Lorenzo Quotes in Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

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  • Lorenzo: Practice shooting, not drinking.

  • Lorenzo: Hi, sweet stuff. Good news.

    Taryn White: [disinterested, trying to get past him] Can't be good news, coming from you.

    Lorenzo: Pulled night duty.

    Taryn White: So?

    Lorenzo: [twirling keys] So, got the keys to heaven, baby.

    Taryn White: What?

    Lorenzo: The dispensary. I'm talking clean pharmaceutical high, a night at Club Meth.

    Taryn White: I don't do that shit.

    Lorenzo: [grabs Taryn's wrist exposing needle tracks on her arm] Yeah? What are those, beauty marks?

    Taryn White: Those are ancient history.

    Lorenzo: Oh, yeah? Well, if you're ever in the mood for a history lesson, I'm your teacher. Understand?

    Taryn White: Stay out of my face, or I'll go straight to Max.

    Lorenzo: Oh, yeah? Now who's going to take the word of a crazy junkie chick like you?

    Taryn White: Fuck off!

  • Ash Ketchum: It's all gone!

    Lorenzo: But I'm afraid it's coming back.

    Brock: Huh?

    Misty: What do you mean?

  • Lorenzo: [after getting waken up by the nun, getting discovered that he isn't deaf and mute] Ehmm... A miiiiiracle! I CAN SPEAK!

  • Count Dzerzhinsky: [when crossing their ways, as both are chasing after Gerbino] Where did he go?

    Lorenzo: Uhh... That way.

    [points at left]

    Count Dzerzhinsky: Okay, but wait! Who are you?

    Lorenzo: Lorenzo di Lamberti.

    Count Dzerzhinsky: Right! The robber on the road! I am Count Dzerzhins...

    Lorenzo: [runs away, annoyed] I know! I KNOW!

    Count Dzerzhinsky: [shouts after Lorenzo] FIRST SON!

    [pause]

    Count Dzerzhinsky: Only son, nine sisters!

    [runs after Lorenzo]

  • Lorenzo: [to Gerbino] You shit! We could smell you coming!

  • [first lines]

    Lorenzo: I love that dress.

    Lena: Of course you do, Lorenzo, you made it.

  • Lorenzo: Okay... there is another reason we invited you here.

    [attendants pop champagne corks]

    Eggi: And what is that, Mr. Green?

    Lorenzo: The criminalization of golf.

  • Lorenzo: The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.

  • Lorenzo: He's wrong, it don't take much strength to pull a trigger but try getting up every morning day after day and work for a living, let's see him try that, then we'll see who the real tough guy is, the working man is the tough guy, your father's the tough guy!

  • Sonny: First of all, I respect you, Lorenzo, you're a stand-up guy and we're from the same neighbourhood, but don't ever talk to me like that again. I tell yor kid to go to school, to go to college...

    Lorenzo: You don't understand: it's not what you say, it's what he sees, the clothes, the cars, the money, it's everything. He tried to throw away his baseball cards because he said Mickey Mantle will never pay the rent.

    Sonny: [laughs] He said that to you? I don't believe this kid.

    [They all laugh]

    Lorenzo: That's not funny. Not when your kid has a bigger bank account than you.

    Sonny: I offered you a job, you said "No" to me.

    Lorenzo: That's right, and I say "No" now. Just leave my son alone, please.

    Sonny: Hey!

    [Stands up]

    Sonny: Don't you see how I treat that kid? I treat him like he's my son.

    Lorenzo: He ain't your son, he's MY son.

    Sonny: He's what?

    Lorenzo: He's MY son!

    Sonny: Hey, get the fuck outta here!

    Lorenzo: [Shoved by the gangsters towards the door] I'm not afraid of you.

    Sonny: You should be.

    Lorenzo: I know who you are, Sonny, I know what you're capable of, and I would never step out of line, you can ask anyone in the neighbourhood who knows me. But this time, you're wrong. You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours.

    Sonny: What are you gonna do, fight me?

    Lorenzo: You stay away from my son!

    Sonny: Get outta here before I give you a fucking slap!

    Lorenzo: You just stay away from my son!

    Sonny: Go ahead!

    Lorenzo: I don't care who you are! You stay away from my son!

    [the gangsters force him out of the bar]

  • Lorenzo: Sometimes in the heat of passion, the little head tells the big head what to do, and the big head should think twice about what you are doing.

  • Lorenzo: [Coming to Calogero's defense against the angry gangsters] Calogero! Calogero!

    [to Sonny]

    Lorenzo: What happened to my son?

    Sonny: Drive your bus and get the fuck out of here!

    Lorenzo: I'll get my fucking bus!

