As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. — Henry Hill · Skopia

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As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

Goodfellas · 1990

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Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.

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