Men of Respect (1990)

Stanley Tucci: Mal

Quotes 

• Don : Listen, Battaglia sends word through cousin Sally. He wants to know what we'll do. He wants to sit down and talk. What do you want to do? You want to sit with him?

  Mal : No. We're not sitting down with nobody. There's a gun behind every smile here. I got some tickets. I want you to take Susan to Toronto, and I'm gonna take Ma to Miami, okay? I think we're better off going separate till we find out what went on here.

  Don : No, I don't know, Mal. Doesn't sound like the right thing to do. I mean, we just walk away from everything Pop set up?

  Mal : So, what do you want to do? You want to stay here? You might as well jump into the grave with him. Trust me. Look at that. They got him crowned already.

• Charlie D'Amico : We are a fraternity of great honor. And we welcome only men of strength, courage and loyalty. Men of respect. Our way comes before anything else in life. Before God, before country, before family. You have sworn an oath, and we have embraced you. You have obeyed our laws without question and you have guarded the secrets of our thing. And you have shown respect and loyalty no less than a son. You are the fruit of our enterprise and you have earned yourself a very special place in our thing. Draw the blood. Buona salute. Capo regime.

  Mal : [raising his glass]  Battaglia!

• Mal : Mike, what the fuck is going on?

  Mike Battaglia : They hit your father!

  Mal : What? What are you talking about? Who?

  Mike Battaglia : Who? Rossi who! Ray and Jamesy! They must've gone over to Rossi! There's blood on my walls! The fucking bastards!

  Mal : [as Mike raises his gun to quickly kill Ray and Jamesy in order to frame them]  Don't, Mikey! Mikey! Stop! Mike, no! Don't kill him! Take him alive, no, Mikey, you fuck! Who sent them? Who sent them? Tell me! Tell me! Or I'll kill your whole fucking family! Tell me, you fuck! Tell me. Tell me. Tell me, you fuck. Tell me!

  Mike Battaglia : Sally, get that garbage out of here. The other prick, too.

  Sal : Sammy, Ralphie, Benny, get them out of here.

• Matt Duffy : I'm prepared to renew and honor my commitment to your father, and to repair our previous arrangement. Nothing more, nothing less.

  Mal : That's very generous. Alla tua salute.

  Carmelo Rossi : What about the wet work, Matt?

  Matt Duffy : I'll provide the muscle. Until Mal and Don deal with any stragglers in this thing and everybody has declared themselves. Then I expect the burden to be shared equally by all. But I demand one concession: Battaglia is mine. Not a drop of blood, not a hair on his head, not a scratch until I bring myself there and he stands in front of me.

  Carmelo Rossi : Matt, this could be a very messy business. People get carried away.

  Matt Duffy : Not a drop of blood. Not a scratch. That's to be made clear to all concerned.

  Mal : Agreed.