Salvatore "Sal" Boca Quotes in The French Connection (1971)

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Weinstock, I'm telling you, they'll split if we don't move! This guy's got 'em like that, he's everything they say he is!

Joel Weinstock: What about you, Sal? Are you everything they say YOU are?

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Look, I'm telling you, I'll take the deal somewhere else.

Joel Weinstock: So let him take sixty kilos of heroin somewhere else and find out how easy it is to put together half a million in cash. You won't find there's any hurry to do this kind of business.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: The stuff is here! We can make the switch in an hour! Look Weinstock, I'm telling you they'll split if we don't move. This guy's got them like that, he's everything they say he is!

Joel Weinstock: What about you, Sal? Are you everything they say YOU are?

Angie Boca: [Wiretapped phone conversation] Where are you?

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Taking care of business.

Angie Boca: What do you mean taking care of business? It's after midnight.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: You know, I had to meet some people.

Angie Boca: Get back here now. And bring a pizza with you.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Where am I gonna get a pizza this time of night?

Angie Boca: Well, try, okay!

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Hey, I don't know where I'm going to find a pizza joint open.

Angie Boca: Sal, don't forget: anchovies.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: I guess we got a deal, huh?

Joel Weinstock: What we got here, Sal, is a test. A deal for half a million dollars? Eh, maybe.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Maybe? Come on, Joel. The guy... he wants the bread. He wants to go back to France. This guy's not going to hang around and play games. Look, he's one of the shrewdest cats I ever come across.

Joel Weinstock: What am I? A schmuck? What's the hurry? He can see a couple of shows, visit the top of the Empire State Building.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Don't jerk me, Weinstock.

Joel Weinstock: One thing I've learned: move calmly, move cautiously, you'll never be sorry.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Look, I've been damn careful up to now!

Joel Weinstock: This is why your phone lines are tapped and the Feds are all over you like fleas.

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: [At Eastern Air Lines ticket counter] Hi. I'll have a roundtrip ticket to Washington.

Woman at Airport: Washington. Cash or charge?

Salvatore "Sal" Boca: Cash.

Woman at Airport: Cash is 54 dollars. Please print your name on both tickets before you board the plane. Bye-bye. Have a nice flight.