Movie Quotes for American Gangster

Ma, I understand. I don’t want you to worry about it. Now come on, I have to go…

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FBI protection? My life is dangerous enough as it is!

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You mean like the game?

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Who does he work for? Which family?

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His first client was Frank Lucas.

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I don’t like how they look at us. Like we’re the help.

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The number one fear of people isn’t dying, it’s public speaking.

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I don’t think it’s fair.

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‘Course you are right. Everyone’s right. It’s America. We just can’t do it at that unreasonable expense of others. Because then it becomes un-American. That’s why the price we pay for that gallon of milk could never represent the true cost of production ’cause it’s gotta be controlled, right? It’s got to be set. It’s gotta be fair.

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I wanna be you.

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Frank’s wife returned to Puerto Rico.

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I swear, I will pull out my gun and put a bullet in your fuckin’ head!

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Yeah? Well now they’re working for me.

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Simple Simon-ass motherfuckers!

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What the fuck is a microwave?

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They tried to kill my Wife!

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What’s this? Don’t tell me you’re actually gonna arrest Frank Lucas, are you?

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Frank Lucas is the most dangerous man walking the streets of our city.

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Why is it called Small’s? Why don’t you call it Frank’s?

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So they can’t steal nothin’.

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I don’t know what you’re talking about.

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Who are they?…Huh?…Maybe it was one of your people?

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You don’t shoot cops. Even I know that. Eva knows it. The only one who DOESN’T seem to know is you.

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I dunno. I’m pretty good, Dominic. Yannow, I’ve got 110th to 155th-river to river-I’m alright.

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She will leave you. I will LEAVE you!

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What are we gonna do about this?

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What is that you got on?

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You don’t know.

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For his cooperation, Frank’s prison sentence was reduced to 15 years. He was released in 1991.

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That’s right. I’m Frank and this is my place.

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I don’t wanna play baseball no more.

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Did you pay your bills, Frank?

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Oh! Richie fuck me like a cop not a lawyer. Ohhh.

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All right, Mama. I’m not going to, I promise you. I’m not going to shoot anyone.

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I never asked you where all this stuff came from, because I didn’t want to hear you lie to me. Please…

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I sell a product that’s better than the competition at a price that’s less than the competition.

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Look, if you’re not getting your share

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You’re Frank and this is your place?

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If you want, we can assign someone to you?

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It don’t mean nothing to me for you to show up tomorrow morning with your head blown off.

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What’s my share? Cause you don’t even fuckin’ know me. Maybe I’m special.

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They work for me, now.

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I got a better idea, or would you rather me throw you and your brother in the fuckin’ river?

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Nah, I just think that monopolies are made illegal in the country, Frank, ’cause nobody wants to compete. Yannow? Nobody wants to compete. Not with a monopoly. I mean, you let the dairy farmers do that, right? They’d be out of business tomorrow.

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Why they all naked?

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Gotta be controlled by who? I set a price that I think is fair.

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I don’t care what you call it, put a choke-hold on the motherfucker and call it Blue Dog Shit.

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You’re paying what? Seventy-five? Eighty thousand a kilo? I’m a Renascence Man too. I’ll consider fifty thousand.

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Don’t rub, blot it! You blot that shit!

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Frank and Richie’s collaboration led to the conviction of three quarters of New York City’s Drug Enforcement Agency.

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Well that’s kind of a mom and pop store next to what I’m talking about. I mean, let’s go at least bigger than K-mart. I’m talking about L.A. Chicago. Detroit. Las Vegas. Let’s go nation-wide. Yannow. I’m gonna guarantee you peace of mind here. You’re gonna want that. You’re gonna need it. I don’t know how you view me. Yannow. I’m kinda a Renascence Man, Frank. Yannow, people I deal with on a daily basis, t-t-they’re not enlightened, Frank. You talk to them about Civil Rights, they don’t know. Yannow. They’re not open to things. Not from the way things are done. And who’s doin’ it? I talk to them, there’s just no misunderstandings. And that’s what I mean. Buy you peace of mind. Yeah.

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I’m thinking of them, Dominic, about as much as they’ve ever thought about me.

