Al Pacino

Highest Rated: 100% Salomé (2013)

Lowest Rated: 3% Jack and Jill (2011)

Birthday: Apr 25, 1940

Birthplace: South Bronx, New York City, New York

Brooding and intense, Al Pacino has remained one of Hollywood's premier actors throughout his lengthy career, a popular and critical favorite whose list of credits includes many of the finest films of his era. Pacino was born April 25, 1940, in East Harlem, NY. Raised in the Bronx, he attended the legendary High School for Performing Arts, but dropped out at the age of 17. He spent the next several years drifting from job to job, continuing to study acting and occasionally appearing in off-off-Broadway productions. In 1966, Pacino was accepted to train at the Actors' Studio, and after working with James Earl Jones in The Peace Creeps, he starred as a brutal street youth in the off-Broadway social drama The Indian Wants the Bronx, earning an Obie Award as Best Actor for the 1967-1968 theatrical season. A year later, he made his Broadway debut in Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie? Although the play itself closed after less than 40 performances, Pacino was universally praised for his potent portrayal of a sociopathic drug addict, and he won a Tony Award for his performance. Pacino made his film debut in the 1969 flop Me, Natalie. After making his theatrical directorial debut with 1970's Rats, he returned to the screen a year later in Panic in Needle Park, again appearing as a junkie. (To prepare for the role, he and co-star Kitty Winn conducted extensive research in known drug-dealer haunts as well as methadone clinics.) While the picture was not a success, Pacino again earned critical raves. Next came Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 Mafia epic The Godfather. As Michael Corleone, the son of an infamous crime lord reluctantly thrust into the family business, Pacino shot to stardom, earning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his soulful performance. While the follow-up, 1973's Scarecrow, was received far less warmly, the police drama Serpico was a smash, as was 1974's The Godfather Part II for which he earned his third Academy Award nomination. The 1975 fact-based Dog Day Afternoon, in which Pacino starred as a robber attempting to stick up a bank in order to finance his gay lover's sex-change operation, was yet another staggering success.The 1977 auto-racing drama Bobby Deerfield, on the other hand, was a disaster. Pacino then retreated to Broadway, winning a second Tony for his performance in the title role in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. Upon returning to Hollywood, he starred in ...And Justice for All, which did not appease reviewers but restored him to moviegoers' good graces. Pacino next starred in William Friedkin's controversial Cruising, portraying a New York City cop on the trail of a serial killer targeting homosexuals; it was not a hit, nor was the 1982 comedy Author! Author! Brian DePalma's violent 1983 remake of Scarface followed; while moderately successful during its initial release, the movie later became a major cult favorite. Still, its lukewarm initial reception further tarnished Pacino's star. However, no one was fully prepared for the fate which befell 1985's historical epic Revolution; made for over $28 million, the film failed to gross even $1 million dollars at the box office. Pacino subsequently vanished from the public eye, directing his own film, The Local Stigmatic, which outside of a handful of 1990 showings at the Museum of Modern Art was never screened publicly. While his name was attached to a number of projects during this time period, none came to fruition, and he disappeared from cinema for over four years. Finally, in 1989, Pacino returned with the stylish thriller Sea of Love; the picture was a hit, and suddenly he was a star all over again. A virtually unrecognizable turn as a garish gangster in 1990's Dick Tracy earned him a sixth Oscar nomination, but The Godfather Part III was not the financial blockbuster many anticipated it to be. The 1991 romantic comedy Frankie and Johnny was a success, however, and a year later Pacino starred in the highly regarded Glengarry Glen Ross as well

