Gyp Rosetti quotes from Boardwalk Empire

Nucky Thompson

Sorry, gentlemen. New year, new rules.

Gyp Rosetti

Well, that makes sense. A chink I know, runs a laundry, tells me that '23 is the year of the pig.

Nucky Thompson

This is a business decision.

Gyp Rosetti

I come all the way down here, put up with car trouble...

We all got the same news.

Gyp Rosetti

Yeah but we ain't all in the same fuckin' boat! I'm gettin' squeezed on all sides...

[warns him in Italian]

Gyp Rosetti

No fuck you, Frank! Your fuckin' rathole bar and your warehouse in Canarsie? I don't see you doin' me any favors, amicu! [to Rothstein] And you, you smug kike midget, creeping around like a dentist with ether...

Lucky Luciano

Why don't you watch your fuckin' mouth...

Gyp Rosetti

Why don't you go sit in the corner, short pants? [to Nucky] And then there's you. Fuckin' breadstick in a bowtie. You pasty-faced cocksucker...

Nucky Thompson

[angry but controlled] You must be tired, Mr. Rossetti. That can make a man irritable. You need some rest.

Gyp Rosetti

I need 500 cases of rum.

Nucky Thompson

You and your men, my guests at the Ritz.

Gyp Rosetti

You think I can't float my own hotel room?

Nucky Thompson

I'm making a goodwill gesture. Accept it or not.

Gyp Rosetti

How about I make one to you?

Owen Sleater

You'll not do it here.

Gyp Rosetti

I'll shit you out like yesterday's sausage, you bog-trottin' prick.

Nucky Thompson

You're making my decision very easy.

Gyp Rosetti

Nobody around here can take a joke.

Gyp Rosetti

8 trucks, huh? Lotta gasoline.

Mickey Doyle

So? We're good for it.

Gyp Rosetti

Sure. Only thing is, we ain't got any.

Owen Sleater

You have no fuel?

Gyp Rosetti

And here it is, a filling station. That makes me chuckle.

Owen Sleater

[pointing with his gun] We'll gas up, we'll pay you, and we'll move on.

Gyp Rosetti

What's that? A gun? [shows his own weapon] I got a gun. [Rosetti's men appear and hold Doyle and Sleater at gunpoint] I got a gun, and he got a gun, and he got a gun. Everybody got guns!

Gyp Rosetti

"Bone For Tuna". What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

The kid's Irish. The pronunciation was off...

Gyp Rosetti

I know what he meant! Who the fuck is Nucky Thompson to wish me good luck? In Italian, no less, like he's fuckin' mocking me? He's real fuckin' cute, I'll tell you that! Sets me up to lose, pulls out of the whiskey deal at the last minute, and then says "bon fortuna" like he's rootin' for me to get back on my feet. Push me off a cliff, why don't ya?

I don't think...

Gyp Rosetti

Good luck flappin' your arms on the way down! Am I right?

Sure, but...

Gyp Rosetti

The attitude on him. Scrawny Irish prick. I need his blessing to make my way in the world?

I don't...

Gyp Rosetti

I need him to lecture me? Nothing's personal? What the fuck is life if it's not personal?

[to Rosetti, in Italian] I can't control you, I can't rely on you, and now I can't afford you.

Gyp Rosetti

[nervous] It's Easter Sunday, Joe.

Also April Fool's.

Gyp Rosetti

So what're we jokin' about?

I'm not joking. [gets up and walks away as his men advance on Rosetti]

Gyp Rosetti

Nucky Thompson. Arnold Rothstein.

What about them?

Gyp Rosetti

They're not losin' sleep about no 20 blocks of road on the East Side. They're workin' together. They're buildin' something a lot bigger than you and me.

Then let them do what they want.

Gyp Rosetti

Because you think you got what you have, right? But not for long. Things are changin'. That Luciano kid...

I straightened him out. You don't want...

