Big Apple Movie Quotes

"There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them." Narrator: The Naked City (1948)

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." Michael Corleone: The Godfather (1972)

"I make him an offer he don't refuse." Vito Corleone: The Godfather: Part II (1974)

"Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you." Terry Malloy: On The Waterfront (1954)

"I want you to go to the window, open it, stick your head out and yell: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

Howard Beale: Network (1976)

You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who do you think you're talking to? Oh yeah? Huh? Ok.

Travis Bickle: Taxi Driver (1976)

"We're the CIA, something always goes wrong." Sharon Bridger: The Siege (1998)

"As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." Henry Hill: Goodfellas (1990)

"Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime." Rupert Pupkin: The King Of Comedy (1983)

"A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Closing. Always be closing, always be closing." Blake: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

"Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here." Alvy Singer: Annie Hall (1977)

"Please baby, please baby, please baby, baby baby please!"

Mars Blackmon: She's Gotta Have It (1986)

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