[at The Commission meeting, Joey Zasa is uneasy because Michael gave the other Dons their slice of proceeds from a recent sale of casinos - but he gets nothing]
You all know Joey Zasa. He is, I admit, an important man. His picture is on the cover of the New York Times Magazine. He gets the Esquire Magazine award for the best dressed gangster. [the assembled Dons laugh] The newspapers praise him because he hires the blacks into his family, which shows he has a good heart. Who knows, maybe someday he will make all of you popular.
[walks around the table]
It's true, I make more of a bella figura. That is my nature. But I also want to make a move into legitimate enterprises. I also want a pin from the Pope. Sure, I take the blacks and the Spanish into my family, because that's America.
And you guarantee that they don't deal the drugs in those neighborhoods?
I don't guarantee that. I guarantee that I'll kill anyone who does.
Who can refuse Don Altobello?
[angry]
No! I say to all of you that I have been treated this day with no respect! I've made you all money. And I asked for little. Good. You won't give, I'll take! As for Don Corleone, he has made it very clear today that he is my enemy! You must choose between us. [storms out of the meeting]
