AFI #002 Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather (1972)
Johnny Fontane: A month ago, he bought the movie rights to this book. A best seller – and the main character, it's a guy just like me. I, uh, I wouldn't even have to act, just be myself. [choking up] Oh, Godfather, I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. [Don Corleone stands up and shakes Johnny] Don Corleone: [shouting] You can act like a man! [Don Corleone slaps Johnny] Don Corleone: What's the matter with you? Is this how you turned out? A Hollywood finocchio that cries like a woman? [mockingly] "What can I do? What can I do?" What is that nonsense? Ridiculous. You spend time with your family? Johnny Fontane: Sure I do. Don Corleone: Good. A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. Come here … you look terrible. I want you to eat. I want you to rest a while. And in a month from now, this Hollywood bigshot's gonna give you what you want. Johnny Fontane: It's too late, they start shooting in a week. ...