Joe Mantegna movie quotes

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“For every Mother Teresa, there's a Jeffrey Dahmer.”
Joe Mantegna

“- Fred: You know you could give up the game, and that would be all right with me. In fact, I want you to give it up.
- Josh: But I can't.
- Fred: Why not?
- Josh: Because I have to play. I have to.”
Joe Mantegna - Fred Waitzkin
Max Pomeranc - Josh Waitzkin

“If you win, say nothing. If you lose, say less.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“I remained too much inside my head, and ended up losing my mind.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“The internet is the first thing that humanity has built that humanity doesn’t understand—the largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“We’re born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we’re not alone.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when his son gives to his father, both cry.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“To lose a child is to lose a piece of yourself.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“To a father, nothing is dearer than a daughter.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“A sincere artist tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“Within the core of each of us is the child we once were. This child constitutes the foundation of what we have become, who we are, and what we will be.”
Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“Children begin by loving their parents. As they grow older they judge them, sometimes they forgive them.”

Joe Mantegna - David Rossi

“- Eddie: No problem, fellas. It ain't a hole. It's a tunnel. And what's every tunnel got?
- Norby: Ooh! Don't tell me! I know, I know, I know. It's uh…
- Veeko: Tollbooth at the end.
- Eddie: Are you always this stupid, or do you do this just to annoy me?”
Joe Mantegna - Eddie
Joe Pantoliano - Norby
Brian Haley - Veeko

“- Bobby Gold: You sorry fucking sack of shit. You shot my partner.
- Randolph: You could have paid me back if you would have brought your gun. That was your mistake, man.”
Joe Mantegna - Bobby Gold
Ving Rhames - Randolph

“It's called a confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No. Because I give you mine.”
Joe Mantegna - Mike

“But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.”
Joe Mantegna

“I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.”
Joe Mantegna

“- George: Told you a squirt gun wouldn't work.
- Mike: A squirt gun would've worked - you didn't have to fill it!”

Ricky Jay - George
Joe Mantegna - Mike

- Michael Corleone: If someone is going around this city saying, "Fuck Michael Corleone", what do we do with a piece of shit like that? He's a fuckin' dog.
- Joey Zasa: Yes, it's true. If someone were to say such a thing, they would not be a friend. They would be a dog.
Al Pacino - Michael Corleone
Joe Mantegna - Joey Zasa

“- Billy Halleck: Richie, you're not going to hurt anybody, are you?
- Richie Ginelli: No. But Billy, if I'm gonna help you with this, you don't get to ask that question again.”
Robert John Burke - Billy Halleck
Joe Mantegna - Richie Ginelli

“You say I acted atrociously. Yes. I did. I do it for a living.”
Joe Mantegna - Mike