"[to Vincent] You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to. The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through. ("You sift through the detritus" is missing in the US blu-ray release)."

"It's a 'No-Go', Vince."

"[barking into walkie-talkie] Unit 2? This is Command. Take him at the street, and check him out."

"{In Script Only} [slams Marciano into the wall, while speaking to an an Officer] GET HIM OUTTA HERE!!"

"One second at the doorway, then it's all over."

"[to Marciano] SHUT-UP!!"

"Come on, sugar. Show yourself."

"All kinds of shit. But I don't have to sell this, and you know it. 'Cause this kind of shit here sells itself."

"That's right. You will have to. See, if you don't betray Chris, you victimize Dominic. Cause he'll be in foster homes, with no living parents to take care of him. He'll be fucked for life. Dominic didn't chose to screw up his life, but Chris did. You give up Chris, you get off clean. You can do it. For your kid, so you can raise him."

"Well, who has to? 'Cause you're on a plane back to New Jersey, jagoff."

"My name is Sergeant Drucker. I'm with Robbery Homicide. Would you mind putting your kid in the next room?"

"Chris slipped his tail, and doesn't talk about their scores with Charlene. So, there's nothing for me to get from Marciano. I just tried."

"I've been paging your ass all day! I can't stand fucking pagers!! You're bust-up speed freak! Jacking up methamphetamine, again!"

"You recognize their M.O.?"

"[Robbing a bank] We want to hurt no one. We're here for the bank's money, not your money. Your money is insured by the federal government, you're not gonna lose a dime. Think of your families, don't risk your life. Don't try and be a hero."

"I don't even know what I'm doing anymore. I know life is short, whatever time you get is luck. You want to walk? You walk right now. Or on your own... on your own you choose to come with me. And all I know is... all I know is there's no point in me going anywhere anymore if it's going to be alone... without you."

"He knew the risks, he didn't have to be there. It rains... you get wet."

"I'm alone, I am not lonely."

"I am double the worst trouble you ever thought of."

"It's like you said. All I am is what I'm going after."

"When these guys walk out the door of whatever score they're gonna take next, they're gonna have the surprise of a lifetime."

"Who? Who? What are you, a fucking owl?"

"I gotta hold on to my angst. I preserve it because I need it. It keeps me sharp [snaps fingers], on the edge [snaps fingers], where I gotta be."

"I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to watch MY FUCKING TELEVISION SET!"

"This isn't America, Jack. This is L.A."

"Louise Fletcher — Esther"

"Bruce Dern — LAPD Chief Bill Parker"

"Rob Lowe — Flynn's associate"

"Aaron Neville — Nite Spot Singer"

"William L. Petersen — Jack Flynn"

"Kyle Chandler — The Captain"

"John Malkovich — General Thomas Timms"

"Andrew McCarthy — Jimmy Fields"

"Daniel Baldwin — FBI Agent McCafferty"

"Jennifer Connelly — Allison Pond"

"Treat Williams — Colonel Nathan Fitzgerald"

"Chris Penn — Arthur Relyea"

"Michael Madsen — Eddie Hall"

"Chazz Palminteri — Ellery Coolidge"

"Melanie Griffith — Katherine Hoover"

"Nick Nolte — Police Lieutenant Max Hoover"

"You're much more intelligent than you appear to be, Lieutenant. Must be a big advantage in your field. In my field, everyone was always so desperate to seem cleverer than they were."

"[After beating FBI Special Agent McCafferty senseless…] See? That's federal property. This isn't. This is L.A. This is my town. Out here you're a trespasser. Out here I can pick you up, burn your house, fuck your wife, and kill your dog. And the only thing that'll protect you is if I can't find you. And I already found you."

"[Repeated line to Coolidge.] Is that what your psychiatrist told you?"

"Boy, that's smooth. Smooth as shit off a duck's ass!"

"Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez - porn stars"

"(voice only) - Forewoman"

"as Guard Mike"

"Henry Rollins - Guard Henry"

"- Steve "V""