Clark Gable: Michael Hamilton

C'est arrivé à Naples

Michael Hamilton

Michael Hamilton: [looking to get into Vitale's small, 2-seat car with a rumble seat] Do we just get in or do they pack us in with olive oil?

Michael Hamilton: You are half American, you know.
Nando Hamilton: You don't tell nobody; I don't tell nobody. I got enough trouble.

Michael Hamilton: When a man's been a bachelor as long as I have, marriage is neither a convenience nor a necessity. It's just a means of reducing the tax rate.

Mario Vitale: [as he backs his mini car up] Uh, please - your knee's in the way.
Michael Hamilton: Why don't we all get out and carry it?

Mario Vitale: A man of great stature - your brother Mr. Joseph Hamilton. A gentleman in the real sense of the word... in the whole sense of the word.
Michael Hamilton: My brother was a lazy, irresponsible, no-good so and so... in any sense of the word. Unless he changed a lot in the last few years.
Mario Vitale: No. Not at all.

Michael Hamilton: [Talking about his brother, Joe, leaving his wife] When he left 10 years ago, he told her he was just going out for a short beer.
Mario Vitale: I'm sure he had one.

Michael Hamilton: You speak English?
Man on dock: This is Capri, signore.
Michael Hamilton: Uh, where's the 8:15 boat to Naples?
Man on dock: There's no boat at 8:15 - last boat at seven o'clock.
Michael Hamilton: The schedule says it leaves at 8:15.
Man on dock: Yes - schedule is wrong. Everybody knows. You want a nice room tonight? Pension Belmare - I get you good price. My cousin owns.
Michael Hamilton: Oh, I'll bet your cousin prints the schedule too, no?
Man on dock: No - is me.

Michael Hamilton: What are you trying to do?
Mario Vitale: I must say a few kind things about Miss Curcio. I must win the confidence of the court that I am an open-minded man.
Michael Hamilton: You're not supposed to be open-minded. You're supposed to be my lawyer. And keep your eyes off of her. And ask for permission to speak in English.
Mario Vitale: As you wish. But I'm not half as effective in English, huh.
Michael Hamilton: That's my only hope.

Michael Hamilton: I'm trying to get a home and education for a kid I happen to like, and the whole Roman Empire's falling on me.

Lucia Curcio: But you see, he got a passion for them, you understand? He did nothing but shoot off fireworks for his own amusement.
Nando Hamilton: And I would help. Beautiful!
Lucia Curcio: So beautiful, no one could afford to buy them. He was an artist.
Michael Hamilton: Mmm, in spades. Well, so much for the money.

Michael Hamilton: You see, I didn't find out what happened to Joe for over a year. Well, he never wrote, only when he needed money. And, since my law firm represents one of the largest banks in Philadelphia, he figured I could send samples.

Michael Hamilton: Now, I'd like to know what happened to all that money. And, as a representative of his heirs, I'd...
Lucia Curcio: You would like to collect the snakes, and the Golden Rim and the Rain of the Stars...
[Names of fireworks]
Michael Hamilton: What?
Lucia Curcio: And the double catering wheel... .Didn't you know? The money you sent your brother - he invested it in, um, fuochi d'artificio... . fireworks.
Michael Hamilton: Fireworks?
Lucia Curcio: Mm hm, fireworks!

Lucia Curcio: [Speaking to Mario Vitale] But who can speak to you? You're not Neapolitan. You have no soul. You have sold yourself to America.
[She goes away crying]
Luigi: [to Vitale] Pig!
Michael Hamilton: I've forgotten. Who won the Academy award this year?

Michael Hamilton: I've been a very selfish man all my life. So, I understand many things. Why can't we both be unselfish for once?