"[After he fires a gun in his courtroom, to stop an argument] Gentlemen, need I remind you we are in a court of law? [long pause] Now, let's proceed in an orderly fashion."

"Sixteen years of marriage and my wife still won't eat Chinese food. It's crazy, especially since we met in a Chinese restaurant."

"Sorry, Your Honor. Let's get back to justice. What is justice? What is the intention of justice? The intention of justice is to see that the guilty people are proven guilty and that the innocent are freed. Simple, isn't it? Only it's not that simple. However, it is the defense counsel's duty to protect the rights of the individual, as it is the prosecution's duty to uphold and defend the laws of the State. Justice for all. Only we have a problem here. And you know what it is? Both sides wanna win. We wanna win. We wanna win regardless of the truth. And we wanna win regardless of justice, regardless of who's guilty or innocent. Winning is everything!"

"[about Judge Rayford] This is a man bent on killing himself! It's no secret; a guard found him in his chambers once trying to hang himself! This is a man who's making value decisions on people's lives!"

"At this point, I would just like to say that what this committee is doing in theory is highly commendable. However, in practice, it sucks... and I'm not going to answer any more questions."

"Jack Warden - Judge Francis Rayford"

"Craig T. Nelson - Frank Bowers"

"Dominic Chianese - Carl Travers"

"Larry Bryggman - Warren Fresnell"

"Thomas Waites - Jeff McCullaugh"

"Robert Christian - Ralph Agee"

"Sam Levene - Arnie"

"Christine Lahti - Gail Packer"

"Jeffrey Tambor - Jay Porter"

"Lee Strasberg - Sam Kirkland"

"John Forsythe - Judge Henry T. Fleming"

"Al Pacino - Arthur Kirkland"

"Carl Travers: I haven't left the scene of the accident, I'm in it!"

"Jeff McCullaugh: If everybody agrees I'm innocent, how come I'm going BACK to jail?"

"Prison should be a frightening place. Let those criminals create their own hellhole....I tell you, Arthur, the idea of punishment to fit the crime doesn't work. We need unjust punishment. Hang somebody for armed robbery. Try it! We've got nothin' to lose. Do you understand what I'm sayin' to you, for God's sake? You don't, do you? Oh! You fellas with your fancy ideas of rehabilitation. I tell you that the concept of rehabilitation is a farce. Do you honestly think that, that bringing Johnny Cash into prisons to sing railroad songs is gonna rehabilitate anyone? Most people are sick and tired of mugging and crime in the streets...[Arthur leaves] Arthur? Arthur?"

"Philip Seymour Hoffman — Freddy Lounds"

"Mary-Louise Parker — Molly Graham"

"Emily Watson — Reba McClane"

"Harvey Keitel — Jack Crawford"

"Ralph Fiennes — Francis Dolarhyde"

"Edward Norton — Will Graham"

"Anthony Hopkins — Dr. Hannibal Lecter"

"Before the Silence, there was the Dragon"

"FBI Agent Will Graham Is About to Enter the Mind of a Killer. He Must First Let Hannibal Lecter Inside His Head."

"How It All Began!"

"Meet Hannibal Lecter For The First Time"

"Before the Silence"

"The story is very much about how this guy who has left this kind of work, gets pulled step by step into exactly the kind of full-on level of exposure to danger that he's told himself he doesn't want to get involved in anymore. What's intriguing to me is how Hannibal Lecter is simultaneously insane, filled with rage and desire to do harm to my character [Will Graham] and yet is also the one who's offering him counsel on how to get over the wounds that he, Lecter, gave him. It's very complicated. When Lecter is saying to Graham that he can help him have a better understanding of what happened to him and how he can get past this, even though he's the one who did it to him, it's very strange."

"In "Red Dragon", Lecter is so much angrier. He's enraged. And he's furious with Ed Norton's character about being locked away, and would destroy him if he could. So it's that anger I wanted to be there. No charm. Just lethal. And Brett helped me get there with that."

"[Continuing Dolarhyde's "fan letter"] Investigator Graham interests me. Not your standard gumshoe, is he? More alert. Purposeful-looking. You should've taught him not to meddle. Forgive the stationary. I chose it because it will dissolve very quickly if you should have to swallow it. If I hear from you, next time, I might send you something wet. Until then, dear doctor, I remain your most avid fan."