Jake La MottaI remember those cheers / They still ring in my ears / After years, they remain in my thoughts. / Go to one night / I took off my robe, and what'd I do? I forgot to wear shorts. / I recall every fall / Every hook, every jab / The worst way a guy can get rid of his flab. / As you know, my life wasn't drab. / Though I'd much... Though I'd rather hear you cheer / When you delve... Though I'd rather hear you cheer / When I delve into Shakespeare / "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse", I haven't had a winner in six months.
[he lights a cigar]
Jake La MottaThough I'm no Olivier / I would much rather... And though I'm no Olivier / If he fought Sugar Ray / He would say / That the thing ain't the ring, it's the play. / So give me a... stage / Where this bull here can rage / And though I could fight / I'd much rather recite /... that's entertainment.
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[Sugar Ray Robinson has just battered Jake La Motta half to death, but Jake has stayed on his feet]
Jake La MottaI'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss... I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss.
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Joey LaMottaIf you win, you win. If you lose, you still win. There's no way you can lose.
Joey LaMotta[pauses]How could you ask me a question like that? How could you ask me? I'm your brother. You asked me that? Where do you get you're balls big enough to ask me that?
Joey LaMottaI'm not answering you. I'm not gonna answer that. It's stupid.
Jake La MottaYou're very smart, Joey. You're givin' me all these answers, but you ain't givin' me the right answer. I'm gonna ask you again: did you or did you not?
Joey LaMottaI'm not gonna answer. It's a sick question and you're a sick fuck and I'm not that sick that I'm gonna answer it. I'm not telling you anything. I'm gonna leave. If Lenore calls, tell her I went home. I'm not stayin' in this nuthouse with you. You're a sick bastard, I feel sorry for you, I really do. You know what you should do? Try a little more fuckin' and a little less eatin'. And you won't have troubles upstairs in your bedroom and you won't pick it out on me and everybody else. You understand, you fuckin' wacko? You're crackin' up! Fuckin' screw ball, you!
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Vicki LaMottaI fucked all of 'em. Tommy, Salvy, your brother. All of 'em. I sucked your brother's cock! What do you want me to say?
Vicki LaMottaYeah, I sucked his cock. And everybody else on the fuckin' street too. What do you want? You're nothin' but a fat pig, selfish fool!
[as Jake slaps Vicki and leaves]
Vicki LaMottaHis fuckin' cock's bigger than yours too!
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Joey LaMottaWho is this? Sal, is that you. I can hear you breathing you fuck. You listening, your mother sucks fucking big fucking elephant dicks, you got that?
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[last title card]
Title cardSo, for the second time, the Pharisees summoned the man who had been blind and said: / "Speak the truth before God. / We know this fellow is a sinner." / "Whether or not he is a sinner, I do not know," / The man replied. / "All I know is this: / Once I was blind and now I can see." - John IX, 24-26 / the New English Bible
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Tommy Como[after Janiro fight]He ain't pretty no more.
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Joey LaMottaHey Jack, I just explained the whole thing to you didn't I. It was between me and Salvy. If it had anything to do with Vicki I would've told you about it.
Jake La Motta[talking about Janiro]Yeah, he's a nice kid, pretty kid, don't know whether to fuck him or fight him.
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Joey LaMotta[over the phone, when no one answers, not realizing it's Jake calling]Your mother sucks giant elephant dicks!
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[Just after Sugar Ray Robinson won an early fight (before joining the army)]
Joey LaMottaThey robbed you. They're miserable because their mothers take it up their fucking ass.
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Jake La MottaDon't give me that look, Joey. I gotta accept your answer, you know? But If I hear anything, I swear on our mother I'm gonna kill somebody. I'm gonna kill somebody, Joey.
Joey LaMotta[angrily]Well go ahead and kill if you're a tough guy, go kill people! Kill Vicki, kill Salvy, kill Tommy Como, kill me while you're at it, what do I care? You kill yourself, the way you eat! Ya fat fuck, look at you!
Jake La MottaWhat do you mean - I don't understand, kill you?
Joey LaMottaMe! Kill me, start here! Do me a fuckin' favour! Cause you're driving me crazy! You're a killer, you're a big shot, just kill. You're a killer.
Joey LaMottaJack. Jack, don't start your shit. I mean it, don't start.
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Joey LaMottaWhat are ya thinkin' about? Ya keep lookin'. Where the fuck you going? You're dead! You're married! You're a married man, it's all over. Leave the young girls for me.
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Jake La MottaI got these small hands. I got a little girl's hands.
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Joey LaMottaShe ain't the kind of girl you just fuck and forget about, this girl.
