CARLITO BRIGANTE Guys went down, yeah, but it ain’t like, you know, you just decide one day and that’s it. No. You just do what you gotta do to survive. Somehow, you know, you just end up where you are.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Mi barrio ya no existe. [My neighborhood doesn't exist anymore]

CARLITO BRIGANTE If you can't see the angles no more, you're in trouble.

BENNY BLANCO Hey, my name is Benny Blanco from the Bronx.

CARLITO BRIGANTE You know me?

BENNY BLANCO Yeah, I know you, you're Carlito Brigante motherfucker to the max, that's who you are!

CARLITO BRIGANTE Well, I don't know you. So, I don't owe you, Saso does. My place now, new rules. Everybody pays, okay?

CARLITO BRIGANTE Somebody’s pullin’ me close to the ground. I can sense, but I can’t see. I ain’t panicked, I been here before. Same as when I got popped on 104th Street. Don’t take me to no hospital, please. Fuckin’ emergency rooms don’t save nobody. Sons of bitches always pop you at midnight when all they got is a Chinese intern with a dull spoon.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Somebody’s pullin’ me close to the ground. I can sense, but I can’t see. I ain’t panicked, I been here before. Same as when I got popped on 104th Street. Don’t take me to no hospital, please. Fuckin’ emergency rooms don’t save nobody. Sons of bitches always pop you at midnight when all they got is a Chinese intern with a dull spoon. Look at these suckers scramblin' around. What for? My Puerto Rican ass ain't supposed to have made it this far. Most of my crew got washed a long time ago. Don't worry. My heart, it don't ever quit. I ain't ready to check out. Seems like a just got out of thejoint. Stood up in front of that judge, and told him what was who.

CARLITO BRIGANTE So look at you. You really made something of your life.

KLEINFELD You put me in business. All my first clients came through you.

CARLITO BRIGANTE As I say, you know, top drawer. You’re Top Drawer, Davey.

STEF Carlito, I see you were talkin’ to Benny Blanco before.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Yeah. Benny Blanco from the Bronx.

STEF They say he’s coming up in the world.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Really?

STEF Hmm, mmm.

CARLITO BRIGANTE He’s got a big future if he can live past next week.

STEF Hey, Carlito, where you been hiding this man, huh? This is one sexy man. He’s an animal. You know that?

CARLITO BRIGANTE Faster than a speeding bullet, huh.

BENNY BLANCO Mr Brigante, this is the second time you turned me down for a drink. What, you don’t like my champagne?

CARLITO BRIGANTE It could be.

BENNY BLANCO Maybe, there’s a mis-fucking-understanding. Maybe you don’t remember me, my name...

CARLITO BRIGANTE Maybe I don’t give a shit. Maybe I don’t remember the last time I blew my nose either. Who the fuck are you, that I should remember you, huh? What, you think you’re like me? You ain’t like me, motherfucker. You’re a punk. I’ve been with made people, connected people. Who you been with? Chain-snatchin’, jive-ass, maricon motherfuckers. Why don’t you get lost? Go ahead, snatch a purse. Take a fuckin’ walk.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Let me deal with Pachanga. He’s my brother.

SASO He’s your brother? That son of a bitch would kill his mother for money.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Most people will.

CARLITO BRIGANTE I’ve been to Norwalk’s office. I heard the tape.

KLEINFELD That pig.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Never give up your friends, Dave, no matter what.

CARLITO BRIGANTE I don't invite this shit, it just comes to me. I run, it runs after me. Gotta be somewhere to hide.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Let me deal with Pachanga. He’s my brother.

SASO He’s your brother? That son of a bitch would kill his mother for money.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Most people will.

CARLITO BRIGANTE I’ve been to Norwalk’s office. I heard the tape.

KLEINFELD That pig.

CARLITO BRIGANTE Never give up your friends, Dave, no matter what.