"Mickey Mantle? Is that what you're upset about? Mickey Mantle makes $100,000 a year. How much does your father make? You don't know? Well, see, if your father can't pay the rent, go ask Mickey Mantle and see what he tells you. Mickey Mantle don't care about you, so why should you care about him? Nobody cares."

"[last words before he died] Come here!"

"It was great to be Catholic and go to confession. You could start over every week."

"I was getting two educations: One from the street and one from school. That way I'd be twice as smart as everybody."

"[as he walks out of Sonny's funeral] Sonny and my father always said that when I get older I would understand. Well, I finally did. I learned something from these two men. I learned to give love and get love unconditionally. You just have to accept people for what they are, and I learned the greatest gift of all. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent, and the choices that you make will shape your life forever. But you can ask anybody from my neighborhood, and they'll just tell you this is just another Bronx tale."

"Robert De Niro — Lorenzo Anello"

"Chazz Palminteri — Sonny LoSpecchio"

"Lillo Brancato, Jr. — Calogero Anello"

"Francis Capra — Calogero Anello"

"Taral Hicks — Jane Williams"

"Joe Pesci — Carmine"

"Louis Vanaria — Crazy Mario"

"Domenick Lombardozzi — Nicky Zero"

"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]"

"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."

"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."

"Robert Miano - Sonny Red"

"Bruno Kirby - Nicky"

"That's the second rule of police work. If you want to keep a secret, don't tell the boss."

"You just fulfilled the first rule of law enforcement: Make sure when your shift is over, you go home alive."

"I have foresworn myself. I have broken every law I have sworn to uphold, I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right!"

"[to Ness] Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide."

"Patricia Clarkson - Catherine Ness"

"Billy Drago - Frank Nitti"

"Jack Kehoe - Walter Payne"

"Richard Bradford - Police Chief Mike Dorsett"

"Robert De Niro - Al Capone"

"Andy Garcia - Agent George Stone"

"Charles Martin Smith - Agent Oscar Wallace"

"Sean Connery - Jim Malone"