John Connolly Quotes in Black Mass (2015)

Whitey Bulger: Morris... me and you gotta have a sit dowm about something... what the fuck did you marinate this steak in 'cause it's outta this world! You're killin' me with this.

John Morris: Ah, ah, ah... that's a family secret!

Whitey Bulger: [Jokingly] I gotta knife here. Ah, c'mon, you can do it. What's the secret family recipe? C'mon, what's the secret?

John Morris: It's ground garlic and a little bit of soy.

Whitey Bulger: That's it?

John Morris: Yup.

Whitey Bulger: I thought you said it was a family secret.

John Morris: It's a recipe.

Whitey Bulger: No... no. You said this was a family secret and you gave it to me *boom* just like fuckin' that. You spill the secret family recipe today, maybe you fuckin' spill a lil' somethin' about me tomorrow. Am I right in assuming that?

John Morris: [Looking to Connolly] I...

Whitey Bulger: Don't look to John... he can't fuckin help you.

John Morris: I was just sayin...

Whitey Bulger: Oh you were just sayin'? Just sayin' get people sent to Allenwood. Just sayin' got me a nine year stretch in Levinworth and Alcatraz, do you understand? So... just sayin' can get you buried real fuckin' quick.

[laughs Maniacally]

Whitey Bulger: Look at his fuckin' face! Hey! I'm just fuckin' with you. It's a fuckin' recipe! Couldn't give a shit! Tastes great, I'm fuckin' with you.

John Connolly: [laughing nervously] Yeah, well... you got me too. I'd like make a toast...

[raises his glass]

John Connolly: ... to success.

John Morris: To sucess...

Whitey Bulger: [Clinging his cup against theirs] Just gettin' started.

Fred Wyshak: How come no one has nailed Whitey Bulger? He seems to be involved in every crime in the city, and yet the Bureau keeps saying he's clean!

John Connolly: Well, what's Bulger done?

Fred Wyshak: What's he done? Everything!

John Connolly: Like it or not, Marriane, you married a street kid. And the streets taught me that you give and you get loyalty from your friends. And loyalty means a lot to me.

John Connolly: I'm not asking you to help me. I'm asking you to help your brother.

Billy Bulger: That's the same thing now, isn't it?

John Connolly: Thank God for Whitey Bulger

[from trailer]

John Connolly: Bulger's playing us, making a fool of the Bureau. We're in too deep, and he knows it! God help us all.

John Connolly: I've known him since forever!

Marianne Connolly: And you certainly hold your boyhood heroes in high regard. 'Jimmy' this, 'Jimmy' that...

John Connolly: He was very good to me when I was little, Marianne, that's all you need to know.

Marianne Connolly: [sarcastically] How was he good to you, John? Did he take you trick-or-treating?

John Connolly: Jimmy's no ordinary criminal.

FBI Agent Charles McGuire: Well, you're right about that.

[reading from dossier]

FBI Agent Charles McGuire: "A vicious animal who won't take no for an answer." "Violent decisiveness at any hint of betrayal." Oh! "A ripened psychopath determined to succeed above all else."