The Irishman (2019)

Robert De Niro: Frank Sheeran

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• Jimmy Hoffa : Who's gonna be there?

  Frank Sheeran : Everybody.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony, and Tony, huh?

• FBI Agent #1 : He's dead.

  Frank Sheeran : Who's dead?

  FBI Agent #1 : Your attorney, Mr. Rogano.

  Frank Sheeran : He's dead?

  FBI Agent #1 : Yeah.

  Frank Sheeran : Who did it?

  FBI Agent #2 : Cancer

• Frank Sheeran : What kind of man makes a call like that...

• Frank Sheeran : Hello?

  Jimmy Hoffa : Is that Frank?

  Frank Sheeran : Yes.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Hiya, Frank. This is Jimmy Hoffa.

  Frank Sheeran : Yeah, yeah. Glad to meet you.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Well, glad to meet you, too, even if it's over the phone. I heard you paint houses.

  Frank Sheeran : Yes. Yes, sir, I... I do. And I do my own carpentry.

• Jimmy Hoffa : You wanna be a part of this fight?

  Frank Sheeran : Yes, I do, sir.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Would you like to be a part of this history?

  Frank Sheeran : Yes, I would. Whatever you need me to do, I'm available.

• Jimmy Hoffa : Who said it?

  Frank Sheeran : Don't matter who said it.

  Jimmy Hoffa : It matters. Was it Russell?

  Frank Sheeran : No.

  Jimmy Hoffa : No. Of course it's not Russell. And the little cocksucker from the Miami fiasco? No? Not him? No? Then who?

  Frank Sheeran : I'm gonna tell you. Tony.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Tony? Which Tony? They're all named Tony. I mean, what's the matter with Italians that they can only think of one name?

  Frank Sheeran : The other Tony.

  Jimmy Hoffa : What Tony?

• Frank Sheeran : Nowadays, young people, they don't know who Jimmy Hoffa was. They don't have a clue. I mean, maybe they know that he disappeared or something, but that's about it. But back then, there wasn't nobody in this country who didn't know who Jimmy Hoffa was.

• Whispers DiTullio : To tell you the truth, I'm a little concerned.

  Frank Sheeran : [narrating]  Whenever anybody says they're a little concerned, they're very concerned.

  Whispers DiTullio : As a matter of fact, I'm really more than a little concerned.

  Frank Sheeran : [narrating]  And when they say they're more than a little concerned, they're desperate.

• Angelo Bruno : You know who owns the Cadillac Linen Service?

  Frank Sheeran : Some Jews in the laundry business. That's what they told me.

  Angelo Bruno : They own a part of it. Somebody else got an interest in that. You know who?

  Frank Sheeran : No.

  Angelo Bruno : I do.

  Frank Sheeran : Who?

  Angelo Bruno : No, I do. I own the other part. Not I know somebody who owns the other part.

• [first lines] 

  Frank Sheeran : [narrating]  When I was young, I thought house painters painted houses. What did I know? I was a working guy. A business agent for Teamster Local 107 out of South Philly.

  Frank Sheeran : One of a thousand working stiffs... until I wasn't no more. And then I started painting houses... myself.

• [watching news of the Hoffa disappearance] 

  Frank Sheeran : I should call Jo.

  Irene Sheeran : You haven't called Jo yet?

  [Frank shakes his head] 

  Older Peggy Sheeran : Why?

  Frank Sheeran : What?

  Older Peggy Sheeran : Why?

  Frank Sheeran : Why what?

  Older Peggy Sheeran : Why haven't you called Jo?

• Jimmy Hoffa : Where are you going?

  Frank Sheeran : What do you mean where am I going? I fucking quit, that's where I'm going!

  Jimmy Hoffa : What are you quitting for?

  Frank Sheeran : You gonna call me a motherfucker? If you can talk to them like that, you can't talk to me like that!

  Jimmy Hoffa : No! That didn't apply to you!

  Frank Sheeran : It didn't apply?

  Jimmy Hoffa : No!

  Frank Sheeran : You got a let me know it didn't apply to me. I'm standing right there...

  Jimmy Hoffa : I didn't even see you standing there!

  Frank Sheeran : I was standing right there, Jimmy, what are you talking about?

  Jimmy Hoffa : But it didn't apply to you! What else can I say?

  Frank Sheeran : You... you... you got a problem, you pull me aside, you don't insult me and then you say it didn't apply to me!

  Jimmy Hoffa : How am I going to pull you aside? I didn't even see you there!

