Boardwalk Empire (TV Series)
The Ivory Tower (2010)
Steve Buscemi: Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
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Quotes
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Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : You're out, Mickey.
Mickey Doyle : [to his cellmate] So long, sucker. See youse in the funny papers.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Not out of jail, out of business. Chalky White's taking over.
Mickey Doyle : What are you talking about? Why?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : You broke the cardinal rule, Mickey. You got caught.
Mickey Doyle : No, that was a setup. The fix was in from the beginning.
[his cellmate mutters something in a foreign language]
Mickey Doyle : Shut the fuck up! What am I suppose to tell my partners?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Tell them whatever you'd like. The feds know who you are now, Mick. You're contagious.
Mickey Doyle : So you'll bail me out, at least?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : No can do. I can't risk them tying us together.
Mickey Doyle : So you're just gonna leave me in here with... slanty-eyes? He don't even talk English!
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Think of it as a way to broaden your horizons.
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James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Five.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Actually, there were four, but let's not quibble over that little detail, shall we?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : We couldn't leave any witnesses, Nuck.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Fucking idiot.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : I screwed up, okay? I'm sorry. I'm gonna make it up to you. I'll work extra hours.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Whoa, hold on there. Wait a second. You don't work for me anymore. Let's get that straight right now. And you made that decision, not me.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Well, who's gonna drive you?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : What's the difference? You wanna be a gangster, kid? Go be a gangster. But if you want to be a gangster in my town, then you'll pay me for the priviledge. That envelope you gave me, my end, according to my calculations, you're three grand short.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : What do you mean?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Are you deaf and stupid? You pull a stunt like that, ass-fuck me with Arnold Rothstein in the process, you owe me another three grand.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Nucky, I spent most of the money.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Three thousand dollars. You got forty-eight hours.
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Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : What are you doing?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : It's 4:30. I'm clocking in.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Just like that? I'd say our relationship has changed rather significantly in the past few days. Wouldn't you agree?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : You tell me.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Actually, why don't you tell me? You can start with what the fuck happened the other night. How's that?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : All right.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Did I invite you to sit?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Me and Al, we got to talking about life.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Who's Al?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Capone. He works for Johnny Torrio.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : The chubby kid?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Yeah.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Did Torrio sanction this?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : Only after the fact. It was my idea. Mine and Al's. We got to talking about life, family, money. He's got a little boy of his own.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Young children at home and there's no goddamn accountability whatsoever.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : I said I was sorry, Nuck.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Really? When was that?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : I'm sorry. I thought it would be easy, okay? Get the drop on them, swipe the truck. No one would get hurt.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : And me? Where'd I figure in?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : It would have never been traced back to you.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Well, guess what? A fed came in to see me this morning, standing right where you are now, asking questions about Saturday night.
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : What'd you tell him?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : To bugger himself. What the fuck do you think?
James 'Jimmy' Darmody : There were deer in the woods. Al got spooked, he started shooting.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : So you kill four fucking guys?
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Nelson Van Alden : You're a difficult man to see. I've been waiting since 9 a.m.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Well, there's your mistake right there. I don't keep regular hours.
Nelson Van Alden : That's s little odd for the county treasurer, isn't it?
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Both I and the city Atlantic march to their own drummers.
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Abe Klein : [trying to impress Claudia] Thompson's a big cheese. Big as they come.
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : [to Claudia with self=deprecating humor] Some say a big rat.