“I picked you for the job, not because I think you're so darn smart, but because I thought you were a shade less dumb than the rest of the outfit. Guess I was wrong. You're not smarter, Walter... you're just a little taller.”

Edward G. Robinson - Barton Keyes

“The job I'm talking about takes brains and integrity. It takes more guts than there is in 50 salesmen. It's the hardest job in the business.”

Edward G. Robinson - Barton Keyes

“What are you sayin, Pop? That because I'm a greasy immigrant, all I can do is clean fish? That ain't enough! I got a right to find work that uses my brain!”

Christian Slater - Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano

“- Charlane McGregor: Why don't you get a job at the Burgerrama? They'll hire you! My Lord, I saw on the TV, they had this little retarded boy working the register.
- Lelaina Pierce: Because I'm not retarded, Mom. I was the valedictorian of my University!
- Wes McGregor: Well you don't have to put that on your application.”
Swoosie Kurtz - Charlane McGregor
Winona Ryder - Lelaina Pierce
Harry O'Reilly - Wes McGregor

"Wit" is not a requirement of the job. Brutality, yes. An ability to inflict pain, absolutely. A certain psychotic moral ignorance, blind obedience, all required. But not wit.
Alessandro Gassmann - Gianni Chellini