Mobsters Quotes

I'd love to do a 'Sopranos' sequel.

I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.

I have made only two films on the underworld. I am not educating the people on the underworld.

I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

My dad's uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as Peaky Blinders, that's the stories I heard.

Our country has been overtaken by murderous thugs... gangsters who lust after fortunes and power.

'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

I was very lucky with 'The Sopranos.'

The lifeblood of organized crime is gambling, and although I have no scruples about a couple of fellows making a wager, the fact of the matter is that organized crime thrives on illicit income from gambling.

I wrote for 'The Sopranos' and worked on big, blustery characters for quite a while.

'The Sopranos,' for instance, is arguably the best cable show of all time. They could have made a movie, but that show ended so perfectly, it would almost be a disadvantage to make a movie like that. Then again, if you made a 'Sopranos' movie, people would be lined around the block to go see it.

The Mafia exists in the American imagination because we want it to exist.

It's funny how the ruthless, murderous gangster has really been romanticized by the media. I mean, I grew up watching the 'Godfathers' and 'Scarface,' and they were the coolest. They're just really interesting stories with great characters. They're rock stars.

I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story - the east side taking over the west side and all that.

Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

What was so amazing and inspiring about 'GoodFellas' was that it showed the foot soldiers; the people more at the bottom as opposed to focusing on the godfathers and the guys at the top.

Terre Haute. They used to call it 'Terrible Hut' because it was so wide open. Gambling, red light district, speak-easies. I entertained for all the gangsters. Can't name a gangster that didn't come into the place where I worked.

It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.

Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.

Everybody would like us to make 'Goodfellas' over and over and over again.

I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.

People say, 'Gee, you do a lot of mafia movies.' I think I've done two, out of 60.

I particularly remember with 'Casino,' everyone was like, 'It's not 'Goodfellas!'' No, it's not 'Goodfellas.' That's right: it's a different movie. Now, everyone thinks 'Casino' is a masterpiece.