You understand? Ace Rothstein : So you're a righty? Ace Rothstein : In so many words, yes.
Nicky Santoro : Oh I don't know whether you know this or not, but you only have your fuckin casino because I made that possible. And that's that. When the fuck did I ever ask you if I could come out here? After the Tangiers, the big corporations took it all over. You're a lucky man, Mr. You know I get calls from back home every fuckin day, they think you went bat shit! And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow? The box men are watching the dealers. I could still pick winners, and I could still make money for all kinds of people back home. I wouldn't even be in this situation if it wasn't for you. Junk bonds. I asked you? You better get your own fuckin army pal! I'm known. Today, it's like checkin' into an airport. There's no other way. Without me, you, personally, every fuckin' wise guy skell around'll take a piece of your fuckin' Jew ass. But in the end, I wound up right back where I started. You beat him with a knife, he comes back with a gun. Otherwise, what's the point? Ace Rothstein : Can you do it with your left hand? Do you remember what I told you? And while the kids play cardboard pirates, Mommy and Daddy drop the house payments and Junior's college money on the poker slots. You're orderin me out? Flirting Executive : Hello Mrs. Signaller : No, sir. Get this through your head, you Ace Rothstein : You never Nicky Santoro : Get this through your head you Jew motherfucker, you. Ace Rothstein : Yeah I said l-let the bullshit blow over for a while, so I can run the casino. And why mess up a good thing? I'm watching the casino manager. The next day I fired him. Nicky Santoro : Oh sure now you wanna bring your fuckin license on me, is that it? Today, it's all gone. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. That's the only reason. I saw you shuffling your checks with your right hand. The floor men are watching the box men. The shift bosses are watching the pit bosses. One minute. Since the players are looking to beat the casino, the dealers are watching the players. Anything goes wrong with the casino it's my ass, it's not yours, it's my ass! That way I have a forum, I can fight back. Nicky Santoro : What people, d'ja think I wasn't gonna find out? You motherfucker, you. Can you do that with both hands? After the Teamsters got knocked out of the box, the corporations tore down practically every one of the old casinos. And if you order room service, you're lucky if you get it by Thursday. You brought down so much fuckin heat on me, I mean every time I meet somebody the big question is "do I know you? Then where you gonna go? You beat Nicky with fists, he comes back with a bat. Signaller : No. Ace Rothstein : Now you're gonna have to learn with your left hand. Ace Rothstein : I didn't do anything, I mean, I didn't order you or anybody. Ace Rothstein : No, Nicky, when you asked me if you could come out here, what did I tell you? I mean you asked me and I know you were gonna come out no matter what I said, but what did I tell you? Nicky Santoro : Your fuckin ass! The casino manager is watching the shift bosses. Flirting Executive : You're one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen. The pit bosses are watching the floor men. You said I'm bringing heat on YOU? Signaller : Well, I I never tried. You get a whale show up with four million in a suitcase, and some twenty-five-year-old hotel school kid is gonna want his Social Security Number. Today it looks like Disneyland. I'm what counts out here, not your fuckin country clubs or your fuckin TV shows! What balls on this fuckin' kid. Nicky Santoro : You're making a big fuckin spectacle of yourself! Ace Rothstein : Can't do it with both hands? Signaller : Yeah. I only told Andy Stone that you had a lot of heat on you and that was a problem. In the old days, dealers knew your name, what you drank, what you played. Ace Rothstein : What people? You wanted to go on TV. You're fuckin' warned. And for a while, I believed, that's the kind of love I had. And if you beat him with a gun, you better kill him, because he'll keep comin' back and back until one of you is dead. People see me. Rothstein, how are you? I gotta listen to people because of your fuckin shit? Nicky Santoro : You want me to get out of my own fuckin town? Nicky Santoro : Back- Back up, back up a fuckin' minute here. You only exist out here because of me.