"I don't think the producer has to do much, outside of maybe knowing a writer."

"Listen, Touch of Evils playing near my hotel. You wanna go check it out, watch Charlton Heston play a Mexican?"

"Look at me, Leo. I wouldn't think you're that dumb, leave over three hundred grand in the closet, underneath the extr…"

"You know, Welles didn't even wanna do that one. Some studio made him do it. He owed 'em one and all his own movies lo…"

"Rough business, this movie business. I may have to go back to loan sharking for a rest."

"Hey, Bear, look at me. Tell your boss I don't ever want to see him again. He made a deal with Harry and a deal's a deal."

"I mean I could see myself in movies Robert De Niro had been in. Or I could maybe do an Al Pacino movie, play a hard-o…"

"Harry, look at me. You're trying to tell me you fucked up without sounding stupid, and that's hard to do."

"I produce feature motion pictures, no TV. You mentioned Grotesque? That happened to be Grotesque Part Two that Karen …"

"Don't worry. I'm not going to say anything more than I have to, if that."