"When it rains, it's like there's a rooftop on the world. Each raindrop makes a sound the first time it falls on a surface. Just then, it's like I-I... it's like I can see again. And I-I just want to... I just want to see you."

"Hey, that light at the end of the tunnel? Guess what? That's not heaven. That's the C train!"

"Mister Quesada, for your sake, I hope justice is found here today... before justice finds you."

"Can one man make a difference? There are days when I believe, and others when I have lost all faith."

"[narrating] I would keep my promise. I would help those that others wouldn't. I would seek justice... one way or another."

"[narrating] I waited outside the Olympic for my father. In some ways, I'm still waiting. Nobody cared much about the death of a washed-up prizefighter... nobody but me."

"[narrating] High above the city streets, I trained my body and my senses. An acute sense of touch gave me both strength and balance, until the city itself became my playground."

"[narrating] I had lost my sight, but I got something back in return. My remaining four senses functioned with superhuman sharpness. But most amazing of all, my sense of sound gave off a kind of radar sense."

"Listen, pal. I make an honest living. People only come to me when they're in a desperate situation. I help 'em out. I don't kick families out of their houses like you bums down at the bank do."

"Jerry Fujikawa - Gardener"

"Burt Young - Curly"

"Belinda Palmer - Katherine Cross"

"Beulah Quo - Maid"

"James Hong - Kahn, Evelyn's Butler"

"Nandu Hinds - Sophie"

"Bruce Glover - Duffy"

"Joe Mantell - Lawrence Walsh"

"Richard Bakalyan - Detective Loach"

"Roman Polanski - Man with Knife"

"Roy Jenson - Claude Mulvihill"

"Diane Ladd - Ida Sessions"

"Darrell Zwerling - Hollis I. Mulwray"

"John Hillerman - Russ Yelburton"

"Perry Lopez - Lieutenant Lou Escobar"

"John Huston - Noah Cross"

"Faye Dunaway - Evelyn Cross Mulwray"

"Jack Nicholson - Jake 'J.J' Gittes"

"Lawrence Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

"Man with Knife: You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses. [flicks knife, cutting open Jake's nostril] Next time you lose the whole thing. Cut it off and feed it to my goldfish. Understand? Understand!?"

"Morty: In the middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns! Only in L.A."

"[To Escobar, mocking him] Come on, Lou, you're in charge. Make a decision."

"[To Lt. Lou Escobar] You're dumber than you think I think you are."

"So there's this guy Walsh, do you understand? He's tired of screwin' his wife... So his friend says to him, "Hey, why don't you do it like the Chinese do?" So he says, "How do the Chinese do it?" And the guy says, "Well, the Chinese, first they screw a little bit, then they stop, then they go and read a little Confucius, come back, screw a little bit more, then they stop again, and then they go out and they contemplate the moon or something like that. Makes it more exciting". So now, the guy goes home and he starts screwin' his own wife, see. So he screws her for a little bit and then he stops, and he goes out of the room and reads Life magazine. Then he goes back in, he starts screwin' again. He says, "Excuse me for a minute, honey". He goes out and he smokes a cigarette. Now his wife is gettin' sore as hell. He comes back in the room, he starts screwin' again. He gets up to start to leave again to go look at the moon. She looks at him and says, "Hey, whats the matter with ya. You're screwin' just like a Chinaman!" [Laughs hysterically]"

"Okay, my friend. It's off to the next life for you. I guarantee, you won't be lonely."

"Christopher Walken - Rayburn"

"Radha Mitchell - Lisa"

"Marc Anthony - Samuel"

"Dakota Fanning - Pita"

"Denzel Washington - Creasy"

"A bullet always tells the truth."

"He'll deliver more justice in a weekend than ten years of your courts and tribunals. Just stay out of his way."

"A man can be an artist ... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece. I have nothing else to say."

"I'm goin' home, too. I'm goin' to Blue Bayou."

"[to Samuel] I'm gonna ask your wife a couple of questions. You move... you make one sound... I'll snatch the life right outta you, understand?"

"I don't want your money! YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! No, I want you!"

"I'm going to tear your family apart piece by piece, YOU UNDERSTAND ME! PIECE BY PIECE!"

"I am going to ask questions. If you don't answer fully and truthfully, you will suffer much more than you have to. I'm going to cut your fingers off. One by one, if I have to."

"Gonzalez was obeying orders from his superior, me ... he didn't know anything about it. And when this mess is over, if he [the Chief] wants my badge, well, he can have that too."