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He’s not Italian, he’s black.

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My investigation indicates that Frank Lucas is above the Mafia.

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Thirty members of Frank’s family were convicted of drug trafficking and sent to prison.

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Frank Lucas was convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics and sentenced to 70 years.

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Don’t LIE to me!

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Richie Roberts quit the Prosecutor’s Office to become a defense attorney.

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Well, what do you want?

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Why would you trust these people? And the way they look at you.

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What’s with this outfit? You know what it says? You wanna know what it says? Arrest me!

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See what I mean? Shit. I mean, what right do they have, of cutting out the suppliers? Pushing out all the middlemen. Buying direct from the manufacturer. Sony this. Toshiba that. All them Chinks putting Americans out of work. That’s the way it is now. You can’t find the heart of anything to stick the knife.

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Frank, we got a problem.

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When you own something, you can call it what you want.

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What do you think of monopolies?

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We need to keep this cash cow alive.

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No. No, Ma, I understand…

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Check your property. Sign, please.

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This is a very, very, very nice suit.

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His mother moved back to North Carolina.

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I think it’s fair.

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I know your customers are happy Frank. Bunch of fuckin’ junkies that they are. What about your fellow dairy farmers out here, Frank? Are you thinkin’ of us? You thinkin’ of them?

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How you feel about monopolies?

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You pay your bills, I asked you?

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You got any holy water?

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They look at us like we’re the help.

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Federal authorities confiscated over 250 million dollars of Frank’s assets in U.S. and foreign banks.

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Now, I got no problem with you showin’ up in court tomorrow with your head blown in half.

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I’m just thinking out loud now. If you took some of your inventory, Frank, and you sold it wholesale, we could work. We could do some distribution.

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What’s the matter? Ain’t you niggas never seen naked coochie before?

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

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I want what you got Uncle Frank.

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Good work Frank. You…want a drink or something? Celebrate?

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I don’t know yet.

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The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hardwork…family…never forgetting where we came from.

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What? Haven’t you heard? We’re all fucking crazy over here. You know what we do here? Cops…arrest…bad guys. The next time you come across the bridge, you should call me first. Just make sure it’s safe.

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Don’t…don’t do that. Do you want to make things so bad for your family that they’ll leave you? Because they will.

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Success. It’s got enemies. You can be successful and have enemies or you can be unsuccessful and have friends.

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This is the problem. This is what’s wrong with America. It’s gotten so big, you just can’t find your way. The grocery store on the corner is now a supermarket. The candy store is a MacDonald’s. And this place, a super fucking discount store. Where’s the pride of ownership? Where’s the personal service?

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Even a fool gets to be young once.

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You think you’re goin’ to heaven because you’re honest, but you’re not. You’re goin’ to the same hell as the crooked cops you can’t stand.

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More important than one man’s life is order.

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Just tryin’ to make a livin’.

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They look at me like it’s Christmas and I’m Santa Claus.

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Get in line. That one stretches around the block too.

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That’s a clown suit. That’s a costume, with a big sign on it that says Arrest me. You understand? You’re too loud you’re making too much noise. Listen to me the loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.

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We ain’t gon’ do shit about it. Close it up. Throw it back in the trunk. Everybody go home. Have some pumpin pie, warm apple cider…

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Or, would you rather your house blows up next time?

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This is my home. My country. Frank Lucas don’t run from nobody. This is America.

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Judges, lawyers, cops, politicians. They stop bringing dope into this country, about a hundred thousand people are gonna be out of a job.

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This is my home. This is where my business is, my wife, my mother, my family. This is my country, I ain’t goin’ nowhere.

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The man I worked for had one of the biggest companies in New York City. He didn’t own his own company. White man owned it, so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though.

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I tell you what I know maybe I should just uh, put five hundred guns out there on the street and just start shooting up some people just to make a point.

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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.

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I got Harlem. I took care of Harlem, so Harlem’s gonna take care of me.

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No nigger has accomplished what the American Mafia hasn’t in a hundred years!

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It’s not in my best interest to say this Frank, but quitting while you’re ahead, is not the same as quitting.

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My man.

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