"You got references? You been to college? We ONLY take yeggs what's been to college, ain't that right, Dane? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! I'm joking, of course."

"I'm talkin' about friendship. I'm talkin' about character. I'm talkin' about - hell. Leo, I ain't embarrassed to use the word - I'm talkin' about ethics."

"It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now, if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return, you gotta go bettin' on chance - and then you're back with anarchy, right back in the jungle."

"If you want me to keep my mouth shut, it's gonna cost you some dough. I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two."

"Tell Leo he's not God on the throne, he's just a cheap political boss with more hair tonic than brains."

"[to Caspar] My chin's hanging out right next to yours. I'd worry a lot less if I thought you were worrying enough."

"[to Bernie] Shut up. You're dead, get me?"

"You don't hold elected office in this town. You run it because people think you do. They stop thinking it, you stop running it."

"Sister, when I've raised hell, you'll know it."

"Close your eyes ladies! I'm comin' in!"

"Nobody knows anybody. Not that well."

"If I'd known we were gonna cast our feelings into words, I'd've memorized the Song of Solomon."

"I wish I had that boat again, that Bertram. I'd get in my car with Annette, I'd drive down to the pier... I'd get on that boat, and I'd go. East, west, north, south, nobody ever finding me."

"Robert Miano - Sonny Red"

"Bruno Kirby - Nicky"

"Michael Madsen - Sonny Black"

"Johnny Depp - Donnie Brasco/Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone"

"Al Pacino - Benjamin 'Lefty' Ruggiero"

"In 1978, the US government waged a war against organized crime. One man was left behind the lines."

"Donnie Brasco. Based On A True Story."

"The good news is, my dick is now a popsicle!"

"C'mon Donnie. Help me fillet this fat fuck. [Lefty kills him]"

"Anywhere you go, all around the world, all the best cooks are men."

"[talking to Donnie] When I introduce you, I'm gonna say, "This is a friend of mine." That means you're a connected guy. Now if I said instead, "This is a friend of ours," that would mean you're a made guy. A Capisce?"

"I got cancer of the prick."

"I'd die with you, Donnie."

"A wise guy's always right. Even when he's wrong, he's right."

"And listen to me, if Donnie calls... , tell him... if it was gonna be anyone, I'm glad it was him. All right?"

"Who the fuck am I? Who am I? I'm a, a spoke on a wheel. And so was he, and so are you."

"How much money did you give that guy? A wiseguy never pays for his drinks."

"In our thing, you get sent for, you go in alive, you come out dead, and it's your best friend that does it."

"I never hear from my boss until he dies, then my whole life gets turned upside down!"

"In all the five boroughs, I'm known, forget about it. I'm known all over the fuckin' world. Anybody, ask anybody about Lefty from Mulberry Street, eh? You pissin' up the wrong fuckin' tree, my friend."

"All my life I've tried to be the good guy, the guy in the white fucking hat. And for what? For nothing. I'm not becoming like them; I am them."

"If I come out alive, this guy, Lefty, ends up dead. That's the same thing as me putting the bullet in his head myself."

"Forget about it," it's like, uh, if you agree with someone. You know, like, "Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass, forget about it." But then, if you disagree, like, "A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it!" You know? But then, it's also like, if something is the greatest thing in the world, like, "Minghia, those peppers! Forget about it!" But it's also like saying "go to hell," too. You know, like, uh, "Hey, Paulie, you got a one-inch pecker," and Paulie says, "Forget about it!"... Sometimes it just means, uh, "forget about it."

"An honest man has nothing to fear, so I'm trying my best not to be afraid."

"James Brolin - Jack Barnes"

"Amy Adams - Brenda Strong"

"You're gonna have to catch me first!"

"Ah, people only know what you tell them, Carl!"

"Nathalie Baye - Paula Abagnale"

"Martin Sheen - Roger Strong"

"Christopher Walken - Frank Abagnale Sr."