Bugsy (1991)

Joe Mantegna: George

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• George : Ben, she is who she is. You ain't going to change her. What man ever changed a woman?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I don't go by what other man have done. I believe in fresh starts.

  George : Fresh starts?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Hey, without fresh starts you and me would have been history before we were 19.

• George : lf you'll excuse me, l see about six women that need to talk to me.

• George : Don't get no ideas, Ben. You know how crazy Joey can get. No woman's worth a bullet between the eyes. Am I right or wrong?

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Depends on whose eyes and which woman.

• George : Lana Turner lives there. Cesar Romero lives there. And Gary Cooper is in that house on the right. He paid 45 grand.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Houses are bringing in that kind of money out here?

  George : Sure - and more.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : That clown knows Mussolini? What do you think they do when they're together? Play golf? Trade jokes about carting people to the gas chambers?

  George : Hey, you know me. I stay out of politics.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : Politics? This is war. He's Hitler's partner. He's our mortal enemy - and this effete count pals around with him?

  George : Take it easy, Ben. There's no sense in getting all worked up over something you can't do anything about. This is Hollywood.

• "Bugsy" Siegel : How would he know she fucked Gene Krupa and a bullfighter?

  George : Well, it ain't exactly confidential info, baby blue eyes.

• George : Do you really want to trust a dame with your checkbook? I've never known a broad I'd give more than a couple hundred bucks to.

  "Bugsy" Siegel : I am not trusting a dame. I am not trusting a broad. I am trusting Virginia and I trust her completely.