Oz quotes from The Penguin

Eve

I need you to fix this.

Oz

Well, but that's what I do. I fix things! Don't I fix things?! That's all I ever fuckin' do.

You amateur piece of shit! There's no place I can't find you now. No place, Oz! You are cooked!

Oz

"Cooked", huh? That's funny. Do me a favor, Sal. Call your wife. See if she answers.

My boy, with such big dreams... Like your father.

Oz

Oh, no, Ma. I ain't like him. I can fix this. It's you and me under one roof now, like it used to be.

Are you trying to kill me?

Oz

No, Ma, I'm trying to protect you. It's better this way, when we're together.

Taking me back here, you're throwing it in my face. What I lost...

Oz

I lost 'em, too.

What kinda man can't take care of his own mother?

Vic

What happened to 'em? To your brothers.

Oz

The city took 'em. Just like it took your family. And there was nothing I could... I was, uh... I was too weak.

Oz

As long as we stay sharp, duck 'em into tunnels, these Maroni-Gigante, whatever-the-fucks, they can sniff around all they want. I mean, they're so busy with their noses up they'll never look down. But you and me? Look around. Look at what they got, kid. The good people of Crown Point, hard at work. Right, protecting us. Keeping this whole fucking thing quiet. We got their loyalty... and we got their love. You know why? Because we pay 'em. You know how meaningful that is, Vic? To be the guy in the neighborhood who takes care of people? They're gonna tell stories about us one day, kid.

Vic

You think?

Oz

I fuckin' know it. Victor Aguilar, Oswald Cobb. Yeah. Our names are gonna live forever.

This thing I got, it's a goddamn dirty thief; it just keeps taking. I can't do numbers no more. I'm seeing things that ain't real. The boys, sometimes I see 'em. They look at me like, like I ain't theirs. It breaks my goddamn heart.

Oz

I know, ma.

I ain't gonna live like a goddamn vegetable! I just ain't gonna do it! You understand?

Oz

Yeah... No. What do you mean?

If my mind goes before my body's ready. I need you to help me. You gotta help me die.

Oz

Help you die? M- Jesus, ma, you ain't thinking straight!

For now, I am. I won't be one of those pathetic old broads droolin', shittin' themselves, starin' out at nothing, with no- no clue what's going on, knowing just enough to make it worse. If I lose my dignity, what else I got, huh?

Oz

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Gold Summit. You'll be proud to say you were here tonight, all of you. Even though I know you hate each other's friggin' guts. The shit between the Massive and Odessa is legendary. LoBoys, you gotta scrap with everyone just to get a bit of respect. Got the Triads. Sullivans, the oldest crew in town. But the most hated here among us is yours truly and not for nothin'.

I got three of my guys strung up 'cause of you.

Oz

No, not 'cause of me. They're dead because the Maronis and Gigantes got the power to take you out. You want revenge? What the fսck is stoppin' ya? They're right over there across the Elliot Bridge. A bridge that was built by your ancestors, Donny Boy. But it ain't named Sullivan. No, it's named for the rich crooks who took credit for your family's hard work. They run shit. We eat shit. The sad thing, Donny Boy, is they don't even know your fuckin' name! They don't know none of youse. But I do. Sal, give me a fuckin' break. You know Sal bitches and moans about Carmine stealin' his Drops business? What do you think him and Sofia are gonna do to you, huh? They'll take your shit, your territories. That's what's comin'. 'Cause you mean nothin' to 'em. They don't give a fuck about any of you all. You know, not even a mile from here, there's a bunch of big-time City Hall fucks. They're sittin' in some fancy private club. They're drinkin' orange wine. They're making crooked deals to benefit them. And guess what? They can't fuckin' stand each other either, just like you. But they're breakin' bread because they know that each of them on their own, they ain't got nothin'. But together, those soft-bellied pricks, they run this whole fuckin' city. Why the hell not us? Now, I'm bringing you Bliss. Yeah, sure, that gives us the extra leg. But the real power comes if we've got each other's backs. Then Sal, Sofia, the old guard, they won't be able to fuckin' touch us.

This man's a fool. He betrays everyone he works with. Sofia Gigante, Alberto Falcone. There's no code, no class. The Penguin is a bargain-basement hustler. He'll do anything, say anything, and everyone here knows it.

