A scene from Do the Right Thing 1989
Pino

Daddy, you know, I've been thinking... maybe we should sell this place, get out while we're still ahead... and alive.

Sal

You really think you know what's best for us, Pino?

Pino

Maybe we can... can we sell this and open up a new one in our own neighborhood?

Sal

There's too many pizzerias already there.

Pino

Then maybe we could... we could try something different.

Sal

What am I gonna do? What am I - that's all I know. What am I doing? I been here twenty-five years. Where am I going?

Pino

I'm sick of ****. It's like I come to work, it's Planet of the Apes. I don't like being around them. They're animals.

Sal

Why you got so much anger in you?

Pino

Why? I'll tell you why. My friends, they laugh at me. They laugh right in my face. They tell me, "Go to Bed-Stuy. Go feed the moulies".

Sal

Do your friends put money in your pocket, Pino? Food on your table? They pay your rent, a roof over your head? They're not your friends. If they were your friends they wouldn't laugh at you.

Pino

Pop, what can I say? I don't want to be here. They don't want us here. We should stay in our own neighborhood, stay in Bensonhurst, and the **** should stay in theirs.

Sal

I never had no trouble with these people. I sat in this window. I watched these little kids get old. And I seen the old people get older. Yeah, sure, some of them don't like us, but most of them do. I mean, for Christ's sake, Pino, they grew up on my food. On my food. And I'm very proud of that. Oh, you may think It's funny, but I'm very proud of that. Look, what I'm trying to say, son, is, uh... Sal's Famous Pizzeria is here to stay. I'm sorry. I'm your father, and I love you, I'm sorry but... but that's the way it is.

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