Casino Quotes
Ace Rothstein: [narrating] Well, it wasn't long before what I was afraid was gonna happened, happen. Nicky managed to get himself banned from every casino in Las Vegas, and from then on i couldn't be seen anywhere near him.
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Ace Rothstein: [voice-over] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
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Nicky Santoro: I'm what counts out here. Not your ****in' country clubs or your ****in' TV shows. And what the **** are you doin' on TV anyhow?
Ace Rothstein: What are you...
Nicky Santoro: You know I get calls from back home every ****in' day? They think that you went bat****.
Ace Rothstein: I'm only TV because I gotta be able to hang around the casino. You understand that. You know that. Come on.
Nicky Santoro: Your ****in' ass. You could have done the food and beverage job without goin' on television. You wanted to go on TV.
Ace Rothstein: Yeah, I did want to go on TV. That way I have a forum. I can fight back. I'm known. They know they can't **** around with me like they could if I was an unknown. That's right.
Nicky Santoro: You're makin' a big ****in' spectacle of yourself.
Ace Rothstein: What are you...
Nicky Santoro: You know I get calls from back home every ****in' day? They think that you went bat****.
Ace Rothstein: I'm only TV because I gotta be able to hang around the casino. You understand that. You know that. Come on.
Nicky Santoro: Your ****in' ass. You could have done the food and beverage job without goin' on television. You wanted to go on TV.
Ace Rothstein: Yeah, I did want to go on TV. That way I have a forum. I can fight back. I'm known. They know they can't **** around with me like they could if I was an unknown. That's right.
Nicky Santoro: You're makin' a big ****in' spectacle of yourself.
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Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] Nicky's methods of betting weren't scientific, but they worked. When he won, he collected. When he lost, he told the bookies to go fuck themselves. I mean, what were they going to do, muscle Nicky? Nicky was the muscle.
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Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] In Vegas, everybody's gotta watch everybody else. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. The box men are watching the dealers. The floor men are watching the box men. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. I'm watching the casino manager. And the eye-in-the-sky is watching us all.
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[ first lines ]
Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had.
Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point? And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had.
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Nicky Santoro : Listen to me Anthony. I got your head in a fuckin' vise. I'll squash your head like a fuckin' grapefruit if you don't give me a name. Don't make me have to do this, please. Don't make me be a bad guy, come on.
Tony Dogs : Fuck you.
Nicky Santoro : This motherfucker, you believe this? Two fucking days and nights! Fuck me? *Fuck me?* You motherfucker! [ turning the crank ]
Nicky Santoro : Fuck my mother? That's what you fucking tell me? You motherfucker you!
Tony Dogs : Fuck you.
Nicky Santoro : This motherfucker, you believe this? Two fucking days and nights! Fuck me? *Fuck me?* You motherfucker! [ turning the crank ]
Nicky Santoro : Fuck my mother? That's what you fucking tell me? You motherfucker you!
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Nicky Santoro : [ voice-over ] A lot of holes in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you're talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who's gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all fuckin' night.
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Ace Rothstein : You guys have to be kidding, adjourned? What do you mean adjoured? Mr. Chairman, Senator. You promised me a hearing, you won't allow me a hearing? You didn't even look at the FBI reports. When you were my guest, Mr. Chairman, Senator, at the Tangiers hotel, did you not promise me that I would have a fair hearing?
Senator : I was never... I was never your guest at the Tangiers...
Ace Rothstein : You were never my guest?
Senator : ...that's right.
Ace Rothstein : I never comped you? I don't comp you at least 2 or 3 times a month? At the Tangiers?
Senator : I... I'd like to answer that at this time, Mr. Rothstein is being very typical to this point. He's lying. The only time I was at the Tangiers was when I had dinner with Barney Greenstein.
Ace Rothstein : Was I at that dinner? Tell me, was I at that dinner?
Senator : You were wandering.
Ace Rothstein : Was I at that dinner? Was I?
Senator : You were wandering around. You were in the... you were in the building.
Ace Rothstein : I was in the building? You know damn well I was at that dinner, and you swore to me I would have a fair hearing. Did you not? Did you not? Well, tell me I was at least at the dinner. Allow me that much. Give me that much at least!
Senator : Yes, you were.
Ace Rothstein : Yeah. Thanks for not calling me a liar. You son of a bitch.
Senator : I was never... I was never your guest at the Tangiers...
Ace Rothstein : You were never my guest?
Senator : ...that's right.
Ace Rothstein : I never comped you? I don't comp you at least 2 or 3 times a month? At the Tangiers?
Senator : I... I'd like to answer that at this time, Mr. Rothstein is being very typical to this point. He's lying. The only time I was at the Tangiers was when I had dinner with Barney Greenstein.
Ace Rothstein : Was I at that dinner? Tell me, was I at that dinner?
Senator : You were wandering.
