Boardwalk Empire (TV Series)

A Man, a Plan... (2012)

Steve Buscemi: Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson

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Quotes 

• Agent Stan Sawicki : A man, a plan, a canal, panama.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : What are you yammering about?

  Agent Stan Sawicki : It's a palindrome.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : A what?

  Agent Stan Sawicki : A word or phrase spelled exactly the same backwards or forwards. Like "mom".

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Or imbecile.

• Chalky White : Know who I am tonight?

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : What's that supposed to mean?

  Chalky White : Had some trouble last time.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : What do you want, Chalky?

  Chalky White : Got cash behind me. I'm gonna cut you proper. Connections in the circuit: New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City. I bring the acts in. I guarantee it.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : I don't know what you're talking about.

  Chalky White : A club. On the Boardwalk where Babette's used to was.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : A Negro club?

  Chalky White : Black on stage, white in the house. They doin' it in Harlem. Packin' 'em in till the small hours.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : This isn't Harlem.

  Chalky White : Ain't Japan neither. But there's a big hope out there, money to be made. I know it in my bones, Nucky. And I's set to do it right. Ain't gonna be no juke joint with barrelhouse comin' out. This here gonna be elegant. Tuxedos and "chandelabras"...

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Chandeliers.

  Chalky White : I ain't got to spell 'em, just pay for 'em. Nobody want to see that wreck out there and nobody wanna be reminded what happened. This an opportunity, a chance for this town...

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : There's a dividing line. There's a line and you know that.

  Chalky White : That line can move.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : Chalky, I have other things on my mind right now.

  Chalky White : All you gotta do it say yes. I take care of the rest.

  Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson : [firmly]  I just told you how it is. Why is that hard to understand?

  [long pause; Chalky stands up and buttons his jacket, visibly upset] 

  Chalky White : You ain't the only one be thinkin'.