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Once Upon a Time In Hollywood	Actor	—	2019
68%	Paterno	Joe Paterno	—	2018
5%	Hangman	Detective Archer	—	2017
67%	The Pirates of Somalia	Seymour Tolbin	—	2017
50%	Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait	Actor	$9.2k	2017
7%	Misconduct	Abrams	—	2016
No Score Yet	The Godfather Epic	Michael Corleone	—	2016
49%	Manglehorn	A.J. Manglehorn	$64.1k	2015
77%	Danny Collins	Danny Collins	$4.3M	2015
50%	The Humbling	Producer Simon Axler	—	2015
94%	Casting By	Actor	$14.5k	2013
80%	Wilde Salomé	King Herod Director	—	2013
100%	Salomé	Director King Herod	—	2013
74%	Despicable Me 2	Eduardo	$368.1M	2013
50%	Phil Spector	Phil Spector	—	2013
37%	Stand Up Guys	Val	$3.4M	2013
No Score Yet	Dali & I: The Surreal Story	Salvador Dali	—	2012
3%	Jack and Jill	Himself	$74.2M	2011
16%	The Son of No One	Detective Charles Stanford	$29.4k	2011
91%	You Don't Know Jack	Dr. Jack Kevorkian	—	2010
80%	I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	Actor	—	2009
18%	Righteous Kill	Rooster	$40M	2008
5%	88 Minutes	Jack Gramm	$17M	2008
70%	Ocean's Thirteen	Willie Banks	$78.9M	2007
No Score Yet	Brando	Actor	—	2007
22%	Two for the Money	Walter Abrams	$22.9M	2005
71%	William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice	Shylock	$3.4M	2004
6%	Gigli	Starkman	$5.7M	2003
43%	People I Know	Eli Wurman	—	2003
43%	The Recruit	Walter Burke	$52.8M	2003
51%	Simone	Viktor Taransky	$9.5M	2002
92%	Insomnia	Det. Will Dormer	$67.3M	2002
No Score Yet	Ultimate Fights	Actor	—	2002
No Score Yet	Chinese Coffee	Director Harry Levine	—	2000
51%	Any Given Sunday	Tony D'Amato	—	1999
96%	The Insider	Lowell Bergman	—	1999
66%	The Devil's Advocate	John Milton	—	1997
88%	Donnie Brasco	Lefty Ruggiero	—	1997
No Score Yet	Pitch	Actor	—	1997
81%	Looking for Richard	Director Producer Richard III Screenwriter	—	1996
54%	City Hall	Mayor John Pappas	—	1996
No Score Yet	Pacino - An Actor's Vision	Actor Director	—	1996
86%	Heat	Vincent Hanna	—	1995
40%	Two Bits	Grandpa	—	1995
80%	Carlito's Way	Carlito Brigante	—	1993
88%	Scent of a Woman	Lt. Col. Frank Slade	—	1992
94%	Glengarry Glen Ross	Ricky Roma	—	1992
78%	Frankie & Johnny	Johnny	—	1991
84%	Madonna: Truth or Dare	Himself [uncredited]	—	1991
67%	The Godfather, Part III	Michael Corleone	—	1990
64%	Dick Tracy	Big Boy Caprice	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Local Stigmatic	Producer Graham	—	1990
78%	Sea of Love	Det. Frank Keller	—	1989
10%	Revolution	Tom Dobb	—	1985
No Score Yet	Revolution Revisited	Actor	—	1985
82%	Scarface	Tony Montana	$0.7M	1983
No Score Yet	Author! Author!	Ivan Travalian	—	1982
51%	Cruising	Steve Burns	—	1980
81%	...And Justice for All	Arthur Kirkland	—	1979
27%	Bobby Deerfield	Bobby	—	1977
No Score Yet	America at the Movies	Actor	—	1976
95%	Dog Day Afternoon	Sonny	—	1975
97%	The Godfather, Part II	Michael Corleone	—	1974
90%	Serpico	Frank Serpico	—	1973
82%	Scarecrow	Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi	—	1973
98%	The Godfather	Michael Corleone	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration	Actor	—	1972
83%	The Panic in Needle Park	Bobby	—	1971
No Score Yet	Me, Natalie	Tony	—	1969

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2013
No Score Yet	American Experience 1988	Appearing	2006
No Score Yet	Charlie Rose 2013	Guest	2004
91%	Angels in America 2003	Roy Cohn	2003

Quotes from Al Pacino's Characters

Tony Montana:

Hey Ernie? You wanna job?

Tony Montana:

Say hello to my little friend!

Abrams:

You are going to accuse a man worth eight and a half million dollars of manipulating drug trials?

Det. Frank Keller:

Kiss my tiara! I didn't get prints.

Mayor John Pappas:	u can judge the weight of a man not by who his friends are, but by who his enemies are.
Mayor John Pappas:	You can judge the weight of a man not by who his friends are, but by who his enemies are.

Tony Montana:	"This country was built on laundered money".
Tony Montana:	This country was built on laundered money.

Tony Montana:

You worry too much.Your gonna have a heart attack.

