Shérifs à Los Angeles (2003–2004)
Danny Nucci: Deputy Rico Amonte
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Quotes
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Deputy Rico Amonte : Sir, I am just trying to make small talk.
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : I don't do small talk!
Deputy Rico Amonte : [dissapointed] So I'm not gonna tell you how much I miss Brooklyn, huh? Especially the Summers...
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : I don't want to hear your birthday, I don't want to hear your favorite ice cream, I don't want to hear how your dog Skippy died, and I certainly don't want to hear about your bedroom life!
Deputy Rico Amonte : How did you know my dogs name was Skippy?
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : Are you pulling roots?
Deputy Rico Amonte : Sir, I do not pull roots, especially when it comes to Skippy. Yellow lab, we had him for fifteen years...
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : How do you say shut up in Italian?
Deputy Rico Amonte : [confused] What?
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : How do you say shut up in Italian?
Deputy Rico Amonte : Stait zit.
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : Stait zit.
Deputy Rico Amonte : Italian is a beautiful language, you know sir?
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : Stait zit!
Deputy Rico Amonte : Hey, that is pretty good. You know, most people don't...
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : I mean stait zit!
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Astrid Fonseca : You're sweet.
Deputy Rico Amonte : Thanks. My mom used to say that.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : I'm so sorry about your wife and the baby. Losing my mom was bad, but after what you've been through, forget it!
Deputy Jackson : Layne... bad, bad girl.
Deputy Rico Amonte : Sir, it wasn't her fault. I was telling her how frustrated I was at not getting anywhere with you. I dragged it out of her. She was looking out for you.
Deputy Jackson : Abra-cadabra-gail. Long for Abigail, that was what we called her. So now you can tell that to Layne also.
Deputy Rico Amonte : This is between you and me.
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Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : Do you pray?
Deputy Rico Amonte : [confused] What?
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : Do you pray?
Deputy Rico Amonte : At Easter, sometimes at Christmas if I want something extra.
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes : You better pray hard tonight that you never see me again.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : I'm not saying I didn't get along with my dad. We got along... like a New York cabbie and the English Language.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : I remember when I saved up everything I earned to buy my mom a lilac bush when she was sick. I just knew that she'd get better if she had her favorite flower beside her. I went to the nursery, I bought the plant, she died that afternoon. Some matters are just out of our hands.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : [sadly] I only drink when I'm happy.
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Man in jail : I'm sad!
[crying]
Deputy Rico Amonte : Well, why are you sad?
Man in jail : Larry!
Deputy Rico Amonte : Larry?
Man in jail : The guy you found in my truck. How is he?
Deputy Rico Amonte : Well, you know he's dead, so there's that.
Man in jail : I know, but they'll bury him proper, won't they?
Deputy Rico Amonte : Of course they will.
Man in jail : Good. He was like my family.
Deputy Rico Amonte : You didn't kill him, did you?
Man in jail : No. He just up and died. He had a weak heart. I was his only friend. Bikers are people too, you know.
Deputy Rico Amonte : Of course.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : Astrid? What are you doing here?
Astrid Fonseca : Rico, I'm pregnant.
Deputy Rico Amonte : [stunned] But it can't be! I've lived in four condoms since the last time we had sex!
Deputy Rico Amonte : It's not yours. It's my husband's.
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Darla Handy : So you're a Hispanic?
Deputy Rico Amonte : No, Italian.
Darla Handy : I love the taste of Italian food!
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Deputy Rico Amonte : I'm calm, cool, collected.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : Somewhere up there, my mom is really proud of me.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : [describing a murderer] I remember the guy's appearance. Five foot, ten, black stringy hair, eyes to turn Medusa to stone.
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Deputy Rico Amonte : You know sir, when I was a kid the only time I listened to my father was when he wasn't yelling.