The Man Who Cried (2000)

John Turturro: Dante Dominio

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Quotes 

• Dante Dominio : You have to fight to get somewhere in this world. Maybe even fight to kill.

  Suzie : If you are fighting to kill, you must be very, very sure that you have God on your side. Otherwise...

  Dante Dominio : Otherwise what?

  Suzie : Otherwise you are nothing more than a murderer.

• Dante Dominio : [about gypsies]  They are dirty.

  Suzie : How would you be if you lived on the road?

  Dante Dominio : Ah, well, but I don't! I live in an apartment with two bathrooms and beautiful furniture which I pay for with money I have earned. Why do they live like that? Because they are dirty, lazy thieves! Because they don't want to work, to make something of themselves!

  Suzie : They live on the road because their homes were taken away. They have nowhere else to go.

• Dante Dominio : What do I have but my voice? I am nothing if I cannot sing.

• [Dante has been ingratiating himself with Nazi officers, while Suzie has been helping the gypsies] 

  Dante Dominio : [as she clears up horse droppings]  Hey, little Suzie. You have found your place at last, amongst the animals.

  Suzie : And you have found yours.

• Dante Dominio : Mussolini believes in order and organization. He understands that the Italian people must regain back their self-respect.

  Reporter : By putting on black shirts and marching up and down in one of those rallies?

  Dante Dominio : [laughs and pats the reporter's cheek]  Ah, you intellectual, huh? For the working man, the rallies are about dignity and strength. The lighting, the music, the choreography creates an atmosphere. Magnifico!

  Felix Perlman : Mussolini certainly has a great sense of theatre.

  Dante Dominio : Certo! Certo, huh? And everything he does, huh... is big. Yes. Yes! You could learn something, Felix. He really knows how to reach his public.