- Mr. Rothstein is not my boss. We share some business dealings-
- Tell me something about yourself.
- I'm a businessman. Charlie and I have partnered in several high-level endeavors.
- No, about yourself. What kind of man you are.
- When I was a boy, my father moved us from Russia to the Lower East Side. He was weak, my father. Never stood up. One day on my way to school, I got stopped by a gang of older boys. The leader said he wanted my lunch money. I told him go fuck himself. He laughed. Said hid he'd beat it out of me. So I spit in his face. He did beat me. They all did. And they took my money. Next day, same thing. Again, I spit in his face, again we fought. But the third day, the kid asked me to join his gang.
