The Best Michael V. Gazzo Quotes

Frank: I don't - I never knew no godfather. I got my own family, senator.

Michael: C'mon Frankie... my father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth.
Frank: Your father did business with Hyman Roth, he respected Hyman Roth... but he never *trusted* Hyman Roth!

Frank: Hey, what's with the food around here? A kid comes up to me in a white jacket, gives me a Ritz cracker, and uh, chopped liver, he says, 'Canapes'. I said, uh, 'can of peas, my ass, that's a Ritz cracker and chopped liver!'

Tom: When a plot against the Emperor failed... the plotters were always given a chance... to let their families keep their fortunes. Right?
Frank: Yeah, but only the rich guys, Tom. The little guys got knocked off and all their estates went to the Emperors. Unless they went home and killed themselves, then nothing happened. And the families... the families were taken care of.
Tom: That was a good break. A nice deal.
Frank: Yeah... They went home... and sat in a hot bath... opened up their veins... and bled to death... and sometimes they had a little party before they did it.

Michael: [discussing the incident regarding the two unknown gunmen who fired through Michael's bedroom window earlier] You heard what happened in my home?
Frank: Mike, I almost died myself. We was all so relieved...
Michael: [interrupts] In my HOME! IN MY BEDROOM WHERE MY WIFE SLEEPS! Where my children come and play with their toys. In my home.

Joel: Lieutenant Kojak.
[said as a greeting, right after hanging up on a distressed phone call, the end of which Kojak has eavesdropped as he's making this unannounced visit to Adrian's business, one of his mid-city parking lots]
Lt. Theo Kojak: Problems?
Joel: Problems?
[then a forced, phony laugh]
Joel: . How can a man who owns parking lots in this town have a problem? You drive an automobile; you gotta get out of it.
[a rhetorical question next]
Joel: Now, can you imagine the absurdity of paying two, three, five dollars - for the privilege of getting out of your own automobile?