Gitano Sabatoni:

Your belly needs. Your heart wants.

Tony Montana:

You know what i'm talkin' about you fucking cockaroach.

Bobby:

I don't want you coming down when I'm up.

John Milton:

Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow.

Dr. Jack Gramm:

It took him 88 minutes to hack my sister to bits.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian:

You don't charge people for something like this. What's wrong with you?

Helen:	I think I'm gonna go home, I think.
Bobby:	Oh yeah, where's home?
Helen:	Ft. Wayne...
Helen:	Ft. Wayne.
Bobby:	Illinois?? Hey, I did time there!
Bobby:	Illinois? Hey, I did time there!
Helen:	laughs No, Indiana...
Helen:	No, Indiana...
Bobby:	Oh, well I think I did time there too.

John Milton:

Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings.

Michael Corleone:

If you don't listen to me and marry this man, you'll disappoint me.

Lowell Bergman:	You'd better take a good look, because I'm getting two things: pissed off and curious
Lowell Bergman:	You'd better take a good look, because I'm getting two things: pissed off and curious.

Vincent Hanna:	I say what I mean, and I do what I say.
Vincent Hanna:	I say what I mean and I do what I say.

Ricky Roma:

When you die, you're gonna regret the things that you don't do.

Michael Corleone:	Well, when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. But the band leader wouldn't let him. Now, Johnny is my father's godson. So my father went to see this bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went back, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of $1000.
Kay Adams:	How did he do that?
Michael Corleone:	My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Kay Adams:	What was that?
Michael Corleone:	Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract....... Thats a true story.
Michael Corleone:	Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract. Thats a true story.

Val:	Is time to kick ass or chew gum, and guess what...
Val:	Is time to kick ass or chew gum and guess what?
Doc:	I'm all out of gum.

Big Boy Caprice:	You're dirty, Lips. You need a bath.
Lips Manlis:	No, not the bath, Big Boy! Not the Bath!

Big Boy Caprice:	Wait a minute! Wait. I'm having a thought. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I'm gonna have a thought. It's coming... It's gone.
Big Boy Caprice:	Wait a minute! Wait. I'm having a thought. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. I'm gonna have a thought. It's coming. It's gone.

Spaldoni:	I'm out.
Big Boy Caprice:	It only works if we're all in.
Spaldoni:	Then it don't work.

Big Boy Caprice:	If a woman don't wear mink, she don't wear nothin'.
Breathless Mahoney:	Well, I look good both ways.

Det. Will Dormer:

I'm coasting on my laurels, thank you.

Tony D'Amato:

I yell a lot. Is that acting? Is that good enough?

Tony Montana:

You want to play games? Okay, I play with you.

Bernstein:	Don't go too far, Tony.
Tony Montana:	I'm not, Mel, you are. [shoots Mel in the gut]
Tony Montana:	I'm not, Mel, you are.
Bernstein:	You can't shoot a cop!
Tony Montana:	Who ever said you was one?
Bernstein:	Wait a minute! You let me go, I'll fix this up.
Tony Montana:	Sure, Mel. Maybe you can hand yourself one of them first-class tickets to the Resurrection... So long, Mel, have a nice trip.
Tony Montana:	Sure, Mel. Maybe you can hand yourself one of them first-class tickets to the Resurrection. So long, Mel, have a nice trip.
Bernstein:	Fuck you! [Tony shoots him dead]
Bernstein:	Fuck you!

Tony Montana:	You die, motherfucker! [shoots Alberto in the head.]
Tony Montana:	You die, motherfucker!

Immigration Officer:	Where'd you learn English, Tony?
Tony Montana:	In school. And my father, he was from the United States, just like you, you know? He was a Yankee, he used to take me a lot to the movies. I learned, I watched the guys like Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney. They teach me to talk. I like those guys. I always know one day I'm coming here, United States.

Neil McCauley:	I told you I never going back.
Vincent Hanna:	Because she has a great ass and you got your head all the up it.
Neil McCauley:	There is a flip side to that coin. What if you do got me boxed in and I gotta put you down? Cause no matter what, you will not get in my way. We've been face to face, yeah. But I will not hesitate. Not for a second.
Neil McCauley:	A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.
Neil McCauley:	A guy told me one time, "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner."

Sonny:

Attica! Attica!

Tony Montana:

Say 'hello' to my little friend!