Gyp Rosetti

He's not like you and me! Look who he works for, Joe! They're buildin' something, and it don't include us! Who's gonna own this place, huh? Heebs and Micks and back-stabbin' fucks that don't respect where they come from! After all the blood we put into it! [in Italian] What about us? What happens to us? [in English] You do what you gotta do with me, but you're gonna be in a war whether you like it or not.

Ah, you gonna save me, huh?

Gyp Rosetti

Give me your blessing. Let me finish what I started, but this time with enough juice to make it stick. I'll bring you Thompson.

What do I care about Thompson?

Gyp Rosetti

And I'll bring you Rothstein. Luciano and the kikes he runs with. I'll kill 'em all. And when I'm through, they're not gonna call you Joe the Boss no more - they're gonna call you Joe the King.

Gyp Rosetti

[talking to God in church] I just need to get this said. No disrespect, but you put me down in this game. I didn't ask for that. Make me want things, things I can see, that I can almost touch... then you take 'em away. Not for me, right? Everyone else, but not me. I'm, what, a mistake you made? Like some leftovers? And I'm supposed to go through my life, no friendship, no love, till I'm pissin' in my bed and coughin' up blood on the sheets? Then I'll know, right? Then it'll be clear. [shouting] Put it in front of me, take it away! Why would you do that? Just to screw with me? What kind of sick fuck thinks that way? I'm supposed to trust you. Based on the treatment so far? What're you up to, huh? I'm here! I'm listenin'! I'm ready for any kind of explanation!

Are you all right?

Rosetti

I'm prayin'.

You're yelling.

Rosetti

Can I ask you something?

Of course.

Rosetti

Where does God keep the rest of it? [screams] Answer me!

Gyp Rosetti

That's 1200 cases, 24 bottles per... that 28,800 bottles. That's math. That's useful. That's what my father used, on account he laid bricks. He built churches, bridges... he came home at night, he smelled like sweat, not fish. Broke his back, dead at 50. Layin' around in a fuckin' boat, he would seen 100, but not him. Not fuckin' him. Not like your father, right, Franco?

Please, Mr. Rosetti... I'm a fucking idiot, I'm sorry! Please, Tonino, for the love of Christ!

Gyp, he's my mother's brother's kid. He didn't mean no disrespect. He's just a fuckin' know-it-all. Break his legs, anything... not this. Please, I'm beggin' you. Gyp, he's my blood!

Gyp Rosetti

Fuckin' family, right?

You know how it is.

Gyp Rosetti

You're a lucky fella, Franco. [to one of his henchmen] Gimme that.

Gyp Rosetti

[to Tonino] Because I respect you.

Gyp Rosetti

[to Tonino] You owe me.

Gyp Rosetti

Howdy, sheriff. What's new on the prairie?

[nervous] Howdy, Gyp. Good to see you again.

Gyp Rosetti

What's so good about it? You miss my company? You like the way I look? What're you, some kind of fanook?

Just ready to get back to business.

Gyp Rosetti

No kiddin'? You been twiddlin' your thumbs, waitin' for me to show up? [he picks up a club]

There's no need for any of that. You know me. I'm flexible.

Gyp Rosetti

[laughs] Not for much longer. [hits him in the knee, then beats him when he's down]

Gyp Rosetti

[to Chalky] I'm gonna be runnin' things now. People tell me you're the man to see on this side of the fence... Mr White. We really need all these guns?

Chalky White

Not if you put yours down first.

Gyp Rosetti

Look at us now. We're almost kissin'. I'm not lookin' to put my hands in your pockets. However things used to work, I don't operate that way. I mean, look at me, look at you. We got a lot in common, eh?

Chalky White

And what's that?

Gyp Rosetti

We both got left out in the sun too long. [smiles] Maybe you a little longer.

Chalky White

You just ain't done cookin' yet, friend.

Gyp Rosetti

You laughin' at me?

Gillian Darmody

Why not? Everybody else does.

Gyp Rosetti

[imitating Nucky] Relax, it's a party.

What?

[bemused] You're Nucky Thompson.

Gyp Rosetti

I'm Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes! AND I NEVER, EVER TAKE ANYTHING PERSONAL!