"[at Don Tommasino's funeral] Goodbye, my old friend. You could have lived a little longer; I could be closer to my dream. You were so loved, Don Tommasino. Why was I so feared, and you so loved? What was it? I was no less honorable. I wanted to do good. What betrayed me? Was it my mind? My heart? Why do I condemn myself so? I swear on the lives of my children: Give me a chance to redeem myself, and I will sin no more."

"When they come... they come at what you love."

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

"Jean Reno - Léon"

"You can't stop what you can't see."

"A perfect assassin. An innocent girl. They have nothing left to lose except each other. He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace. Only a 12 year old girl... knows his weakness."

"He moves without sound. Kills without emotion. Disappears without trace."

"I was 11 years old when I first read the script; and I remember reading it, I was sitting in my dad's study sitting in his chair; and I read it and I was crying at the end. I was a very sort of emotional little kid. My parents said, there is no way you're doing this movie; this is absolutely inappropriate for a child your age to do this film. And I was like; this is the greatest thing I've ever read; you will ruin my life, and I was fighting with them so much."

"I hope you're not lying Leon. I really hope that deep down there's no love in you. And if there is, I think in a few minutes you'll regret you never said anything. I love you Leon."

"I don't give a shit about sleeping, Leon. I want love, or death. That's it."

"The rifle is the first weapon you learn how to use, because it lets you keep your distance from the client. The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client. The knife, for example, is the last thing you learn."

"Peter Appel - Malky"

"Danny Aiello - Tony"

"Natalie Portman - Mathilda"

"Gary Oldman - Norman Stansfield"

"Gina Mastrogiacomo - Janice Rossi"

"Catherine Scorsese - Mrs. DeVito, Tommy's Mother"

"Frank Adonis - Anthony Stabile"

"Frank Vincent - Billy Batts"

"Tony Darrow - Sonny Bunz"

"Frank Sivero - Frankie Carbone"

"Christopher Serrone - Young Henry Hill"

"Chuck Low - Morris 'Morrie' Kessler"

"Paul Sorvino - Paul Cicero"

"Lorraine Bracco - Karen Hill"

"Joe Pesci - Tommy DeVito"

"Ray Liotta - Henry Hill"

"Robert De Niro - Jimmy Conway"

"In a world that's powered by violence, on the streets where the violent have power, a new generation carries on an old tradition."

"Shooting people was 'No big deal'."

"Murderers come with smiles."

""As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster."—Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955."

"Three Decades of Life in the Mafia."

"But still I couldn't hurt him. How could I hurt him? I couldn't even bring myself to leave him. The truth was that no matter how bad I felt I was still very attracted to him. Why should I give him to someone else? Why should she win?"

"We always did everything together and we always were in the same crowd. Anniversaries, christenings. We only went to each other's houses. The women played cards, and when the kids were born, Mickey and Jimmy were always the first at the hospital. And when we went to the Islands or Vegas to vacation, we always went together. No outsiders, ever. It got to be normal. It got to where I was even proud that I had the kind of husband who was willing to go out and risk his neck just to get us the little extras."

"Well, we weren't married to nine-to-five guys, but the first time I realized how different was when Mickey had a hostess party. They had bad skin and wore too much make-up. I mean, they didn't look very good. They looked beat-up. And the stuff they wore was thrown together and cheap. A lot of pant suits and double knits. And they talked about how rotten their kids were and about beating them with broom handles and leather belts. But that the kids still didn't pay any attention...After a while, it got to be all normal. None of it seemed like crimes. It was more like Henry was enterprising and that he and the guys were making a few bucks hustling, while the other guys were sitting on their asses waiting for hand-outs. Our husbands weren't brain surgeons. They were blue-collar guys. The only way they could make extra money, real extra money, was to go out and cut a few corners...We were all so very close. I mean, there were never any outsiders around. Absolutely never. And being together all the time made everything seem all the more normal."

"It was like he had two families. The first time I was introduced to all of them at once, it was crazy. Paulie and his brothers had lots of sons and nephews and almost all of them were named Peter or Paul. It was unbelievable. There must have been two dozen Peter’s and Paul’s at the wedding. Plus they were all married to girls named Marie. And they named all their daughter’s Marie. By the time I finished meeting everybody, I thought I was drunk!"