Michael Corleone:

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Det. Will Dormer:

Day after day you suck the marrow out of real cops when you never had the balls to become one yourself.

Michael Corleone:

Well, when Johnny was first starting out, he was signed to a personal services contract with this big-band leader. And as his career got better and better, he wanted to get out of it. But the band leader wouldn't let him. Now, Johnny is my father's godson. So my father went to see this bandleader and offered him $10,000 to let Johnny go, but the bandleader said no. So the next day, my father went back, only this time with Luca Brasi. Within an hour, he had a signed release for a certified check of $1000.

Michael Corleone:

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse. You see, Johnny, we feel that entertainment is going to be a big factor in drawing gamblers into the casinos. We're hoping that you'll sign a contract agreeing to appear 5 times a year. Perhaps convince some of your friends in the movies to do the same. We're counting on you, Johnny.

Michael Corleone:

There are negotiations being made that are going to answer all of your questions and solve all of your problems. That's all I can tell you right now. Carlo, you grew up in Nevada. When we make our move there you're going to be my right hand man. Tom Hagen is no longer Consigliari. He's going to be our lawyer in Vegas. That's no reflection on Tom it's just the way I want it. Besides, if I ever help who's a better Consigliari than my father. That's it.

Michael Corleone:	You have to answer for Santino, Carlo. You fingered Sonny for the Barzini people.
Carlo Rizzi:	Mike, you got it all wrong.
Michael Corleone:	Ah, that little farce you played with my sister. You think that would fool a Corleone?
Carlo Rizzi:	Mike, I'm innocent. I swear on the kids.
Michael Corleone:	Sit down.
Carlo Rizzi:	Please don't do this to me, Mike. Please don't.

Ricky Roma:	Hey, let me buy you a pack of gum. I'll show you how to chew it."
Ricky Roma:	Hey, let me buy you a pack of gum. I'll show you how to chew it.

Sonny:

Hey Leon! Happy Birthday!

Sonny:

Put your fucking guns down! Put your fucking guns down! Put your fucking guns down! Put your fucking guns down! Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica! Attica!

Lt. Col. Frank Slade:

Something big may happen for that little thing of yours Charlie

Neil McCauley:	I am never going back.
Vincent Hanna:	Then don't take down scores.
Neil McCauley:	I do what I do best: I take scores. You do what you do best: Try to stop guys like me.

Tony Montana:

You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked!

Frank Lopez:	[to Tony] Remember I told you when you started; the guys who last in this business ..are the guys who fly straight, low-key, quiet. And the guys who want it all; chicas, champagne, flash ..they don't last
Tony Montana:	You finished?

Tony Montana:

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

Tony Montana:

I kill a communist for fun, but for a green card, I gonna carve him up real nice.

Michael Corleone:	Keep them alive.
Rocco Lampone:	We'll try.
Michael Corleone:	Rocco! Alive!

Tony Montana:

Fuck Gaspar Gomez! And fuck the fucking Diaz brothers! Fuck them all! I bury those cockroaches. What they ever do for us?

Sonny:

WILL YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TOO ME!

Fredo Corleone:	[Ordering drinks in a Havana cafe] Uno... por favor... [to Michael] How do you say "banana daiquiri"?
Fredo Corleone:	[ordering drinks in a Havana cafe] Uno... por favor... [to Michael] How do you say banana daiquiri?
Michael Corleone:	"Banana daiquiri."
Michael Corleone:	Banana daiquiri.

Michael Corleone:

He was stupid. I was lucky. I will visit him soon.

Michael Corleone:	I saw a strange thing today. Some rebels were being arrested. One of them pulled the pin on a grenade. He took himself and the captain of the command with him. Now, soldiers are paid to fight; the rebels aren't.
Hyman Roth:	What does that tell you?
Michael Corleone:	They could win.

Kay Adams:	Oh, Michael. Michael, you are blind. It wasn't a miscarriage. It was an abortion. An abortion, Michael. Just like our marriage is an abortion. Something that's unholy and evil. I didn't want your son, Michael! I wouldn't bring another one of you sons into this world! It was an abortion, Michael! It was a son Michael! A son! And I had it killed because this must all end! [Michael's eyes begin to bulge] I know now that it's over. I knew it then. There would be no way, Michael... no way you could ever forgive me not with this Sicilian thing that's been going on for 2,000 years. [Michael loses control. He slaps Kay across the face. She falls onto the couch]
Michael Corleone:	Bitch! You won't take my children!
Kay Adams:	I will.
Michael Corleone:	You WON'T TAKE MY CHILDREN!
Kay Adams:	They're my children too.

