:07:01
Understand?
:07:02
Another letter from school
goes to that kid's house...
:07:05
...in the oven you'll go, head first.
:07:07
That was it. No more letters from
truant officers. No letters from school.
:07:12
In fact, no more letters from anybody.
:07:14
After a few weeks, my mother went
to the post office to complain.
:07:18
How could I go to school after that...
:07:20
...and pledge allegiance and sit through
good government bullshit?
:07:26
Paulie hated phones.
He wouldn't have one in his house.
:07:30
Mickey called. Want me to call him back?
:07:32
All right, make the call.
:07:34
He got all his calls second hand.
Then you'd have to call the people back.
:07:39
Got a nickel? Get him on the phone.
:07:42
There were guys, that's all they did all
day, was take care of Paulie's calls.
:07:56
For a guy who moved all day long...
:07:58
...Paulie didn't talk to six people.
With union problems...
:08:01
...or a beef in the numbers...
:08:03
...only the top guys spoke
with Paulie about the problem.
:08:07
Everything was one-on-one.
Paulie hated conferences.
:08:10
He didn't want anybody
hearing what he said...
:08:13
...or anyone listening to
what he was being told.
:08:16
Hundreds of guys depended on him, and
he got a piece of everything they made.
:08:20
It was a tribute, like in the old country,
except they were doing it in America.
:08:25
All they got from Paulie was protection
from the guys trying to rip them off.
:08:29
That's what it's all about. That's
what the FBI could never understand.
:08:34
What Paulie and the Organization does...
:08:36
...is protect people who can't
go to the cops. That's it.
:08:41
They're like the police department
for wiseguys.
:08:54
People looked at me differently,
and they knew I was with somebody.
:08:58
I didn't have to wait in line at the bakery
on Sunday morning for fresh bread.