Goodfellas quotes

View Quote (After killing Morrie) I thought he'd never shut the **** up!

View Quote FBI Agent: If it's gonna make him a happy witness, a better witness, I'd like you to be with him. They're not gonna be able to get to him. The only way they can get to him is by getting to you. Or getting to your kids. Karen, I've listened to those wiretaps. And I've heard you on the telephone. You're talkin' about cocaine. Conversation after conversation you're talking to Henry on the phone. You're facing a lengthy prison sentence.

View Quote FBI Agent: We're basically your only salvation. We're gonna save your life, we're gonna save his life. I'm gonna keep you out of jail.

View Quote Karen's Mother: What kind of people are these? He's not Jewish. Did you know how these people live? You don't know where he is. You don't know who he's with. Normal people don't act like this!

View Quote Morrie: What am I, a schmuck on wheels?

View Quote Sonny Nubz: But I'm worried, I mean, I'm hearin' all kinds a ****in' bad things. I mean he's treating me like I'm a ****in' half-a-**** or somethin'. I'm gonna wind up a lammist, I gotta go on the ****in' lam in order to get away from this guy? This ain't right, Paulie.

View Quote Henry: [narrating] And then there was Jimmy Two Times, who got that nickname because he said everything twice, like:
Jimmy Two Times: I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers.

View Quote Henry: You're a pisser, you're really funny. You're really funny.
Tommy: What do you mean I'm funny?
Henry: It's funny, you know. It's a good story, it's funny, you're a funny guy. [laughs]
Tommy: what do you mean, you mean the way I talk? What?
Henry: It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's funny, the way you tell the story and everything.
Tommy: [it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it?
Anthony: Tommy no, You got it all wrong.
Tommy: Oh, oh, Anthony. He's a big boy, he knows what he said. What did ya say? Funny how?
Henry: Just--
Tommy: What?
Henry: Just, ya know, you're funny.
Tommy: You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little ****ed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to ****in' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?
Henry: Just., you know, how you tell the story, what?
Tommy: No, no, I don't know, you said it. How do I know? You said I'm funny. How the **** am I funny, what the **** is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny!
Henry: [long pause] Get the **** out of here, Tommy!
Tommy: [everyone laughs] Ya mother****er! I almost had him, I almost had him. Ya stuttering prick, ya. Frankie, was he shaking? I wonder about you sometimes, Henry. You may fold under questioning.

View Quote Karen: What do you do?
Henry: I'm in construction.
Karen: [She feels the softness of his hands] They don't feel like you're in construction.
Henry: Ah, I'm a union delegate.

View Quote Karen: You've got some nerve standing me up. Nobody does that to me. Who the hell do you think you are, Frankie Vallie or some kind of big shot?
Henry: [narrating] I remember, her screaming on the street and I mean loud, but she looked good. She had these great eyes. Just like Liz Taylor's. At least that's what I thought.

View Quote Paulie: [to Henry] You know anything about this ****ing restaurant business?
Sonny: He knows everything about it. I mean he's in the joint 24 hours a day. I mean another ****ing few minutes he could be a stool that's how often he's in there.

View Quote Paulie: I don't want any more of that shit.
Henry: What shit? What are you talking about?
Paulie: Just stay away from the garbage, you know what I mean.
Henry: Look, Paulie?
Paulie: I'm not talking about what you did inside, you did what you had to do. I'm talking about now, from now, here and now.
Henry: Paulie, why would I want to get into that?
Paulie: Don't make a jerk out of me, just don't do it. Just don't do it. Now I want to talk to you about Jimmy, you have to watch out for him. He's a good earner but he's wild, takes too many chances.
Henry: Yeah I know that, I know Jimmy, you think I would take chances like Jimmy?
Paulie: And Tommy he's a good kid too. But he's crazy, he's a cowboy, he's got too much to prove. You gotta watch out for kids like this.
Henry: Yeah I know what they are, I only use them for certain things, believe me you don't have to worry.
Paulie: Listen, I ain't gonna get ****ed like Gribbs, understand. Gribbs is 70 years old and the ****in guy's gonna die in prison, I don't need that. So I'm warning everybody, everybody. It could be my son, it could be anybody. Gribbs got 20 years just for saying hello to some **** who was sneaking behind his back selling junk, I don't need that, ain't gonna happen to me, you understand?
Henry: Uh huh.
Paulie: You know that you're only out early because I got you a job. I don't need this heat, understand that.
Henry: Uh huh.
Paulie: And you see anybody ****ing around with this shit you're going to tell me, right?
Henry: Yeah.
Paulie: [slaps him] That means anybody!
Henry: Alright.
Paulie: Yeah?
Henry: Yeah, of course.

View Quote Police Detective: [to Henry] Hey, your pals are here. You don't want to talk to me, you're gonna have a ****ing problem all night 'cause I'll be on you like shit. New York State. Twenty five ****ing years, pal.
[The detectives bring in the utensils Henry used to make coke]
Police Detective: What, were you guys grocery shopping? What, are we going to make a cake? Gonna make a ****ing cake? Got anything good in there or what?
[A detective tastes the residue in a pan]
Police Detective: Is it good?
[Detective smiles and nods]
Police Detective: Ha ha ha ha. Bye bye, dickhead. Ha ha ha. See you in Attica, dick.

View Quote Stacks: What time is it?
Tommy: It's eleven thirty, we're supposed to be there by nine.
Stacks: Be ready in a minute.
Tommy: Yeah, you were always ****in' late, you'd be late for your own ****in' funeral. (Shoots Stacks in the head)

View Quote Tommy: ****in' Drop-along Cassidy.
Spider: Why don't you go **** yourself, Tommy?
[everyone laughs]
Jimmy: Whoa! I don't believe what I'm hearing. Check out the balls on this kid. Hey Spider, this is for you. [tosses money on the table] That's the way. You don't take no shit from nobody. Tommy, you gonna let him get away with that? What's the matter with you? What's the world comin' to?
[Tommy pulls out a gun and shoots Spider]
Tommy: That's what the ****ing world is comin' to.
Jimmy: What is the matter with you, huh? What is the ****ing matter with you?! What are you, a ****ing sick maniac or something?! Tommy, I'm kidding with you.
Tommy: Kidding? How am I meant to know you're kidding? You're breaking my ****ing balls.
Jimmy: I'm ****ing kidding with you, you ****ing shoot the guy?
Henry: He's dead.
Tommy: I'm a good shot, what do you want from me? I'm a good shot.
Anthony: How could you miss at this distance?
Jimmy: You dumb bastard, I can't ****ing believe you. You're gonna dig the hole.
Tommy: Fine, I'll dig the ****ing hole. I don't give a ****. What, is this the first hole I ever dug? Where are the shovels?