Mean Streets Quotes
1973 films, 1970s American films, Crime drama films, Mafia films, Neo-noir, Films directed by Martin Scorsese, Films set in New York City, Films about Catholicism, United States National Film Registry films
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“Robert De Niro - Johnny Boy”
“Honorable men go with honorable men.”
“Hey, sorry lady! I'm sorry! I hate that lady with a passion... with a vengeance.”
“Victor Argo - Mario”
“Amy Robinson - Teresa”
“Wikipedia: Mean Streets”
“Harvey Keitel - Charlie”
“David Carradine - Drunk”
“David Proval - Tony DeVienazo”
“Cesare Danova - Giovani Cappa”
“Rotten Tomatoes: Mean Streets”
“Richard Romanus - Michael Longo”
“Robert Carradine - Boy With Gun”
“George Memmoli - Joey 'Clams' Scala”
“[They all raise their glasses to The Queen] You know what the Queen said? If I had balls, I'd be King.”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): Mean Streets”
“[voiceover] 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.”
“You know something? She is really good-lookin'. I gotta say that again. She is really good-lookin'. But she's black. You can see that real plain, right? Look, there isn't much of a difference anyway, is there. Well, is there?”
“It's all bullshit except the pain. The pain of hell. The burn from a lighted match increased a million times. Infinite. Now, ya don't fuck around with the infinite. There's no way you do that. The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart... your soul, the spiritual side. And ya know... the worst of the two is the spiritual.”
“You see, I borrow money all over this neighborhood, left and right from every BODY, I never pay them back. So, I can't borrow no money from nobody no more, right? So, who would that leave me to borrow money from but you? I borrow money from you, because you're the only jerk-off around here who I can borrow money from without payin' back, right? You know, 'cause that's what you are, that's what I think of you: a jerk-off.”