Mean Streets (1973) Poster

(1973)

Robert De Niro: Johnny Boy

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  • Johnny Boy : You too good for this ten dollars? It's a good ten dollars. You know Michael, you make me laugh. You see, I borrow money all over this neighborhood, left and right from everybody, I never pay them back. So, I can't borrow no money from nobody no more, right? So who would that leave me to borrow money from but you? I borrow money from you, because you're the only jerk-off around here who I can borrow money from without payin' back, right? You know, 'cause that's what you are, that's what I think of you: a jerk-off. You're a fucking jerk-off! You're laughing 'cause you're a jerk-off. I'll tell 'ya something else,

    [lights ten dollar bill on fire] 

    Johnny Boy : I fuck you right where you breath, because I don't give two shits about you or nobody else.

    [Michael jumps at Johnny Boy and they both fight but Charlie breaks them up, Johnny Boy pulls out a gun] 

    Johnny Boy : Come on... Come on... fuck face! Come on... 'ya motherfucker! Motherfucker!... come on! I got somethin' for 'ya asshole!

    Michael Longo : You don't- you don't have the guts to use that.

    Johnny Boy : Oh, I don't have the guts, huh? Come over here, I'll shove this up yer ass! Come on!

    [Michael leaves] 

    Johnny Boy : Hey asshole, this is for you asshole! He's a fucking asshole!

    [laughs] 

  • Johnny Boy : Y'know Joey Clams...

    Charlie : Yeah.

    Johnny Boy : ...Joey Scala, yeah.

    Charlie : I know him too, yeah.

    Johnny Boy : ...yeah. No. No, Joey Scala is Joey Clams.

    Charlie : Right.

    Johnny Boy : Right.

    Charlie : ...they're the same person!

    Johnny Boy : Yeah!

    Charlie : 'ey!

    Johnny Boy : 'ey...

  • Johnny Boy : Hey, why don't you lower the jukebox, I can't hear nothin'.

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : Hey, the girls like the music loud.

    Johnny Boy : Girls. You call those skanks girls?

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : [to Charlie]  Hey, what's a matter with this kid, huh?

    Johnny Boy : Hey, there ain't nothin' wrong with me my friend, I'm feelin' fine.

    Charlie : Keep your mouth shut.

    Johnny Boy : You tell me that in front of this asshole?

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : Alright, alright, we're not gonna pay. We're not paying.

    Jimmy : But why? Joey, we just said we were gonna have a drink.

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : [Joey interupts]  We're not payin', because this guy, this guy's a fuckin' mook.

    Jimmy : But I didn't say nothin'.

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : And we don't pay mooks.

    Jimmy : Mook? I'm a mook?

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : Yeah

    Jimmy : What's a mook?

    Johnny Boy : A mook, what's a mook?

    Tony DeVienazo : I don't know...

    Johnny Boy : What's a mook?

    Jimmy : You can't call me a mook!

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : I can't?

    Jimmy : No...

    Joey 'Clams' Scala : [pause]  I'll give you mook!

    [punches Jimmy in the face] 

  • Johnny Boy : I fuck you right where you breathe.

  • [referring to his epileptic cousin Teresa] 

    Johnny Boy : I always wondered what happens when she comes. Does she have a fit?

  • Johnny Boy : You see, I borrow money all over this neighborhood, left and right from every BODY, I never pay them back. So, I can't borrow no money from nobody no more, right? So, who would that leave me to borrow money from but you? I borrow money from you, because you're the only jerk-off around here who I can borrow money from without payin' back, right? You know, 'cause that's what you are, that's what I think of you: a jerk-off.

  • Johnny Boy : Hey, sorry lady! I'm sorry! I hate that lady with a passion... with a vengeance.

  • Johnny Boy : [Charlie hits him]  You two-faced, dirty fucking bastard! Don't you ever hit me again!

  • Johnny Boy : What's the matter, you too good for this ten dollars? Huh? You too good for it? It's a good ten dollars. Know somethin' Mikey? You make me laugh. You know that?

  • Johnny Boy : You don't know what happened to me. I'm so depressed about other things, I can't worry about payments. You know what I mean? I come home last Tuesday, I had my money, cash, blah blah bing bing, I'm comin' home, I ran into Jimmy Sparks. I owe Jimmy Sparks seven hundred, like for four months, I gotta pay they guy. He lives in my building. He hangs out across the street. I gotta pay the guy, right?

  • Johnny Boy : I was so crazy, I wanted to kill this kid. Meanwhile, I gotta get back in the game, bing bing bing, I lose four hundred dollars!

  • Johnny Boy : Y'know Joey Clams...

    Michael Longo : Yeah.

    Johnny Boy : ...Joey Scallops, yeah.

    Michael Longo : I know him too, yeah.

    Johnny Boy : ...yeah. No. No, Joey Scallops is Joey Clams.

    Michael Longo : Right.

    Johnny Boy : Right.

    Michael Longo : ...they're the same person!

    Johnny Boy : Yeah!

    Michael Longo : 'ey!

    Johnny Boy : 'ey...

  • Johnny Boy : So, I was in there, playin' bankers and brokers, all of the sudden, I'm ahead like six-seven hundred dollars. I'm really winnin'. All the sudden some kid walks in and the kid yells that the bulls are comin', right. Now that the cops are comin', everybody runs away,.

  • Johnny Boy : Meanwhile, I lost the deal, I go outside, I'm a little depressed, now. Anyway, I wanna cut this story short, 'cause I know you don't wanna hear all this and, I know I know I know, but, I'm gonna - to make a long story short, anyway, I went to Hal Kaplan, gotta new tie and I got this shirt. Do you like this shirt? It's nice. This tie...

    Charlie : Hey! Michael doesn't care if your depressed. What is he - your priest? What do go out shopping when you owe somebody money, Johnny. That ain't right.

  • Johnny Boy : Ah, it feels good. Hey, Charlie? The streets are empty. Thanks. Thank God. With that feast on, you can't even move in your own neighborhood. I hate that feast with a passion!

  • Johnny Boy : Your grandma's gonna die, right?

    Charlie : Yeah, right.

    Johnny Boy : Did you like her?

    Johnny Boy : What do you mean do I like her? She's my grandma.

    Johnny Boy : So what? That don't mean nothin'. So what?

    Charlie : What's the matter with you?

    Johnny Boy : What's a matter wit chu?

    Charlie : Anyway, she ain't dead yet. God forbid. So, shut up.

  • Charlie : Don't be smart, Johnny.

    Johnny Boy : What do you mean? I ain't smart. I'm stupid. Remember? I'm so stupid you gotta look out for me. Right? Right?

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