Oz quotes from The Penguin

Oz

I mean, at the end of the day, this is all about money, right? Maybe we don't see eye-to-eye on every little thing. Y'know, maybe you don't like me... That's fine. I'm an acquired taste. But I make you money.

Oz

Now, I've been where you are, and you heard my ma, I mean this... This is one of those moments, you know, where you gotta ask yourself "What kinda life do I want?" You wanna spend your days thinking small, stealing rims, barely getting by... or do you want more for yourself? You saw how the Falcones live. Can you imagine living like that, huh? In a mansion? Maids and butlers and shit? And they don't even know what they got 'cause they always had it? Never hungry, born full... Not us. The world wasn't built for guys like us. That's why we gotta take whatever we decide is ours. 'Cause no-one's gonna give it to us, I mean, not without a fight.

Oz

We all gotta make sacrifices, pal.

Oz

There ain't no playbook for this shit, kid. I saw something in you, maybe I was wrong. You tell me.

Oz

All these fucks are related, you know? I mean, 60 years ago, two Sicilian brothers jizzed all over the toe of that boot, now I got three dozen Falcones breathin' down my neck.

Oz

Look, fuck... The world ain't set up for the honest man to succeed. Mechanic's a good job. That should be the American Dream right there. Y'know, a beautiful story with a happy ending. But that ain't the way the world works, Vic. America's a hustle.

Oz

Jesus, you're in it now, Vic. You're in it now!

Oz

Look -- I know this shit's grim. Alright, but none of those fucks were ever friends of ours. They never made us! Luca Falcone didn't even know your fuckin' names! So who you missing? That skinny little pussy, Johnny Viti? Milos? Guy wore lifts in his shoes, we all knew it. Nah, way I see it... Sofia done us a favor. One family down, one to go. Now let's get back what belongs to us!

Oz

I mean-- My Ma, y'know, she's... I mean, she's what keeps me good.

Oz

Two buckets?! You can't build an empire with two fuckin' buckets!

Oz

This fuckin' place, calling me home...

Oz

So, who's got the power in this city? Falcones? Alright, Sofia's the last of 'em; she don't even like her fuckin' name! [Laughs] Maronis? Sure, Sal's outta Blackgate, but his family's still fuckin' ash. So, who's got the power, huh? That's what the streets are asking. But down here? We know...

Oz

You know what I'll never forget, Sal? Is the smell. Burning flesh. Y'know, muscle, fat, shit? The smell of hair. No, I didn't anticipate that. It's real distinct. Tell me, Sal, did your beautiful wife, Nadia, did she wear a special kinda hairspray or something? 'Cause, man, she went up like a tinder box.

Oz

The fuck?! C'mon, Jesus Christ! You were supposed to destroy me, Sal! Y'know, show me what a big man you are, what a fuckin' big man you are! Huh? Well, I got you! I fucking got you! You filthy, stupid prick! Fuck you! Try to steal from me. Try to take what's mine? What I built?! What'd you say? I didn't hear you. Say it again! Yeah... I didn't think so. I beat you, Salvatore Maroni. I win.

Young Oz

I see you, Ma, in ways that other people don't. I see the way you smile when you want people to think you're enjoying something you ain't. I see how you smoke more when you're thinking, or you drink more when you're sad. I see how hard you work. How smart you are. And how you wish the people who matter would notice... or the people like that wouldn't matter at all. No one else believes in you like me. No one else is gonna give you what you deserve.