Oz

Do they, Zhao? 'Cause here's what I know. Between us, we got more territory, more manpower than this city's ever seen. You wanna blow that away? Shit, go ahead. But I do got a fuckin' code! And I'm puttin' my goddamn life on the line to share it with ya. If we come together right here, right now, they're gonna talk about this night. You know, the time that we decided that it's better to work with the ones we hate than live under those that don't even know our fuckin' names! [to a mobster] Nick, give me a beer. [to the gang leaders] Look, everything you heard about me is true, you know? I stole Sofia's product. I, I popped Alberto Falcone. I did it all. So fuckin' what? I hustle. You know, I do what it takes. 'Cause at the end of the day, you know, I'm just a poor kid from the East Side who's got something to fuckin' prove. Like all of ya. [Oz cracks his beer open, inspiring the other gang leaders to do the same, and raises it] To taking back Gotham!

Vic

Oz, I'm sorry.

Oz

Fuck your guilt! Just get me an army, kid. Go.

I can't do this alone no more. You have to promise me that you're gonna make something of yourself. That you'll get me every goddamn thing I deserve. Lord, I ain't gonna make it! I don't know how else I can live with this, Oswald! But you'll make me happy, 'cause I deserve a happy life! Don't I? Don't I, Oswald? Tell me!

Young Oz

Of course you do, Ma. You deserve the best life. And I'm gonna get it for ya. I promise. And I ain't gonna quit 'til I do.

Sofia

I just wanna know... was it worth it?

Fuck you.

Sofia

Did he give you everything that you wanted?

Fuck you!

Sofia

Did he fulfill his promise?

Oz

Ma! Ma!

Sofia

Or do you wish you would've let Rex take him for that ride? What did you lose by keeping him alive? I know what I lost. What he took from me. He deserves to know what he did to you. How you feel about him and how... how angry you are! Tell him. Tell him.

Vic

Goddammit, Oz, listen to me! You gave people jobs in Crown Point! You got the power back on!

Oz

Yeah?

Vic

Nobody did that! Alright? Nobody else did that! Nobody even tried! You gave people dignity! Bliss, that's bigger than Bliss! Alright, so... Get the hell up, let's go! Get your shit together and, uh... you know. Be you!

Oz

You, you, uh... You practiced that, huh?

Vic

Shut up.

Oz

No, no, that's good. That's good. You gotta, uh, project more, you know? From your gut.

You wanna be welcome? You gotta look clean.

Oz

As a fuckin' whistle. Pal.

Sofia

What did you say to get Link to turn? I'm sure you... Promised him something.

Oz

Yeah, yeah what you and the Dai Lo never would. A shot. A chance to be somebody. Link was tired of being overlooked. He ain't the only one, neither. Years of being brushed aside, laughed at, told to eat shit and fuckin' like it? It breaks ya. Makes you wanna break somebody else. Figured you would've understood that, considering. But you? You and your kind, you're so busy filling your own fuckin' plate, you don't see that everyone around you is starving. You got no idea what it feels like, born into nothin'. Havin' to smile at the person whose boot's on your neck. Hopin' one day they'll look down, see you there and just let up? You know what people'll do to push that down? Anything. Anything to push down that feeling!

Sofia

You think I don't understand that? Right. It doesn't matter... Oswald Cobb, man of the people...

Oz

That's right.

Sofia

That's what you need to believe, huh?

Oz

You're never gonna find peace, you know that? A sick fuck like you... You're going to hell, sweetheart.

Sofia

I'll save you a seat.

Oz

I, uh... I can't bring you with me this time.

Vic

What do you mean?

Oz

I mean that's the thing about family.

Vic

Oz...

Oz

It's your strength.

Vic

Oz, what are you--?!

Oz

It drives you. But fuck if it don't make you weak, too.

Vic

Oz! Oz!

Oz

And I can't have that no more.

Vic

Oz! Please, please!

Oz

I can't have that shit, I can't!

Vic

Please, please! Oz! Oz! Oz!

Oz

It's too much...

Vic

Please!

Oz

Too fuckin' much!

Vic

Oz--!

Oz

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You're a good man, Vic. You got a good heart.

Oz

It wasn't for nothing.