American Me (1992)

Danny De La Paz: Puppet

Quotes 

• Montoya Santana : Little Puppet!

  Little Puppet : Orale!

  Montoya Santana : Orale! How are you doing?

  Little Puppet : Great.

  Montoya Santana : It's good, ese. Called you for a little task, all right?

  Little Puppet : Simon.

  Montoya Santana : Now you'll do El Chucko. Want you to handle it for us, all right?

  Puppet : I'll take care of it, ese.

  Montoya Santana : Was I talking to you, ese?

  Puppet : Santana, let me do it. Mi carnalito... that's not his thing. I mean he's no punk or nothing but...

  J.D. : He's not talking to you, Puppet.

  Montoya Santana : There's something I want you to understand, Little Puppet. What happened to Pie Face I didn't like it, but it was necessary, especially right now. Take a look over there, ese. El Chucko and La Nuestra Familia is making their play to get some respect, ese. La Eme took a long time earning the respect in this place. And if we wanna keep it we gotta show some class.

• Puppet : Can I talk to you a minute?

  Montoya Santana : Simon, ese.

  Puppet : I heard about what happened. I'm sorry, Santana. Mi carnalito, he messed up.

  Montoya Santana : It wasn't his fault, ese. It was all American beef. When they wanna pop you they're gonna pop you. Want some grill cheese, ese?

  Puppet : No, thanks.

  Montoya Santana : You sure, ese? It's good.

  Puppet : People are saying it's Little Puppet's fault.

  Montoya Santana : It wasn't his fault, ese.

  Puppet : You know me, carnal, I'll do anything for La Eme. Anything. But I'm asking you, please, take my brother's name off.

  Montoya Santana : Your brother's name is on a piece of paper, ese?

  Puppet : They want me to kill him.

  Montoya Santana : It's a mistake, ese. Don't worry about it. I'll take care of it. Nothing's gonna happen to your brother.

  Puppet : It's good to hear, ese, it's good to hear.

• Dornan : What I'd like to do now is to interview each of you individually. Who wants to go first?

  Montoya Santana : Corky.

  Dornan : Corky.

  Puppet : Santana, how was the bus ride home?

  Montoya Santana : Sunshine felt good.

  Puppet : This is my brother, ese. They call him, Little Puppet. He's a genious, homes.

  Mundo : Hey, don't get carried away.

  Puppet : He does the placas in East L.A. Check it out.

  [Shows a tatoo with naked babe] 

  Mundo : Nice tits.

  Puppet : He's coming to Big Folsom. I want him with us.

  J.D. : Can he take care of himself?

  Puppet : He don't know no nothing, but I'll be responsible for him.

  J.D. : You know what you do.

  Montoya Santana : How are you doing on tecato, ese?

  Little Puppet : I'm clean now, ese.

  Montoya Santana : Thank you for helping to get this little meeting together, all right?

  Little Puppet : Yeah, I'll do anything for my carnal.

  Montoya Santana : When you come up, if you need anything just let us know. Running any problems, we'll take care of it, all right.

  Little Puppet : Gracias.

  Puppet : Carnalito.

  Montoya Santana : Orale, Sparky, how are we doing in Vacaville?

  Sparky : Slow, homes, we're trying to get it together, but we've got a little problem there. Some from the Familia want to take on them after they're starting their own clika. They're called La Nuestra Familia.

  Montoya Santana : It's been a long time trying to get it together, dealing with whites and mayates only to be dealing with our own.

  Huero : Orale, carnal, these aren't our own people, ese. They're nothing but a bunch of lame farmers from the North.

  Montoya Santana : They're chicanos.