The Man Who Cried (2000)
John Turturro: Dante Dominio
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Quotes
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Dante Dominio : You have to fight to get somewhere in this world. Maybe even fight to kill.
Suzie : If you are fighting to kill, you must be very, very sure that you have God on your side. Otherwise...
Dante Dominio : Otherwise what?
Suzie : Otherwise you are nothing more than a murderer.
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Dante Dominio : [about gypsies] They are dirty.
Suzie : How would you be if you lived on the road?
Dante Dominio : Ah, well, but I don't! I live in an apartment with two bathrooms and beautiful furniture which I pay for with money I have earned. Why do they live like that? Because they are dirty, lazy thieves! Because they don't want to work, to make something of themselves!
Suzie : They live on the road because their homes were taken away. They have nowhere else to go.
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Dante Dominio : What do I have but my voice? I am nothing if I cannot sing.
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[Dante has been ingratiating himself with Nazi officers, while Suzie has been helping the gypsies]
Dante Dominio : [as she clears up horse droppings] Hey, little Suzie. You have found your place at last, amongst the animals.
Suzie : And you have found yours.
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Dante Dominio : Mussolini believes in order and organization. He understands that the Italian people must regain back their self-respect.
Reporter : By putting on black shirts and marching up and down in one of those rallies?
Dante Dominio : [laughs and pats the reporter's cheek] Ah, you intellectual, huh? For the working man, the rallies are about dignity and strength. The lighting, the music, the choreography creates an atmosphere. Magnifico!
Felix Perlman : Mussolini certainly has a great sense of theatre.
Dante Dominio : Certo! Certo, huh? And everything he does, huh... is big. Yes. Yes! You could learn something, Felix. He really knows how to reach his public.