Quotes from Vincent Gardenia movies and TV shows

Dutch Schnell: Skip the facts, just gimme the details.

Audrey: Seymour's first radio broadcast! I wanted to hear it so bad. I tried to be on time, but.
Mr. Mushnik: Don't tell me. You got tied up.
Audrey: No. Just handcuffed a little.

Seymour: The Audrey Two is not a healthy girl.
Mr. Mushnik: Strictly between us - neither is the Audrey One.

Loretta Castorini: What am I going to tell him?
Cosmo Castorini: Tell him the truth. They find out anyway.

Cosmo Castorini: Birds fly to the stars - I guess.

Loretta Castorini: I'm getting married.
Cosmo Castorini: Again?
Loretta Castorini: Yeah.
Cosmo Castorini: You did this once before, it didn't work out.
Loretta Castorini: The guy died.

Cosmo Castorini: There are three kinds of pipe. There's what you have, which is garbage - and you can see where that's gotten you. There's bronze, which is pretty good, unless something goes wrong. And something always goes wrong. Then, there's copper, which is the only pipe I use. It costs money. It costs money because it saves money.

Cosmo Castorini: I can't sleep any more. It's too much like death.

Cosmo Castorini: It looks stupid. It's a pinky ring. It's a man's ring.
Loretta Castorini: It's temporary.
Cosmo Castorini: Everything is temporary! That don't excuse nothin'.

Rose: I just want you to know no matter what you do, you're gonna die, just like everybody else.
Cosmo Castorini: Thank you, Rose.