A collection of the best quotes from American Gangster by your favorite characters including Frank Lucas and Richie Roberts.
Frank Lucas: The man I worked for had one of the biggest companies in New York City. He didn't own his own company. White man owned it, so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though. • Rating: 10.0 / 10 • Permalink
Frank Lucas: Don't rub, blot it! You blot that s**t!
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Frank Lucas: What is that you got on?
Huey Lucas: What? This?
Frank Lucas: Yeah, that.
Huey Lucas: This is a very, very, very nice suit.
Frank Lucas: That's a very, very, very nice suit, huh?
Huey Lucas: Yeah.
Frank Lucas: That's a clown suit. That's a costume, with a big sign on it that says "Arrest me." You understand? You're too loud, you're making too much noise. Listen to me, the loudest one in the room is the weakest one in the room.
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Frank Lucas: See, ya are what ya are in this world. That's either one of two things: Either you're somebody, or you ain't nobody.
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Detective Richie Roberts: My investigation indicates that Frank Lucas is above the Mafia.
District Attorney: Who does he work for? Which family?
Detective Richie Roberts: He's not Italian, he's black.
District Attorney: No black man has accomplished what the American Mafia hasn't in a hundred years!
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Frank Lucas: This is my home. My country. Frank Lucas don't run from nobody. This is America.
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Nephew: I don't wanna play baseball no more.
Huey Lucas: Frank, we got a problem.
Frank Lucas: [looks at his brother, then his nephew] Well, what do you want?
Nephew: I want what you got Uncle Frank. I wanna be you.
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Detective Richie Roberts: The number one fear of people isn't dying, it's public speaking.
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Detective Richie Roberts: Frank Lucas is the most dangerous man walking the streets of our city.
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Detective Richie Roberts: Judges, lawyers, cops, politicians. They stop bringing dope into this country, about a hundred thousand people are gonna be out of a job.
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