The spookiest thing I can remember about John Gotti is his eyes.
Never piss off a gangster.
If a superhero is a community superhero, then is he going to protect his community by controlling everything? If he decides to control crime, does that make him a crime boss? Does that make him a criminal?
I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.
Always a godfather, never a god.
The can’t collect legal taxes from illegal money.
That is exactly what the IRS did, and in 1931, Capone was imprisoned for tax evasion.
'The Godfather' changed the way gangsters acted.
It is the Godfather, not God the Father, who makes you an offer you can’t refuse.
Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.
I’ve been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War. [WWI]
Now, Hillary's [Clinton] more than that, she's an actual - she could be a crime boss.
I think we've always been fascinated with the idea of the romantic outlaw. John Gotti could be in one instance a charismatic, kind and loving family man, and in another, deadly to his enemies. The opportunity to tell the true story of Gotti with John Travolta is a director's dream.
'The Godfather' is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre.
The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.