Jake La MottaJoey, how many times I gotta tell ya? Why're you always cursin' when I'm talkin' to you? Don't do it around me. Do it around your friends.
Joey LaMottaShe's a, the kind of girl you bang and forget about - she's not like that. You gotta spend time with her, get involved, you know...
Joey LaMottaI just told you the truth. I tell you the truth the first time. You don't have to ask me again. I never do that. I always tell you the truth. If I did it, you would know. I took her out a couple of times.
Jake La MottaYou went out with her and you didn't try to fuck her?
Jake La MottaFriends. They're in a huddle. Big business meeting. By the pool, they sit around and talk. Big deals. They make sure she can hear. Big Man. Get the fuck outta here. Big shot. Get 'em all in a back room, smack 'em around, no more big shot, without his gun. They're tough guys. They're all tough guys.
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Jake La Motta[talks about Janiro]I'm gonna open his hole like this. Please excuse my French. I'm gonna make him suffer. I'm gonna make his mother wish she never had him - make him into dog meat... He's a nice, a nice kid. He's a pretty kid, too. I mean I don't know, I gotta problem if I should fuck him or fight him.
Tommy Como[laughs]You're crazy. Fuck him or fight him.
Salvy BattsIf you're really in love with that fucker, just watch out.
Jake La MottaWhy? Why'd you do it? Why? You're so stupid. You're so stupid. So fuckin' stupid. So stupid. They call me an animal. I'm not an animal! I'm not an animal. Why do they treat me like this? I'm not bad. I'm not that bad! I'm not that bad. I'm not that guy. I'm not that guy. I'm not that guy.
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Vicki LaMottaI feel like I'm a prisoner. I can't walk. I look at somebody the wrong way, I get smacked.
Joey LaMottaYou think you're right or somethin' the way you're yellin'? Well, you're wrong!
Jake La MottaBoo-boo. Give the boo-boo a kiss. Make it better. Mmm.
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Jake La MottaThey got some balls. Some balls. I take the dive. What more do they want? Huh? They want me to go down too? I ain't goin' down. Not for nobody.
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Jake La MottaYou know what's botherin' me? My hands.
Salvy BattsYou know? But, you got to make him know.
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Tommy ComoWhy does he make it so hard on himself? For Christ sake, he comes to me, I'd make it easier for him. The man's got a head of rock.
Joey LaMottaYou know, it's hard to explain, Tommy. Jack respects you. I mean, he don't say hello to anybody. You, he talks to. He likes you. Its just that when he gets somethin' on his mind, you know, he's got a hard head. He likes to do things his own way. I mean, Jesus Christ could come off the cross sometime, he don't give a fuck. He's gonna do what he wants to do. He wants to make it on his own, you know. He thinks he can make it on his own.
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Vicki LaMottaWhat am I supposed to do? I'm 20 years old and I got to go home and sleep by myself every night?
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ComedianGood evening, ladies and gentlemen. It's great to be back at the Copa Lounge. What a great audience! Come on, lady, laugh it up. I laughed when you came in. But, seriously speakin' folks, we have a special guest with us tonight. I'd like to introduce the world's leading middleweight contender. The Bronx Bull. The Raging Bull! Let's hear it for the great - Jake La Motta!
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Jake La MottaI'm gonna win. There's no way I'm goin' down. I don't go down for nobody.
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Jake La Motta"When I come home at night, my wife's at the door with a tall drink in her hand. And she gives me a nice hot bath. Then, she gives me a nice rubdown. Then, she makes passionate love to me. Then, she makes me dinner. What more could you ask for? You ought to try that." The other friend says, "Hey, That sounds great! What time does your wife get home?"
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Jake La Motta[crying]What'd I do? What'd I do? What'd I do?
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Jake La MottaHey, Joey, you don't understand. You don't understand. I had to fight a bum. He's a bum! I fought the guy, tapped him like that, all the sudden he's like this all over the place. What have I got to do?
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Joey LaMotta[to his young son]If I see you put your hands in that plate one more time, I'm going to stab you with this knife. You hear me? I told you, keep your hands outta the plate! Christ!
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Joey LaMottaYou came down here just for that nonsense? That's it?
ToppyThat's it.
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Jake La MottaIt's only a joke if you know it's a joke.
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Salvy BattsThere's nothin' goin' on over here!
Joey LaMottaAlright, alright, let's all calm down, we can straighten this out...
[suddenly smashes a glass over Salvy's head]
Joey LaMottaNothin' goin' on? *Nothin' goin' on*? You dirty cocksucker! I'll bite your head off!