Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Tuesday Weld: Carol
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Quotes
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[about Max's Reserve Bank job]
Carol : What chance is there that a crazy thing like this might succeed?
Noodles : Don't ask me, ask Max.
Carol : You know as well as I do that this is suicide, pure and simple, for everyone.
Noodles : Yeah, well, don't tell me, tell him. You got your own methods.
Carol : I tried. He doesn't want to screw anymore. All he thinks about is this job: tear gas, hostages... Now he's gonna do this, and he's gonna do it with or without you!
Carol : Noodles, we've never liked each other. We put up with each other for Max. So why don't we get together once... and do something for him. And after that, we can go back to being enemies.
Carol : You know... if you were all in jail first... there wouldn't be any bank job.
Carol : I got the idea from your friend Max.
Noodles : What do you mean?
Carol : He laughs at you. He makes fun of you. He says Eve has got you by the balls. Every time you walk past this place, you shit in your pants. You'd do anything for the cops to pick you up, so you wouldn't have to do this. Well then, do it. Do it! Put him in jail. Put him in jail. Not long, just long enough so he can get the idea out of his mind. If you can't stand being away from him, put yourself there too. Better off than being dead. You know what to do. And if you don't, I will.
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Carol : [looking at Noodles] Why don't we make it a threesome, huh?
Max : Can't you see he's got other plans for tonight?
Carol : Well, bring her along! We'll make it a foursome!
Noodles : I'm not that kind of guy. Besides, I'm afraid if I give you a good crack in the mouth, you'd probably like it...
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[In 1968, Noodles notices a picture]
Noodles : What is this?
Carol : Opening night. Fifteen years ago.
Noodles : [pointing at a familiar person in the picture] Who's this?
Carol : Patron saint of the place. Some actress.
Noodles : Do you know her?
Carol : No.
[the woman is unquestionably and without a doubt Deborah]
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Max : While you were on vacation, we were working overtime. The union paid off. That's your share.
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein : Yeah. Even that geek, you know, Jimmy "Clean Hands," he respects us. I shed a little blood for the cause.
Fat Moe : [handing newspapers to Noodles] Here, it's all in the papers. Morning Telegraph, they didn't like it, it says, "Underworld joins strikers in brutal battle." But the Post, they liked it: "Ends justify means in decisive gangland encounter." And they kvetched about the Atlantic City job.
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein : Newspaper guys never know what the fuck they want.
Noodles : Well, you could have looked for me.
Max : We did. Cockeye found you at the Chink's, so doped up you didn't even recognize him.
Philip 'Cockeye' Stein : There you were. You called me "Deborah."
Noodles : Go fuck yourself! Mind your own business!
Max : We do our business TOGETHER, and broads do NOT get in the way... and you know it!
Noodles : Yeah?
Max : Yeah!
Noodles : [indicating Carol] What's SHE doing here? It ain't Saturday. She should be screwing in Detroit.
Carol : Well, she's screwing HERE now - and ONLY with Max!
Noodles : Oh, yeah? With her husband peeping through?
Carol : No, I left him.
Noodles : You live with her and you tell ME not to mess with broads...
Max : You forget one thing.
Noodles : What?
Max : I don't give a fuck about her!
Carol : Max...
Max : Shut up! Shut up!
Noodles : Hey, Maxie, tell me something. What'll you spend your honeymoon on, a cathouse?
Max : Shut the fuck up! Shut up! Just shut up! You want me to dump her? You want me to kick her fucking ass out of here? Want me to kick her ass out or what? You want me to kick...? Get the fuck out! Get the fuck out! Get out! Gonna tell me I don't have a way with women?
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[Peggy introduces the gang to Carol]
Peggy : You know these guys?
Carol : [looking at their faces] No, I don't think so. No. No, I'd remember a bunch of good-lookers like these.
[the gang ties bandanas around their faces]
Carol : Oh... well, how could I forget? There was... there was only one of you I got to know personally, though.
Max : Which one? Let's see how good a memory you've got for faces.
[They unbotton their flies, and a delighted Carol takes a long look at the four men in front of her]
Carol : [to Max] You!
Max : No, him.
[gestures to Max]
Noodles : We've been hanging out so long we're starting to look alike.
Max : Hanging out...
Carol : Charmed. You can call me Carol. We've already met. Pleasure.
Max : The pleasure... is all mine.
[kisses Carol]
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Carol : Max made fools of us, Noodles! He wanted to die! Did you know his old man died in the nuthouse? Max didn't want to end up the same way, so he put the idea in our heads to tip off the cops. And when they stopped the truck, Max started shooting first... just to get himself killed!
