Don Antonio Scagnelli Quotes in American Me (1992)

J.D.: We appreciate you've taken a time to talk to us.

Don Antonio Scagnelli: What can I do for you?

J.D.: It's gonna be some changes in the way business is done in East L.A. From now on our people are gonna be responsible for the East L.A. exchange. All deliveries between Mexico and exchange are gonna be done through us, all collections are gonna be done by us.

Don Antonio Scagnelli: Is that what you came here for? To tell me my business?

J.D.: From now on your business in the barrio is gonna be our business too.

Montoya Santana: [Approaches to Don Scagnelli] Let me explain something. For you, for us, for anybody who does business, things happen. And you or your family, your friend can end up doing time. Someone on the line would have to deal with that fact. Now you run the distribution on the outside, we run on the inside. Our offer is this we guarantee your people no problems in the inside.

Don Antonio Scagnelli: You listen to me. I don't know who you think you are, but if anything and I mean anything happens to my son's stay, uncomfortable with over the years, you'll regret the day when you make that choice.