Daily Dialogue — August 30, 2010

Henry Hill: [narrating] Anything I wanted was a phone call away. Free cars. The keys to a dozen hideout flats all over the city. I bet twenty, thirty grand over a weekend and then I’d either blow the winnings in a week or go to the sharks to pay back the bookies.
[Henry leaves the witness stand and speaks directly to the camera]
Henry Hill: Didn’t matter. It didn’t mean anything. When I was broke, I’d go out and rob some more. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it’s all over.
Henry Hill: [narrating] And that’s the hardest part. Today everything is different; there’s no action… have to wait around like everyone else. Can’t even get decent food — right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I’m an average nobody… get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.

 — Henry Hill ( Ray Liotta), Goodfellas (1990), screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese, based on Pileggi’s book

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is character’s breaking the 4th wall, suggested by Joshua James. Goodfellas suggested by DeafEars.

Trivia: The word “fuck” is used 296 times, for an average of 2.04 fucks per minute. About half of them are said by Joe Pesci.