michael Smiley & Gareth Tunley & Kali Peacock et al, director Ben Wheatley
Him: Grandad to a bastard. Is there a word for that?
Her: Cunt. ibid.
Your payroll’s as safe with us as it is in the bank. Payroll 1961 starring Michael Craig & Francoise Prevost & Billie Whitelaw & William Lucas & Kenneth Griffith & Tom Bell & Barry Keegan & Edward Cast & Andrew Faulds & William Peacock & Glyn Houston et al, director Sidney Hayers, bloke
Armoured van or no armoured van we’re pulling off this plan. ibid. Johnny
We’re clearing out of here. Things are too hot. ibid.
For me. You snivelling spineless coward. You’ve done nothing for me. Damned right I’m having an affair. With Johnny Mellors! ibid. Mrs Pearson to Mr Pearson
Of course I’d recognise the bastard. Robbery 1967 starring Stanley Baker & Joanna Pettet & James Booth & & Frank Finlay & Barry Foster & William Marlowe & Clinton Geryn & George Sewell & Glynn Edwards et al, director Peter Yates, mother with victim in arms
We’re got capital and half the investment. We all agreed to go ahead? ibid. Paul to gang
Three or four million pounds ... It’s a night mail train ... This is the big one. The biggest. ibid.
You start cheating, Paul, you end up thinking everyone else is cheating too. ibid. her to him
Don’t move for half an hour. ibid. gangsta to train guards
Money to burn, Dave? ibid. rozzer
England? Naah. Fucking place. It’s a dump. Don’t make me laugh. Grey, grimy, sooty, what a shithole. What a toilet. Every cunt with a long face shuffling about moaning. All worried. Sexy Beast 2000 starring Ray Winstone & Ben Kingsley & Amanda Redman & Ian McShane & James Fox et al, director Jonathan Glazer, Winstone
Eight men. Strong. Ain’t afraid of graft. It’s gonna take all night. Good boys. Gotta be good boys. Reliable. Positive attitude. It’s very important. ibid.
You fucking Dr White honking jam-rag ’arking spunk bubble. ibid. Don
God will forgive them. He’ll forgive them and allow them into Heaven. I can’t live with that. Dead Man’s Shoes 2004 starring Paddy Considine & Gary Stretch & Toby Kebbell & Stuart Wolfenden & Emily Aston & Neil Bell & Jo Hartley & Seamus O'Neil et al, director Shane Meadows, Richard opening remarks
You know I’ll come after you, don’t ya? ibid. Richard
Sometimes I get tired of working with a mob like you. Brighton Rock 1947 [US: Young Scarface] starring Richard Attenborough & Carol Marsh & Hermione Baddeley & William Hartnell & Harcourt Williams & Wylie Watson & Nigel Stock & Reginald Purdell & George Carney & Charles Goldner & Alan Wheatley, director John Boulting, Pinkie to others
Someone’s drove him to suicide. And I’m going to find out who. ibid. Ida in bar
Perhaps I’ll handle this myself. I believe in right and justice, and I’m going to see that it’s done. ibid. Ida to rozzer
Pinkie, I don’t care what you’ve done. ibid. her to him
What you want me to say is, I love you. Here’s the truth: I hate you, you little slut. You make me sick. ibid. Pinkie’s recording
One thing I’ve learnt in the last seven years: in every gang and con there is always an opponent and there is always a victim. Revolver 2005 starring Jason Statham & Ray Liotta & Andre Benjamin & Vincent Pastore & Mark Strong & Terrence Maynard & Francesca Annis et al, director Guy Ritchie, Jake leaves prison
A new and cold reality dawns. A fact that we like to ignore. You cannot. The only prize they guarantee when you play this game is that you will lose. ibid. Jake’s commentary
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about experts – they’re experts on fuck all. ibid.
Nothing hurts more than humiliation and a little money loss. ibid.
But I had their formula and it worked. ibid. Jake
We’re approval junkies ... We’re just monkeys wrapped in suits begging for the approval of others. ibid.
Greed gets them all in the end. ibid. Macha
We were always going to take you with us, Jake. ibid. Avi
My name’s Charles Bronson. In all my life I’ve wanted to be famous. I knew I was made for better things. I had a calling. I didn’t know why. Wasn’t singing. Can’t fucking act. Kind of running out of choices really, aren’t we. Bronson 2009 starring Tom Hardy & Matt King & James Lance & Amanda Burton & Kelly Adams & Jonathan Phillips & Mark Powley & Joe Tuckeret al, director Nicolas Winding Refn
There was nothing wrong with my upbringing. My parents were decent, respectable and upstanding members of society. ibid.
But I wasn’t bad. Wasn’t bad bad. And I still had my principles. ibid.
Before I forget I did come into this world as Michael Peterson. But I go out with my fighting name. Charlie Bronson. Which is my alter ego. ibid.
I’ve always fancied myself as being a comedian. ibid.
To me it was a hotel room. ibid.
Soon everybody was going to know my name. ibid.
I deserve to go to prison for what I did. I want my hotel room back! ibid. Broadmoor for the Criminally Insane
Twenty-six years! Twenty-six years of solitary I’ve done and I ain’t killed no-one. I’m not joking. Not a soul. Ever. ibid.
Well time stops for no man, ladies and gentlemen, and my time was coming up. Parole? And just when I was about to make a name to be reckoned with. As what? You don’t want to be trapped inside with me, sunshine. Inside I’m someone nobody wants to fuck with, do you understand? I am Charlie Bronson. I am Britain’s most violent prisoner. Prison was ... honestly? Brilliant! I liked it personally. Fuck that – loved it! It was Exciting. It was on the edge. It was madness at its very best. ibid.
Spent over half me married life inside … I just didn’t get the breaks. Calculated Risk 1963 starring William Lucas & Warren Mitchell & John Rutland & Dilys Watling & Shay Gorman & Terence Cooper & David Bierly & Vincent Charles & John G Heller & Peter Welch & Brian Cobby et al, director Norman Harrison, crooks at tea
I’ve got one last job lined up. And then it’s Easy Street from there on. ibid.
It’s a knockover, Steve. ibid.
Here’s hoping – forty fousand nicker. ibid. gangsta’s cut
You get it together, you cunt. You hear me, eh? ... Show some fucking backbone. You’re a man. 44 Inch Chest 2009 starring Ray Winstone & Ian McShane & John Hurt & Tom Wilkinson & Stephen Dillane & Joanne Whalley & Melvil Poupaud & Edna Dore et al, director Malcolm Venville, Peanut to Colin
That is my promise – they will fucking suffer. ibid.
I will cut his cock off when I find him ... I will tear the flesh off his face with my teeth and stick it in your handbag. ibid. Colin to wife