How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Departed.
Quote #7
UNCLE EDWARD: Trying to prove something to the family?
BILLY: When you say "the family," who do you mean exactly? You?
Billy finds it almost comical when his uncle talks about "the family," since Billy doesn't even come close to thinking of this guy as family. In his mind, Edward is just a rich jerk who doesn't get it and never will.
Quote #8
MR. FRENCH: I f***ing know you. I know your family. You make one more drug deal with that idiot f***ing cop-magnet of a cousin of yours, and I'II forget your grandmother was so nice to me.
Even the psychopathic Mr. French knows the value of knowing someone's family. You see, Billy's grandmother was nice to Mr. French when French was just a little boy. And this is reason enough for French not to kill or beat up Billy for doing drug deals on Costello's turf.
Quote #9
COSTELLO: Your Uncle Jackie, he also would kill my entire f***ing family if he saw me here with you.
Costello knows full well that Billy's uncle wanted something better for him than a life of crime. And he knows that Jackie was a tough enough dude to come after him if he were alive to see him pulling Billy into a life of crime.