Ace Rothstein : Was I at that dinner? Was I?
Senator : You were wandering around. You were in the... you were in the building.
Ace Rothstein : I was in the building? You know damn well I was at that dinner, and you swore to me I would have a fair hearing. Did you not? Did you not? Well, tell me I was at least at the dinner. Allow me that much. Give me that much at least!
Senator : Yes, you were.
Ace Rothstein : Yeah. Thanks for not calling me a liar. You son of a bitch.
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Flirting Executive : Hello Mrs. Rothstein, how are you? [ kisses her hand ]
Flirting Executive : You're one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen, you're a lucky man Mr. Rothstein.
Ace Rothstein : [ hesitant ] Thank you, thanks for that compliment.
Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] He was a young kid from the casino. Nice kid, bright boy. What balls on this fuckin' kid. The next day I fired him.
Flirting Executive : You're one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen, you're a lucky man Mr. Rothstein.
Ace Rothstein : [ hesitant ] Thank you, thanks for that compliment.
Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] He was a young kid from the casino. Nice kid, bright boy. What balls on this fuckin' kid. The next day I fired him.
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Nicky Santoro : [ voice-over ] When it looked like they could get twenty-five years to life in prison just for skimming a casino, sick or no fuckin' sick you knew people were going to get clipped.
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Nicky Santoro : [ about beating Tony Dogs to get information out of him ] You better hope he gives me a fuckin' name soon, or I'm gonna give him yours, Frank.
Frank Marino : Yeah, thanks a lot.
Nicky Santoro : I know you woulda ratted by now.
Frank Marino : Yeah, thanks a lot.
Nicky Santoro : I know you woulda ratted by now.
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Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose, and in the end, we get it all.
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Nicky Santoro : I think in all fairness, I should explain to you exactly what it is that I do. For instance tomorrow morning I'll get up nice and early, take a walk down over to the bank and... walk in and see and, uh... if you don't have my money for me, I'll... crack your fuckin' head wide-open in front of everybody in the bank. And just about the time that I'm comin' out of jail, hopefully, you'll be coming out of your coma. And guess what? I'll split your fuckin' head open again. 'Cause I'm fuckin' stupid. I don't give a fuck about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
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Billy Sherbert : [ to the winner ] That's a lot of money to be counting out in public.
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Ace Rothstein : [ Don is dismissed from the casino ] Listen, if you didn't know you're bein' scammed, you're too fuckin' dumb to keep this job. If you did know, you were in on it. Either way, you're out. Get out! Go on. Let's go.
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[ a cowboy has his sock-feet on a table in the casino ]
Ace Rothstein : [ to Sherbert ] I don't give a shit who he's connected to. Tell him to take his fuckin' feet off the table. What's he think this is, a goddamn sawdust joint?
Ace Rothstein : [ to Sherbert ] I don't give a shit who he's connected to. Tell him to take his fuckin' feet off the table. What's he think this is, a goddamn sawdust joint?
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Ace Rothstein : [ talking about Don ] The guy is history as far as I'm concerned. History.
Phillip Green : You can't just fire him. Webb's his brother-in-law. He's County Commissioner.
Ace Rothstein : So what? Everybody out here with cowboy boots is a fuckin' county commissioner or related to a county commissioner. I'm fuckin' sick of it.
Phillip Green : You can't just fire him. Webb's his brother-in-law. He's County Commissioner.
Ace Rothstein : So what? Everybody out here with cowboy boots is a fuckin' county commissioner or related to a county commissioner. I'm fuckin' sick of it.
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Vinny Forlano : He won't talk. Stone is a good kid. Stand-up guy, just like his old man. That's the way I see it.
Vincent Borelli : I agree. He's solid. A fuckin' Marine.
Americo Capelli : He's okay. He always was. Remo, what do you think?
Remo Gaggi : Look... why take a chance? At least, that's the way I feel about it.
Vincent Borelli : I agree. He's solid. A fuckin' Marine.
Americo Capelli : He's okay. He always was. Remo, what do you think?
Remo Gaggi : Look... why take a chance? At least, that's the way I feel about it.
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Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] The bombing was never authorized, but I suspect I know who lit the fuse. And so did the powers that be.
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Ace Rothstein : [ voice-over ] No matter how big a guy might be, Nicky would take him on. You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead.
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[ Describing Kansas City family underboss Piscano ]
Nicky Santoro : This guy could fuck up a cup of coffee.
Nicky Santoro : This guy could fuck up a cup of coffee.
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Nicky Santoro : [ to Ace ] Get this through your head you Jew motherfucker, you! You only exist out here because of me! That's the only reason! Without *me*, you, personally, every fuckin' wise guy skell around'll take a piece of your fuckin' Jew ass! Then where you gonna go? You're fuckin' warned! Don't ever go over my fuckin' head again! You motherfucker, you.
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