Goodfellas
Goodfellasis regarded as one of the best gangster film ever made , and it has a bunch of iconic quotation . Martin Scorsese has explored various genres throughout his career as a movie maker – from black comedy withAfter Hoursto historical drama withSilence – but he ’s still best known for his criminal offence and gangster movies . The movie considered not only his best from this music genre but his best , in ecumenical , isGoodfellas , based on the nonfiction bookWiseguyby Nicholas Pileggi . Goodfellaschronicles the climb and descent of mob associate Henry Hill ( Ray Liotta ) , who was part of the Lucchese crime family and ended up becoming an FBI informant .
During his meter with the crime syndicate , Henry became close to some big Sicilian Mafia names , as were Paul Cicero ( Paul Sorvino),Jimmy “ The Gent ” Conway ( Robert De Niro ) , and Tommy DeVito ( Joe Pesci ) , with whom he got involved in dissimilar offense . AlthoughGoodfellasis narrated by Henry ( with some parts narrate by his married woman , Karen , played by Lorraine Bracco ) , Henry is n’t the only one delivering memorable quotes throughout the movie , and some were so near and had such a strong impingement on the story that they have become part of pop culture , and have been reference and mock in many other picture show and TV shows .
15"I like this one. One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way" - Tommy DeVito
Tommy DeVito was the most dangerous , madcap , and aggressive member of Paulie ’s crew , and he often got himself and the others in worry for not thinking before make slug . However , Goodfellasalso show a unlike side of Tommy in his interaction with his mother ( play by Martin Scorsese ’s mother , Catherine Scorsese ) , where he was calmer and a very caring boy . After beat Billy Batts ( Frank Vincent ) almost to death , Tommy , Jimmy , and Henry stopped at Tommy ’s mother ’s house to break up up a spadeful , but as a traditional Italian mother , she make a repast for them .
Tommy ’s mother then showed them her house painting of a man in a gravy boat with two dogs . Tommy jumped in to say how much he liked the painting , peculiarly the view of the dogs . It ’s a dim-witted billet , but it shows how much Tommy care for his female parent , showing a more human side to the most ruthless Orcinus orca in Paulie ’s crew .
14"One day, some of the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother’s groceries all the way home. You know why? It was outta respect" - Henry Hill
Henry Hill started his affiliation with Paulie ’s crew when he was a teenager . Henry ran errands for Paulie and his the great unwashed and he realize their trust , but with that also came the concern of those outside their R-2 . In a voiceover , adult Henry explained how his life changed when he started working for Paulie : he did n’t have to hold off in line at the bakery anymore , the neighbors did n’t commons in the Hills ’ driveway anymore , and he had more money than the adults in his neighbourhood . Everyone commence to venerate Henry but also respected him and that widen to his family too , as he explained how the Kid from the neighbourhood carried his mother ’s groceries out of respect .
13“I like going this way. It’s better than waiting in line” - Henry Hill
When Henry and Karen started date , he did a twain of thing to impress her , such as taking her to the Copacabana . As Henry was well - cognise by everyone at the eating house , he did n’t have to wait in line or enter through the front door , and instead , he took Karen through the back door , all the way through the kitchen , and to their table at the front of the stagecoach . When Karen asked why they were n’t go through the front door , Henry simply said he liked it this way as it was better than waiting in line , picture that he was not a regular guy and that the elbow room he live on and did things was far from “ normal ” .
12“Why don’t you go f**k yourself, Tommy?” - Spider
Spider ( Michael Imperioli ) was a young man working for Paulie ’s crowd , similar to what Henry did when he was unseasoned , but he made a match of major mistakes when interacting with Tommy . While serving food and beverage during a card plot , Tommy buzz off angry at Spider for not bringing him his drink , but it was a misunderstanding . Spider was n’t frightened to let the cat out of the bag back to Tommy and maintain himself , but that led Tommy to shoot him in the ft . twenty-four hours later , an injure Spider serve up the crew again during a card biz and Tommy tease him about his injury , so Spider defended himself one last time and told Tommy to “ go f**k ” himself . These were Spider ’s last Son , as Tommy shoot him multiple time after Tommy and the relief bug him about it .
11"Only cops talk that way. If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn’t have heard a thing. I would’ve been dead" - Henry Hill
Henry ’s ruin began when he started selling drug , something that Paulie forbade in his crew as it was a dangerous business for them . Henry ’s helter-skelter life touched rock bottom when , while eminent on cocaine and trying to set up a drug stack , he was halt by narcotic agents . Being contain was actually a assuagement for Henry as that meant he would n’t be killed and could get another luck , but had he been intercepted by wiseguys , he would n’t have even known that he was catch as they would have killed him immediately . This quote further shows how dangerous the mob is and how they do n’t waver to get rid of those who are causing them trouble , even if it ’s one of them .
Goodfellas recount the story of Henry Hill and how he betrayed the mob , but why was n’t he killed by the rout years after ? allow ’s take a look at his life .
10"For us, to live any other way is nuts" - Henry Hill
Through Henry ’s level , Goodfellasshowed the attractive side of the family and the dangerous part of it , and Henry often reminded the consultation that being part of the rout was his idealistic way of living . In the Bamboo Lounge scene whereHenry preface various gangsters , he observe that for them to live on any other way was out of the question and that the “ goody - good people ” with traditional jobs were “ dead ” . It was easy for them as they could take whatever they wanted , and they never had to deal with anyone as they were feared and respected .
9"I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn’t. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on" - Karen Hill
When Karen meet Henry Hill , she was incognizant of what his line was really about , and it was n’t until he beat her neighbor from across the street ( because he attack Karen ) that she realise what she was getting herself into . Henry gave Karen a gun to blot out , which instead of incite Karen to stay on away from Henry , only made her more attract to him . This is the second when Karen became an confederate , and it was the offset of an unsound drive alongside Henry , as they dealt with death threats , lose all their money , and terminate up fall in the witness protection program .
8"We always called each other goodfellas. Like you’d say to somebody ‘you’re gonna like this guy, he’s right. He’s a goodfella. He’s one of us’. You understand? We were goodfellas, wiseguys" - Henry Hill
Between two key moments inGoodfellas – the murders of many of the gangster involved inthe Lufthansa heistand Tommy ’s implementation – , Henry explain what the relationship between gangsters is really like . A wiseguy or goodfella is a “ made man ” , those who are amply initiated into the Cosa Nostra , and for that , they have to be Italian or of Italian line of descent . Henry and Jimmy did n’t characterize but Tommy did , but his supposed ceremony to turn over him into a made man was really his execution . While there ’s a strong gumption of dedication among wiseguys , there ’s also a circle of betrayal , and that ’s punished with death .
7"By the time I finished meeting everybody, I thought I was drunk" - Karen Hill
Although by the meter she married Henry she make out well what his business was about , Karen definitely was n’t expecting meeting a gang of gangsters and their partners at her hymeneals – and even worse , she was n’t expecting their families to have similar names . Karen was so overwhelmed by the amount of people she had to greet at her nuptials that , clearly , she feel very dizzy when she was done .
Karen Hill ended up tangled in her hubby ’s criminal action , but what happened to her in real life after the issue of Goodfellas ?
6"Now go home and get your f***in' shinebox" - Billy Batts
Tommy did a lot of horrible things inGoodfellas , and arguably , the most horrible one wasthe murder of Billy Batts . Batts was a made man from the Gambino menage , and as he had know Tommy since he was young , he constantly mocked him for his past as a shoe shiner . The final straw was when Batts told Tommy to go home and get his shinebox , and after Tommy drove his date home , he returned to the taproom to beat Batts to almost death .
