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- Elliot: Hi. How are you? My name's Elliot, and I'm with the Cub Scouts of America. We're... we're selling uncut cocaine to get to the jamboree.
- Dick Ritchie: Clarence, do you have any idea how much coke you have here? Clarence Worley: How much? I don't know, but it's a f***in' lot.
- Clifford Worley: 'Cause you, you're part eggplant. Vincenzo Coccotti: Ohhh! Huh? Hey! You're a cantaloupe.
- Drexl Spivey: Marty. Y'know what we got here? Motherf***in' Charlie Bronson. Mr. Majestyk.
Clifford Worley: So you see, way back then, uh, Sicilians were like, uh, wops from Northern Italy. Ah, they all had blonde hair and blue eyes, but, uh, well, then the Moors moved in there, and uh, well, they changed the whole country.
Quotes Clifford Worley : You're Sicilian, huh? Coccotti : Yeah, Sicilian.
- "He Must Have Thought It Was White Boy Day. It Ain't White Boy Day, Is It?"
- "I Eat Every Motherf***Ing thing."
- "I Like You, Clarence. Always have. Always will."
- "I Think What You Did… Was So Romantic."
- "You're An Actor. Act, Motherf***Er."
- "Now I Do It Just to Watch Their F***Ing Expression change."
- "Don't Condescend Me, Man. I'll F***In' Kill Ya, man."
- "You're Sicilian, huh?"
- "You're A Cantaloupe."
- "I Haven't Killed Anybody Since 1984."
Drexl
There are a lot of Tarantino side characters who steal the show and there are quite a few in True Romance. One of the most entertaining performances is from Gary Oldman as Drexl, a dreadlock-wearing pimp who likes to pretend he's black. After beating up Clarence, he delivers this wonderfully weird line that shows his delusional mind. As terrifying as he can be, he is also hard to take seriously with such a warped idea of himself.
Big Don
Among the surprisingly star-studded cast of True Romance, Samuel L. Jackson has a tiny role as criminal Big Don. Jackson seems like he was born to say Tarantino's dialogue. Having appeared in most of Tarantino's movies, he just sells those wonderful lines so well and he first proved it even before he worked with Tarantino himself. While at a drug deal, Don and the other thugs have a lively and vulgar conversation about their sexual habits. Jackson proves he is the master at handling this kind...
The Mentor
Clarence's obsession with Elvis goes beyond those odd hypothetical fantasies and proves to be a full-on hallucination. As we see several times in the movie, Clarence imagines Elvis himself is talking to him as a sort of guardian angel. Played by a mostly unseen Val Kilmer, the addition of the so-called "Mentor" character is brilliantly strange. It adds a fantasy element to this ultra-violent crime story as this Elvis figure guides Clarence on his dangerous journey. His repeated line, "I like...
Alabama
Though Clarence might seem like a bit of a dangerous young man with a strange grasp on reality, Alabama has an odd idea of romance as well. She is the heart of the story and the reason Clarence's actions don't seem so terrible. RELATED: 10 Best Quotes in Bones And All After being married for only a few short days, Clarence comes home to tell Alabama that he killed her former pimp. Breaking down into tears, she tells him she thinks it was so romantic and thus begins their violent and strange l...
Nicholson
The subplot involving Elliot and his work with the cops is another highlight of the movie and adds an interesting new element late in the story. Agents Dimes and Nicholson make for his handlers and are not overly confident with how Elliot can handle the pressure of the situation. RELATED: 10 Best Quotes In The Good Nurse Wearing a wire and heading into the drug deal, Elliot is barely keeping it together. As Nicholson listens over the wire, he offers this hilariously blunt and less-than-helpfu...
Virgil
Before becoming one of the best TV actors of all time on The Sopranos, James Gandolfini had a very memorable brief role in True Romance. As Virgil, Gandolfini brings a menacing and somewhat vulnerable quality to this hitman role. After delivering a brutal beating to Alabama, Virgil calmly recounts what it is like the first time he killed someone. He admits to it being hard and even that he got sick as a result. But his cold-blooded description of how little he feels now proves he is not someo...
Floyd
One of the biggest surprises in the movie is the amazing and hilarious cameo by Brad Pitt as Floyd. Though Pitt was well on his way to stardom at the time, he appears in this small role as a useless stoner who is constantly seen on the couch. Pitt is incredibly funny in the part as Floyd unwittingly sets the stage for some of the bloodiest moments in the movie, all the while he is just smoking his bong. His attempt to tough-talk Virgil is one of the movie's funniest moments. It makes for one...
Clifford
While the movie is Clarence and Alabama's story, the most intense, exciting, and memorable scene involves neither of them. The scene involves a gangster named Coccotti who interrogated Clarence's father Clifford about the whereabouts of his son. RELATED: The 10 Best Quotes In All Quiet On The Western Front Not willing to give up his son but not wanting to be tortured, Clifford decides to teach Coccotti some history about his Sicilian heritage. It is a brilliantly written scene elevated furthe...
Vincent Coccotti
After Clifford gives Coccotti his racially insensitive history lesson, he decides to twist the knife a little further by referring to Coccotti as a certain vegetable that is meant as a racial slur. At this point, the audience can pretty much guess what is going to happen to Clifford, but the movie drags out the moment with even more tension. Coccotti laughs at the remark before saying, "You're a cantaloupe." It's a bizarre but brilliant and funny line improvised by Walken that has appropriate...
Vincent Coccotti
Though he only appears in one scene, Christopher Walken gives one of the best performances in True Romanceas the cold gangster Coccotti. While the interactions between him and Denis Hopper make for the movie's best moment, Coccotti's reaction to killing Clifford is memorable as well. After shooting the man in the head, Coccotti is emotionless as he shoots his dead body a few more times. Almost to himself, he remarks how long it has been since he last killed someone as if he is annoyed at retu...
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Apr 1, 2024 · You see, Sicilians have black blood pumpin' through their hearts. If you don't believe me, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, you see, the Moors conquered Sicily.
You see, Sicilians have black blood pumpin' through their hearts. If you don't believe me, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, you see, the Moors conquered Sicily.
You see, Sicilians have black blood pumpin' through their hearts. If you don't believe me, you can look it up. Hundreds and hundreds of years ago, you see, the Moors conquered Sicily.
