Original artwork, not a still
Who put this thing together? Me, that’s who! Who do I trust? Me!
— Scarface
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker asks two questions and supplies the same answer to both: himself. Credit for building something becomes a reason to trust nobody else. The repeated 'me' gives the statement its force, making self-reliance sound both triumphant and fiercely closed to others.
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