Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Scott Tiler: Young Noodles

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• [Deborah cleans up the bar while the rest of the family is out. Noodles walks in] 

  Young Deborah : What are you doing?

  Young Noodles : Give me a drink.

  Young Deborah : We're closed. Nice people don't drink on Pesach, they go to the synagogue.

  Young Noodles : So what are YOU doing here?

  Young Deborah : Somebody's got to keep an eye on the place. There are a lot of thieves out there. One could get into your house.

  Young Noodles : Especially if you leave the door open.

  Young Deborah : You can pray here too. Here or in the synagogue, to God it's the same difference. Come over here and sit down...

• Young Noodles : You'll put up, and you'll shut up! You hear nothing, and you see nothing! Just like you did for Bugsy!

• Young Patsy : Hey, stop by for you later!

  Young Noodles : Yeah, but knock here on the john first! My old man's praying, and my old lady's crying, and the light's turned off. What the hell should I go home for? At least in here I can read...

• Young Max : From here on, we establish the shared funds of the gang. They belong to all of us together, and to none of us alone. And we solemnly swear to put in 50 per cent of everything we make. Agreed?

  Young Noodles , Young Cockeye , Young Patsy , Dominic : Agreed.

  Dominic : I wanna take another peek!

• Officer 'Fartface' Whitey : Okay, boys, we're even...

  Young Noodles : The hell we are!

  Young Max : You'll be collecting your pension before we're even!

• Bugsy : [Bugsy and his gang have beaten Noodles and Max]  You don't work for me, you don't work for no-one!

  Young Max : I don't like bosses.

  Bugsy : You'd be better off you stayed in the Bronx.

  Young Max : Woulda been better for *you*, too!

  [Bugsy spits on him, and he and his gang walk off] 

  Young Max : I'm gonna kill him one of these days...

  Young Noodles : Yeah? Meanwhile, it looks like he killed US!

• Young Noodles : Who're YOU calling a cockroach?

  Young Deborah : So what are you? You're filthy! You make me sick! You crawl up toilet walls just like a roach! So what are you?

  [Noodles grabs Deborah] 

  Young Deborah : Let go!

  Young Noodles : I make you sick, huh? Then how come you showed me your tush?

  Young Deborah : To a roach! Go look at yourself, David Aaronson!

• [a romantic moment between Noodles and Deborah is interrupted] 

  Young Deborah : Somebody's there!

  Young Noodles : There ain't nobody. It's Max.

  Young Deborah : So that's who it was...

  Young Max : Noodles!

  Young Deborah : [smiling maliciously]  Go on, run. Your mother's calling you.

  Young Max : Noodles!

  Young Noodles : Just gonna go see what he wants...

  [leaves] 

• [about Deborah] 

  Young Noodles : She don't leave me alone, I'm gonna give her what she's asking for...

• [Max interrupts Noodles passionately kissing Deborah] 

  Young Noodles : Were you in there?

  Young Max : You're one lousy kisser. I seen you go in there after that ball-buster.

• [Noodles runs into Moe as he is carrying a pile of full plates - crash!] 

  Young Noodles : Sorry, Fats!

• Officer 'Fartface' Whitey : What the hell are you kids doin' here? Huh?

  Young Patsy : What are we kids doing here?

  Young Noodles : We're getting up the ass.

  [Patsy grins] 

  Young Cockeye : Yeah, getting screwed. Is there a law against it?