    [Tries to hit Sonny, but the gangsters grab him]

    Lorenzo: You put your hands on me, I'll stick you in the fucking ground!

    [the gangsters punch Lorenzo in the stomach and knock him down]

    Sonny: Next time find out what's going on before you open your mouth.

  • Lorenzo: [about C] The other night he tried to throw away his baseball cards because he said Mickey Mantle would never pay our rent.

    Sonny: [laughs] He said that to you? I can't believe that kid.

    [They all start laughing]

    Lorenzo: That's not funny. Not when your kid has a bigger bank account than you do.

  • Lorenzo: You stay away from that bar. You don't see me going to the bar do you ?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: You mean Mom wont let you go either?

    Lorenzo: What am I gonna do with this kid ?

  • Calogero 'C' Anello: Mommy! Mommy! Look what I got! Some peaches... for... free.

    [he sees his parents about to confront him]

    Lorenzo: [showing C the wad of cash] What's this?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: What's what, Dad?

    Lorenzo: Where'd you get this? Your mother found it behind your drawer.

    Calogero 'C' Anello: It's my savings, Dad.

    Lorenzo: 600 dollars you've been saving? What'd you do, become a brain surgeon overnight, son?

    Rosina Anello: Tell your father where you got the money!

    Calogero 'C' Anello: I worked for it.

    Lorenzo: Doin' what?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: Things.

    Lorenzo: Things? Whadaya mean 'things'? What things?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: Things. Y'know, things.

    Lorenzo: Don't lie to me. Just tell the truth and I won't get upset.

    Calogero 'C' Anello: Promise?

    Lorenzo: I'm your father. Would I say it if I didn't mean it?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: I worked the crap games and the guys gave me tips.

    Rosina Anello: Crap games?

    Lorenzo: Crap games? What crap games?

    [C looks down]

    Lorenzo: What crap games? What tips?

    [still no answer]

    Lorenzo: WHAT CRAP GAMES?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: I thought you weren't gonna get upset, Dad.

    Lorenzo: I lied! Now tell me everything!

    Calogero 'C' Anello: I told you. I worked for Sonny and the guys gave me tips.

    Lorenzo: I knew it!

    Rosina Anello: Didn't we tell ya a thousand times not to go near that bar?

  • Lorenzo: [after Calogero looks at a whole lineup and doesn't identify the shooter] You satisfied, officer?

    Detective Vella: No, I'm not satisfied.

    Lorenzo: He don't know. He can't help you.

    Detective Vella: [cynically] Yeah, yeah, I know. Your son doesn't know anything. I know all about it.

    Lorenzo: He said no. He can't help you.

    Detective Vella: [annoyed] I'll tell ya what, take a walk. G'head. G'head.

  • Lorenzo: [hears knocking on the door] Who is it?

    Detective Belsik: POLICE. Is this the Anello residence?

    Lorenzo: Yeah, could I help ya?

    Detective Belsik: Look, we're detectives. We'd like to ask you some questions.

    Lorenzo: About what?

    Detective Belsik: Just open the door!

  • Detective Belsik: [walks into the Lorenzos'] I'm Detective Belsik.

    [points to Vella]

    Detective Belsik: This is my partner Detective Vella.

    Detective Belsik: [to Calogero] Hello, son.

    [to Mrs. Anello]

    Detective Belsik: How ya doin' ma'am?

    Detective Belsik: [turns to Lorenzo] We'd like to ask your son a few question.

    Lorenzo: About what?

    Detective Belsik: There was a shooting in front of the building a little while ago and we believe your son was there.

    Lorenzo: Really? Well, he don't know nothin' about that.

    Detective Belsik: Well, we feel he DOES. There were people who saw him.

    Lorenzo: Well, they're WRONG. He don't know nothin'.

    Detective Belsik: Listen, Mr. Anello, we could do things the nice way or we could do things the hard way. Alright? We could go down to headquarters...

    Lorenzo: I don't care what way you do it! He don't know nothin'!

    Calogero 'C' Anello: Daddy, I know everything.

    Lorenzo: Kids, ya know, sometimes they make believe they see things.

    Detective Vella: We didn't pick your name out of a hat. We know your son was down there. So, come on, let's go.

    Detective Belsik: [to Calogero] Son, listen. Here's what I'd like you to do for us. I'd like you to take a walk downstairs with us. And your father. We have some people down there. All I want you to do is pick out the person you saw with the gun in his hand. *That's* *it*. Do you think you could do that for us?

    Calogero 'C' Anello: [thinks about it, looks at his father] Yeah.

  • Lorenzo: Mike, are you sure you wanna go this way? I mean we buried this a long time ago.

