The Departed Quotes (2006)
Frank Costello: When I was your age they used to say you could become cops or criminals. What I’m saying to you is this… When you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?
Frank Costello: Jeez. She fell funny. [chuckles at the dead body]
Mr. French: Francis, you really should see somebody
Oliver Queenan: What I’m asking you is this: do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It’s an honest question. A lot of guys just want to appear to be cops: gun, badge, pretend they’re on TV.
Dignam: A lot of people just wanna slam a nigger’s head through a plate-glass window.
Madolyn: Here, this is my card.
Colin Sullivan: Nah, I don’t need that. I’m a detective. I’ll find you.
[elevator door begins to close; Colin reaches out]
Colin Sullivan: No, I’m just kidding, I need the card.
Frank Costello: You want some coke? There it is. Don’t move till you’re numb.
Ellerby: Qui Bono, who benefits?
Colin Sullivan: Qui gives a shit. It’s got a freakin’ bow on it.
Frank Costello: One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy.
Ellerby: How is your wedding coming along?
Colin Sullivan: Great, great; she’s a doctor.
Ellerby: That’s outstanding.
Colin Sullivan: Yeah.
Ellerby: Marriage is an important part of getting ahead: lets people know you’re not a homo; married guy seems more stable; people see the ring, they think at least somebody can stand the son of a bitch; ladies see the ring, they know immediately you must have some cash or your cock must work.
[Laughs]
Colin Sullivan: [Laughing] Yeah, it’s working… Overtime!
Ellerby: I’m glad to hear that.
Colin Sullivan: Yeah… Thank you.
Ellerby: You have an immaculate record. Some guys don’t trust an immaculate record. I do. I have an immaculate record.
Frank Costello: You do well in school?
Young Colin: Yeah
Frank Costello: Good. So did I. They call that a paradox.
Billy Costigan: You don’t have any cats.
Madolyn: No.
Billy Costigan: I like that.
Frank Costello: Have a seat, Bill.
[Costigan sits down at Costello's dinner table]
Frank Costello: [while eating crab] Do you know John Lennon?
Billy Costigan: Yeah, sure, he was the president before Lincoln.
Frank Costello: Lennon said, I’m an artist. You give me a fucking tuba, I’ll get you something out of it.
Billy Costigan: [sarcastically] Well I tell you Mr. Costello, I’d like to squeeze some fucking money out of it.
Frank Costello: Smart mouth. Too bad. If you’ll indulge me…
[sees Gwen leaving]
Frank Costello: Now what?
Gwen: Choir practice.
Frank Costello: [annoyed] Choir practice.
[Costello pulls out a severed human hand]
Frank Costello: The point I’m making with John Lennon is – a man could look at anything, and make something out of it. For instance, I look at you and I think what could I use you for?
Madolyn: Why is the last patient of the day always the hardest?
Billy Costigan: Because you’re tired and you don’t give a shit. It’s not super-natural.
Colin Sullivan: What Freud said about the Irish is: We’re the only people who are impervious to psychoanalysis.
Frank Costello: [talking about Costigan] Do you trust him?
Mr. French: Well these days, who’s reliable?
Frank Costello: His uncle Jackie was. Yeah, you can’t trust a guy acts like he’s got nothing to lose.
Mr. French: I’m reliable.
Frank Costello: Arnold, you’re one in a million.
Mr. French: Ten. Ten million.
Frank Costello: What about your wife, Arnold?
Mr. French: Well, I thought she was.
Frank Costello: [laughing] She wasn’t!
Mr. French: Well, she got reliable.
[flashback showing French strangling his wife]
Frank Costello: Heavy lies the crown.
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