Famous lines from American Gangster (2007)

The lines

20 lines. Famous lines like these turn up in the daily game.

• Yes, we are.Richie

• Bandage his head.Richie

• Who are you really?Chinese General

• Detective.. he’s dead.Paramedic

• You bit my fuckin' hand!Richie

• We’re fucked either way.Richie

• I mean, who you represent?Chinese General

• This isn’t a couple of bucks.Richie

• Who do you work for in there?Chinese General

• We’re talking about principle?Richie

• It says right there. Frank Lucas.Frank

• It’s the same thing. In principle.Rivera

• You ain't got to worry about that.Frank

• How would you get it into the States?Chinese General

• You ain't got to worry about that, either.Frank

• Not if we keep it. Only if we don’t. Then we’re fucked, you’re right. But not if we keep it.Rivera

• I swear to God, Richie, I didn’t know it was you. I would never slam a door on your hand. Knowingly.Campizi

• Richie, a cop who turns in this kind of money says one thing: He’ll turn in cops who take money. We’ll be pariahs.Rivera

• Goddamn it, did we ask for this? Did we put a gun to someone’s head and say, Give us your money? Cops.. kill cops.. they can't trust. We can’t turn it in.Rivera

• There are two sides to the American dream.