“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To...” – Henry Hill, Goodfellas ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Goodfellas 1990

Henry Hill Ray Liotta

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.

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Henry Hill I was the luckiest kid in the world. I could go anywhere. I could do anything. I knew everybody and everybody knew me. I was part of something. And I belonged. I was treated like a grown-up. Every day, I was learning to score. A dollar here. A dollar there. I was living a fantasy. Henry Hill People looked at me differently and they knew I was with somebody. At thirteen, I was making more money than most of the grown-ups in the neighborhood. I mean, I had more money than I could spend. I had it all. One day the kids from the neighborhood carried my mother's groceries all the way home. You know why? It was out of respect. Henry Hill What Jimmy really loved to do, what he really loved to do was steal. I mean he actually enjoyed it. Jimmy was the kind of guy who rooted for the bad guys in the movies.