We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all, just for the asking.
6 seconds sound clip from the Goodfellas movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:18:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Your Honor, please let the record reflect that Mr. Hill has identified the defendant, James Conway.
- Mr. Hill, do you also know a man named Paul Cicero?
- Yes.
- Do you see him in the courtroom today?
- Yes.
- Can you point him out for the jury?
- See, the hardest thing was leaving the life. I still love the life.
- We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all, just for the asking.
- Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along.
- I had paper bags filled with jewelry stashed in the kitchen.
- I had a sugar bowl full of coke next to the bed.
- People call them rats because a rat will do anything to survive. Isn't that right?
[...]