Michael Corleone:

You straightened my brother out?

Frank Keller:

I'm everybody's Daddy.

Frank Keller:

No muss, no fuss. Evelyn Wood School of Speed Revenge.

Frank Keller:	(On the telephone with ex-wife late at night) Denise?I have to talk to you. I think I have appendicitis. (click)
Frank Keller:	[on the telephone with ex-wife late at night] Denise? I have to talk to you. I think I have appendicitis. [click]

Michael Corleone:	I made confession, Connie. I confessed my sins.
Connie Corleone Rizzi:	Why Michael, that's not like you. You don't have to confess your sins to a stranger.
Michael Corleone:	It was the man. A good man. A true priest. He changed things.

Michael Corleone:

Thunder can't hurt! Harmless noise! Bullshit! Deceitful little fuck! Altobello! You fuck!

Michael Corleone:	"Politics and crime. They're the same thing…"
Michael Corleone:	Politics and crime. They're the same thing?

Michael Corleone:	Kay. I never expected you.
Kay Adams:	No, I know, I know. But I'm here.
Michael Corleone:	I'm glad.
Kay Adams:	You know? This is the first time I've seen you look so helpless.
Michael Corleone:	Eh -- not so bad really. I feel, I'm getting, wiser now.
Kay Adams:	Yeah?
Michael Corleone:	Oh yeah.
Kay Adams:	The sicker you get the wiser you get huh?
Michael Corleone:	When I'm dead, I'm gonna be really smart.

Vincent Mancini:	We should kill him before he kills --
Michael Corleone:	No! (then) Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
Michael Corleone:	No! [then] Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
Michael Corleone:	(leaning over to Vincent) Never let anyone know what you're thinking.
Michael Corleone:	[leaning over to Vincent] Never let anyone know what you're thinking.
Michael Corleone:	(then, to Al Neri and the group) All right, let's get a, let's get a message to Joey Zasa. I respect what he's done. The new overthrows the old, it's natural.
Michael Corleone:	[then, to Al Neri and the group] All right, let's get a, let's get a message to Joey Zasa. I respect what he's done. The new overthrows the old, it's natural.

Mary Corleone:	Dad I want this to bring me closer to you.
Michael Corleone:	I would burn in hell, to keep you safe.

Licio Lucchesi:	Yes -- you will take control. We’ll gladly put you at the helm of our little fleet. But our ships, must all sail in the same direction. Otherwise, who can say how long, your stay with us will last? It’s not personal, it’s only business. You should know, Godfather.
Licio Lucchesi:	Yes, you will take control. We'll gladly put you at the helm of our little fleet. But our ships, must all sail in the same direction. Otherwise, who can say how long, your stay with us will last? It's not personal, it's only business. You should know, Godfather.
Michael Corleone:	Very well. You want to do business with me. I will, do business, with you.
Michael Corleone:	Very well. You want to do business with me. I will, do business, with you.
Michael Corleone:	We’re back to the Borgias!
Michael Corleone:	We're back to the Borgias!

Vincent Mancini:	It's done.
Michael Corleone:	Because I can't do it any more.
Connie Corleone Rizzi:	It doesn't matter. Vincent knows what to do. Come on outside. Take a rest and -- and don't think about it.
Michael Corleone:	All I do is think about it.
Vincent Mancini:	I am your son. Command me on all things.
Michael Corleone:	Give up my daughter. That's the price you pay, for the life you choose. Nephew, from this moment on, call yourself Vincent Corleone.

Mary Corleone:	Dad I want this to bring me closer to you.
Michael Corleone:	I would burn in hell, to keep you safe.

Archbishop Gilday:	Don Corleone. I need your help. And not just to light a little candle. My, gift, was to be able to persuade people, to give, to the Holy Church. Then, Rome decides, to put me in charge of the Vatican bank. But I was never a true banker. Mais á culpa, I trusted my friends.
Michael Corleone:	Friendship and money – oil and water…
Archbishop Gilday:	Indeed. But these, friends, use the good name of the Church, to feed their greed. If money was lost, then I am to blame. Oh, if only prayer could, pay off our seven-hundred million dollar deficit.
Michael Corleone:	Seven-hundred and sixty-nine million.