    Michael: You still sleep with the light on?

  • Lorenzo: [after handing Detective Davenport surveillance photos and proof that Adam Styler's a crooked cop] So, you got enough for conviction?

    Detective: That ain't up to me. That's up to a jury.

    Lorenzo: [hands Davenport a gun in a plastic bag] Show the jury this.

    Detective: What do you got there, Ness?

    Lorenzo: About 3 weeks ago, the body of a drug dealer named Indian Red Lopez was found in an alley in Jackson Heights. Three bullets in his head, nothing in his pockets.

    Detective: I'm with you so far.

    Lorenzo: This is the gun that killed him, and these are the shells.

    Detective: What's behind door number 3?

    Lorenzo: The prints on the gun belong to Adam Styler.

    Detective: Hey, do me a favor, would you?

    Lorenzo: What's that?

    Detective: If I ever make it onto your shit list, give me a call. Give me a chance to apologize.

  • Michael: You read the Count of Monte Cristo lately?

    Lorenzo: I dunno, 10 years ago

    Michael: I read a little bit every night. I read words like revenge, sweet, lasting revenge.

  • Lorenzo: [narrating about Father Bobby] I told him about the torture, the beating and the rapes. I told him about four frightened boys who prayed to Father Bobby's God for help that never came. I told him everything.

  • Lorenzo: A number of the inmates, as tough as they acted during the day, would often cry themself to sleep at night. There were other cries, too. Diffrent from those full with fear and lonelyness. They were low and muffled, the sounds of pain and anguish.Those cries can change the course of a life. They are cries that once heard, can never be erased from the memory. On this one night those cries belonged to my friend John, when guard Ferguson paid him a visit.

  • Lorenzo: [narrating] Hell's Kitchen was a place of innocence ruled by corruption.

  • [voice over]

    Lorenzo: Young protesters spoke about how they'd change our lives and fix the world. But while they shouted their slogans, my friends and I went to the funeral services of the young men of Hell's Kitchen who came back from Vietnam in body bags.

  • John: One down, Shakes, one down.

    Lorenzo: One what?

    Tommy: One Sean Nokes.

  • Lorenzo: I didn't know you like pigeons so much.

    King Benny: I like anything that don't talk.

  • [first lines]

    Lorenzo: This is a true story about friendship that runs deeper than blood. This is my story and that of the only three friends in my life that truely mattered. Two of them were killers who never made it past the age of 30. The other's a non-practicing attorney living with the pain of his past - too afraid to let it go, never confronting its horror. I'm the only one who can speak for them, and the children we were.

  • Lorenzo: There are no clear pictures of the sexual abuse we endured. I buried it as deep as it can possibly go.

  • Lorenzo: The plan, as it turned out, was as simple and as dumb as anything we'd ever done.

  • [last lines]

    Lorenzo: The future lay sparkling ahead, and we thought we would know each other forever.

  • Lorenzo: The temperature topped out at ninety-eight degrees the day our lives were forever altered.

  • Carol: The man I know is not the boy you remember.

    Lorenzo: None of us are.

  • [voice over]

    Lorenzo: Most priests like to preach from the pulpit. Father Bobby liked to talk during the bump and shove of a pick-up game.

  • Michael: You gotta get me one for our side.

    Lorenzo: One what?

    Michael: One witness. A witness who'll put John and Tommy somewhere else on the night of the murder. A witness they can't touch

    Lorenzo: Don't they got a name for that?

    Michael: A judge would call it perjury.

    Lorenzo: I see, and what are we calling it?

    Michael: A favor.

  • Father Bobby: What about the life that was taken, Shakes? What's that worth?

    Lorenzo: To me? Nothing.

  • Lorenzo: Michael was the most sexually experienced of us, which means he had kissed a girl on more than two occasions.

  • Lorenzo: I couldn't look at him. He might look right through the fear and the shame, right through to the truth.

  • Lorenzo: Do you love him?

    Carol: I don't think about it, Shakes. If I did, I'd say yes.

  • Detective: Where'd you get this evidence?

    Lorenzo: It fell into my lap.

  • Lorenzo: In truth we were all surprised in Michael's action. But in his mind losing that game and handing a feeling of victory was more important to a girl in a wheelchair was more then the right thing to do.

  • [Shakes is about to see Father Bobby]

    Lorenzo: [narrating] Nokes warned us not to say anything to Father Bobby. If we did, the reprisals would be severe.

  • Lorenzo: [after handing Detective Davenport surveillance photos and proof that Adam Styler's a crooked cop] So, you got enough for conviction?

    Detective: That ain't up to me. That's up to a jury.

