'Donnie Brasco' was 85 percent on the money. The only thing that they slanted was my feelings for Lefty and Sonny', and this idea that I didn't want to go through with seeing them in jail. I was never swayed.… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
I do a lot of lecturing, at colleges and police schools, and I always get the same questions: 'Do they really kill you? What do they do with the money? How do you become a wiseguy?' — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
Unless you are absolutely positive that your wife has no connection to the Mafia, even three or four times removed, do yourself a favor… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
A good undercover agent stays as close to the truth as possible, as close to your own personality and your own values as possible.… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
One thing I take great pride in is that my case was the one that started the decline of the Mafia. — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
I was Donnie Brasco, the Mafia guy, in character. But in my head, I was a special agent. I never lost sight of who… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
With wiseguys, you don't know a guy by his name, only by his nickname. You never asked a guy for his last name. — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
'Donnie Brasco' was 85 percent on the money. The only thing that they slanted was my feelings for Lefty and Sonny', and this idea… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
I'm always leery about bumping into somebody. One time I was with my wife in a restaurant, I saw somebody from my undercover days,… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
'The Godfather' is a great movie, but it gives them too much credit. What you don't see is what really takes place: the in-fighting,… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
As a teen-ager I played cards, shot craps, played pool, went to the track, hung around social clubs. I knew that some card and… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
I knew how wiseguys acted. I knew the mentality. I knew things to do and not to do. Keep your mouth shut at certain… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
I didn't try to be a tough guy. I didn't try to be a big mobster. I was who I was. I didn't stop… — Joseph D. Pistone Copy Share Image