Vincent Mancini:	It's done.
Michael Corleone:	Because I can't do it any more.
Connie Corleone Rizzi:	It doesn't matter. Vincent knows what to do. Come on outside. Take a rest and -- and don't think about it.
Michael Corleone:	All I do is think about it.
Vincent Mancini:	I am your son. Command me on all things.
Michael Corleone:	Give up my daughter. That's the price you pay, for the life you choose. Nephew, from this moment on, call yourself Vincent Corleone.

Calo:	"My master is dead. Blood calls for blood. I must have revenge!"
Calo:	My master is dead. Blood calls for blood. I must have revenge!
Michael Corleone:	"Some day, you may have to do a difficult service for me."
Michael Corleone:	Some day, you may have to do a difficult service for me.

Michael Corleone:	What has Joey Zasa got to with anything, Joey Zasa’s a potzle. Joey Zasa. All right, you are what you are. It’s your nature. You stay close to me. You don’t do anything. You keep your mouth shut, and your eyes open. And you do what I tell you. Understand?
Michael Corleone:	What has Joey Zasa got to with anything, Joey Zasa?s a potzle. Joey Zasa. All right, you are what you are. It's your nature. You stay close to me. You don?t do anything. You keep your mouth shut, and your eyes open. And you do what I tell you. Understand?
Vincent Mancini:	Understood.

Kay Adams:	Tony knows that you killed Fredo.
Michael Corleone:	What did you come here for?
Kay Adams:	I came here to protect my son. I didn’t come here to see you disguised by your church. I think that was a shameful ceremony.
Michael Corleone:	I spent my life protecting my son. I spent my life protecting my FAMILY!
Kay Adams:	Let’s be reasonable, Okay? That’s your big thing isn’t it Michael. Reason. Backed up by murder.
Michael Corleone:	Oh, God -- You hate me, you hate me.
Kay Adams:	No, I don’t hate you. I dread you.
Michael Corleone:	I did what I could Kay. To protect all of you, from the horrors of this world.
Kay Adams:	But you became my horror.

Anthony Corleone:	I will never work for you. I have bad memories.
Michael Corleone:	Every family has bad memories.
Anthony Corleone:	I will always be your son. But I will never have anything to do with your business.

Kay Adams:	The baby I lost...
Michael Corleone:	I know what it meant... and I'm prepared to make it up to you. I will make changes; I can. (he clenches his fist tightly) I CAN change; that I have learned, that I have the strength to change... And we have another child, a boy... and you'll forget the miscarriage.
Kay Adams:	It wasn't a miscarriage. And you with your cunning, couldn't you figure it out! It was an abortion; an abortion, like our marriage is an abortion, something unholy and evil. I don't want your son; I wouldn't bring another of your sons into this world. An abortion, Michael... it was a son, and I had it killed, but this must all end!

Michael Corleone:

It occurred to me: the police are paid to fight, and the Rebels are not.

Michael Corleone:	Was it a boy or a girl?
Tom Hagen:	Mike, at three and a half...
Michael Corleone:	What is it, can't you give me straight answers anymore!

Michael Corleone:	Was it a boy or a girl?
Tom Hagen:	Mike, at three and a half...
Michael Corleone:	What is it, can't you give me straight answers anymore!

Michael Corleone:

No Tom, just listen. All my people are businessmen; their loyalty is based on that. One thing I learned from my father is to try to think as the people around you think...and on that basis, anything is possible. Fredo has a good heart, but he is weak...and stupid, and stupid people are the most dangerous of all. I've kept you out of things, Tom, because I've always known that your instincts were legitimate, and I wanted you to know very little of things that would make you an accomplice, for your own protection. I never blamed you for the setbacks the family took under Sonny; I know you were in a position of limited power, and you did your best to advise and caution him. What I am saying is that now, for how long I do not know, you will be the Don. If what I think has happened is true; I will leave tonight, and absolutely no one will know how to contact me. And even you are not to try to reach me unless it is absolutely necessary. I give you complete power: over Neri... Fredo, everyone. I am trusting you with the lives of my wife and children, and the future of this family, solely resting on your judgment and talent.

Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	[Frank plans to kill himself and Charlie as well but hesitates] You don't wanna die
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	[Frank plans to kill himself and Charlie as well but hesitates] You don't wanna die.
Charlie Simms:	Neither do you
Charlie Simms:	Neither do you.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	Give me one good reason not to
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	Give me one good reason not to.
Charlie Simms:	I'll give you two. You can dance the tango and drive a Ferrari better than anyone I've ever seen
Charlie Simms:	I'll give you two. You can dance the tango and drive a Ferrari better than anyone I've ever seen.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	You never seen anyone do either
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	You never seen anyone do either.

Charlie Simms:	So give up. You wanna give up? Give up 'cause I'm giving giving up too. You said I'm through you're right I am through. It's all over. So let's get on with it. Let's fuckin' do it! Fuckin' pull the trigger you miserable blind motherfucker. Pull the trigger
Charlie Simms:	So give up. You wanna give up? Give up 'cause I'm giving giving up too. You said I'm through you're right I am through. It's all over. So let's get on with it. Let's fuckin' do it! Fuckin' pull the trigger you miserable blind motherfucker. Pull the trigger.
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	Here we go Charlie
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	Here we go Charlie.
Charlie Simms:	I'm ready
Charlie Simms:	I'm ready.

Arthur Kirkland:

She doesn't have a motive. You know why? Because she's not lying. And ladies and gentlemen of the jury - the prosecution is NOT gonna get than man today - no. Because I'M gonna get him. My client, the honorable Henry T. Fleming [now yelling] should go RIGHT to FUCKING JAIL - the son of a bitch is GUILTY!

Don Vito Corleone:	I knew that Santino was going to have to go through all this. And Fredo -- well -- (then, after he sits besides Michael) -- Fredo was -- well -- But I never -- I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused -- to be a fool -- dancing on the string, held by all those -- bigshots. I don't apologize -- that's my life -- but I thought that -- that when it was your time -- that -- that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator - Corleone. Governor - Corleone, or something...
Don Vito Corleone:	I knew that Santino was going to have to go through all this. And Fredo -- well -- [then, after he sits besides Michael] -- Fredo was -- well -- But I never -- I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused -- to be a fool -- dancing on the string, held by all those -- bigshots. I don't apologize -- that's my life -- but I thought that -- that when it was your time -- that -- that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator - Corleone. Governor - Corleone, or something...
Michael Corleone:	Another pezzonovante...
Tom Hagen:	Well -- this wasn't enough time, Michael. Wasn't enough time...

Fredo Corleone:	Mike! You don't come to Las Vegas and talk to a man like Moe Greene like that!
Michael Corleone:	Fredo -- you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.

Michael Corleone:	My father made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Kay Adams:	What was that?
Michael Corleone:	Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains -- or his signature -- would be on the contract. That's a true story. That's my family, Kay. It's not me.

Tony Montana:

Fuck Gaspar Gomez! And fuck the fucking Diaz brothers! Fuck them all! What they ever do for us? I buried those cockroaches!

Michael Corleone:

When they come, they come at what you love.

Frank Serpico:	They say, "If you love the garden of a man, you got to love the man"
Frank Serpico:	They say, 'If you love the garden of a man, you got to love the man'.
Frank Serpico:	They say, 'If you love the garden of a man, you got to love the man.'

Dr. Jack Kevorkian:

When a law is deemed immoral by you, you must disobey it.

Michael Corleone:

I know it was you [Fredo]. You broke my heart. YOU BROKE MY HEART.

Michael Corleone:

Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever.

Sonny:	Now is there any specail country you wanna go to?
Sonny:	Now is there any special country you wanna go to?
Sal:	.....Wyoming
Sal:	...Wyoming.
Sonny:	That's not a country. Don't worry i'll think of somthing
Sonny:	That's not a country. Don't worry I'll think of something.

Det. Will Dormer:	(phone rings) Dormer here hello
Det. Will Dormer:	[phone rings] Dormer here hello.
Walter Finch:	cant sleep will
Walter Finch:	Can't sleep will.

Michael Corleone:

Only don't tell me that you're innocent. Because it insults my intelligence and it makes me very angry.

Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	What Life? I got no life! I’m in the dark here. You understand? I’m in the dark!
Lt. Col. Frank Slade:	What Life? I got no life! I'm in the dark here. You understand? I'm in the dark!