Gangster Movie Quotes

• As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

  Ray Liotta

  Movie, Mafia, Mobster

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• A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.

  Mario Puzo

  Real, Men, Mafia

  "Fictional character: Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

  Matt Groening

  Money, Montana, Sugar

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

  Martin Scorsese

  Home, Bullshit, Mafia

  "Mean Streets". www.imdb.com. 1973.

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• The loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

  Frank Lucas

  Entrepreneur, Rooms, Gangsters

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• Running a casino is like robbing a bank with no cops around. For guys like me, Las Vegas washes away your sins. It's like a morality car wash.

  Robert De Niro

  Running, Vegas, Car

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• See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.

  Frank Lucas

  Two, World, Gangsters

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?

  Joe Pesci

  Mean, Mafia, Mobster

  "Fictional character: Tommy DeVito". "Goodfellas", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• I think American audiences like gangster movies. It's part of the culture.

  Vincent Cassel

  Thinking, Culture, Gangsters

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm the number-one fan of gangster movies.

  David Chase

  Numbers, Fans, Gangsters

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• I could kill Vino for all this doping crap. Strangle him slowly with piano wire just like they do in the Italian gangster movies. I bet I could get Aru to buy the wire.

  Vincenzo Nibali

  Italian, Cycling, Piano

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• I love the gangster genre, but how many gangster movies are there? If I get a good gangster movie script, I'll do it.

  Graham King

  Scripts, Genre, Gangsters

  Source: collider.com

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• The problem with prime beef is that there are so many people out there selling offal. So you don't know when you're going eat a shitty gangster movie. Because everybody knows there's good stuff to be involved in.

  Tom Hardy

  People, Beef, Stuff

  "Martina Cole's The Take - Tom Hardy interview". Interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

  Eddie Marsan

  Fashion, Stars, Thinking

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