• Russell Bufalino : He likes to talk, don't he?

  Frank Sheeran : I felt like I was talking to General Patton.

• Frank Sheeran : [about his boss to be]  I thought maybe he owned the gas station. 'Cause he owned something, you could tell. Yeah, it turns out he owned the whole road.

• Jimmy Hoffa : Then who?

  Frank Sheeran : I'm gonna tell you. Tony.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Tony. Which Tony? They're all named Tony. I mean, what's the matter? Italians, they can only think of one name.

• Jimmy Hoffa : In a war, you go from point A to point B. Sometimes, you spill a little beer along the way. That philosophy make sense to you?

  Frank Sheeran : Sure does.

• [from trailer, Frank sits in front of lawyer Bill Buffalino's desk] 

  Bill Bufalino : Frank... Sheeran. Isn't that right?

  Frank Sheeran : Yeah, you said it right.

  Bill Bufalino : Uh, under the contract, management can only fire a driver under very specific charges. So, you ever show up late?

  Frank Sheeran : No.

  Bill Bufalino : You have any moving violations?

  Frank Sheeran : No.

  Bill Bufalino : Do you drink on the job?

  Frank Sheeran : No.

  Bill Bufalino : You ever hit anybody?

  Frank Sheeran : ...On the job?

  Bill Bufalino : Yeah.

  Frank Sheeran : I don't think so.

  Bill Bufalino : Alright, then, we have nothing to worry about.

  [Frank smiles. Bill taps his pen and looks at Frank in silence] 

  Bill Bufalino : You know, I don't, uh... I don't care whether you did it or not. That makes no difference to me.

  Frank Sheeran : Yeah, I know.

  Bill Bufalino : I'm here to defend you. Right?

  Frank Sheeran : Right.

  [Bill keeps eyeing Frank] 

  Frank Sheeran : Whaddaya wanna know? You wanna know if I did it or not?

  [they both laugh] 

• Jimmy Hoffa : You got your friend with you?

  Frank Sheeran : [reveals his gun]  Right here.

  Jimmy Hoffa : Good.

• Frank Sheeran : [about the old country]  They talked about it all the time. She came from mob royalty, if you want to call it that. To them, it was like they came over on the... the Italian Mayflower.

• Frank Sheeran : Three people can keep a secret only when two of them are dead.

• Frank Sheeran : Sometimes with something like this, you might want to go to the bathroom first. It gives you a chance to make sure no followed you in. It also gives you a chance to make sure nobody's in the bathroom you have to worry about. It also gives you a chance to go to the bathroom.

• Frank Sheeran : [narrating]  Russell had a piece of everything. He had this store in Pittston called Penn Drape & Curtains. And he ran everything out of there. Who knew what it all was? I mean, I'm sure the man had partners. They always have partners. Nobody keeps all the money. But everybody listened to Russ. That I can tell you. You wanted to bribe a judge, you asked Russell. You didn't know how much to bribe him, Russell was gonna tell you. You wanna promote one of your guys, Russ would tell you you could or you could not. You wanna make somebody disappear, you gotta get Russell's permission. You know, no two ways about it. And when you did something for Russ, you did it yourself. Like Russ used to say...

  Russell Bufalino : [cuts to Russell, explaining straight to the camera]  When I ask somebody to take care of something for me, I expect them to take care of it themselves. I don't need two roads coming back to me.

• Russell Bufalino : Listen, Frank. Things have gotten out of hand with our friend again. And some people are having serious problems with him. And it's at a point where you're gonna have to talk to him and tell him: It's what it is.

  Frank Sheeran : What it is.

  Russell Bufalino : Yeah it's what they want. It's where it's gotten. You're close to him. Maybe he'll listen to you.

  Frank Sheeran : You know, I talk to him. He's a tough guy to talk to, you know that.

  Russell Bufalino : He has no choice. He has no choice. He's in the higher ups.

  Frank Sheeran : Well he's in the higher ups too.

  Russell Bufalino : Not like this. Come on Frank, you know.

  Russell Bufalino : [leans in]  If they can whack a president, they can whack the president of a union. You know it and I know it.

  Frank Sheeran : [sighs]  You know I talk to this guy. I talk to him and talk to him. But he's gotta listen now. He's... a fuckin' knucklehead.

• Jimmy Hoffa : I like to talk. That's what I am. That's who I am. And that's what I'm gonna do.

  Fat Tony Salerno : [in the next scene]  He said that?

  Frank Sheeran : In so many words...