    Lorenzo: [Hands Davenport a gun in a plastic bag] Show the jury this.

    Detective: What do you got there, Ness?

    Lorenzo: About 3 weeks ago, the body of a drug dealer named Indian Red Lopez was found in an alley in Jackson Heights. Three bullets in his head, nothing in his pockets.

    Detective: I'm with you so far.

    Lorenzo: This is the gun that killed him, and these are the shells.

    Detective: What's behind door number 3?

    Lorenzo: The prints on the gun belong to Adam Styler.

    Detective: Hey, do me a favor, would you?

    Lorenzo: What's that?

    Detective: If I ever make it onto your shit list, give me a call. Give me a chance to apologize.

  • Walt: You know what women are like.

    Lorenzo: Well we did, Brother Walt.

  • Lucía: Which do you prefer? Wild sex with a stranger? Or sex with someone you know, someone you love, but also wild?

    Lorenzo: What?

    Lucía: You have to choose. Wild sex with a stranger, or wild sex with someone who's crazy about you, and who you love? Go ahead. Be frank.

    Lorenzo: With you.

    Lucía: Finally...

  • Lorenzo: The first advantage is at the end of the story. It doesn't finish, it falls in a hole. And the story starts again halfway. The other advantage, and the biggest, is that you can change course along the way... If you let me. If you give me time.

    Elena: All the time you want.

  • Olivia: [Olivia trying different hats on Lorenzo, left by Countess Nunziante in storage] Let me see this one. You know, I was doing photography a while ago. And video art. I even had some exhibitions. I won an important award when I was 18. It's true. I went to Los Angeles.

    Lorenzo: Yeah, right.

    Olivia: I did. But then I got messed up with dope and I stopped. The pictured that you saw are part of a series called 'I am the Wall'.

    Lorenzo: What wall?

    Olivia: It's a metaphor. Basically it's me becoming that wall, and entering the wallpaper, the plaster.

    Lorenzo: Like a lizard.

    Olivia: No, not like a lizard. In fact, I wanted to dematerialise. Me and you, if we didn't have our own point of view, we'd be the same, right? Without a point of view, we'd stop fighting each other, and accept reality for what it is, without judging it. Like... do you know Buddhism?

    Lorenzo: But your not a Buddhist.

    Olivia: Aren't I?

    Lorenzo: No, you're always angry.

    Olivia: It's not easy being a Buddhist. Besides, it's drugs that made me nasty. Before, I could pass through walls.

    Lorenzo: Yeah, right.

    Olivia: It's true. Do you like this dress?

    Lorenzo: It's beautiful.

    Olivia: Do you want me to put on a different one? Countess Nunziante was my size.

    Lorenzo: All right.

    Olivia: Ok.

  • Lorenzo: Who are you texting?

    Olivia: My friend with the horses. Trying to set up a meeting for tomorrow. Know a nice bar where he can come and pick me up?

    Lorenzo: Bar Aphrodite, in Piazza Verdi. They make good sandwiches. Is he your boyfriend?

    Olivia: No, I had an affair with him, but he was with someone else when we met.

    Lorenzo: Did he leave her for you?

    Olivia: No, he cheated on her with me. After we met, we couldn't live without each other. But two months later be went back to her.

    Lorenzo: Were you upset?

    Olivia: A little, but I understand. No one breaks up for a junkie, obviously. But two weeks ago he sent me a message. He said he'd made up his mind, and wants to get back with me, if I kick the habit.

    Lorenzo: Mmm... What's he like?

    Olivia: Tall, curly hair, green eyes. He's a graphic designer in Rome. But he wants to quite everything and move to the country with me.

    Lorenzo: Where?

    Olivia: In Maremma. One of his relatives owns a farm. Maybe we could work there. It'll be a change of air. I've been on drugs for so long, I can't imagine how it is being around a normal person.

    Lorenzo: Why?

    Olivia: Because nothing touches you when you're high. You don't feel anything. Nobody can hurt you when you're high.

    Lorenzo: Isn't that cool?

    Olivia: No, because you're indifferent. And indifference is not a good thing. You become cold and nasty. Like me!

  • Lorenzo: Are you asleep?

    Olivia: No.

    Lorenzo: Promise me something?

    Olivia: What?

    Lorenzo: That you'll never take drugs again.

    Olivia: I swear. And will you promise me something?

    Lorenzo: Yes.

    Olivia: Stop hiding. Shit, you're growing up now. Get a life. If you take a blow once in while, it's no bid deal. Look at me, I'm covered in bruises.

    Lorenzo: But you have nine lives like a cat.

    Olivia: Do you promise?

    Lorenzo: Yes.

    Olivia: It's late. let's get some sleep.

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