Ever since I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster. To me that was better than being president of the United States. To be a gangster was to own the world.
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) in the highly acclaimed biopic Goodfellas (1990), directed by Martin Scorcese.
Love this movie and those opening lines. Slightly more poignant than another of my faves: “Fuck you, pay me.”
There are some stand out lines for sure. The scene at the restaurant is brilliant.The other line I thought about putting up was “No one parked in front of our driveway and we didn’t even a car!