"You rearrange the dead families into an audience to see what you do. You think that what you do will make you into something different. You are becoming. What is it you think you're becoming? The answer is in the way you use the mirrors. What do the mirrors make you dream you're becoming?"

"Before me, you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is in your nature to do one thing correctly: Tremble. But fear is not what you owe me. No, Lounds... you and the others — you owe me awe!"

"Take my word for it. I'm smiling."

"Tony Goldwyn - Captain Kevin"

"Bill Farmer - Captain Thomas"

"Clifton James - Mayor Hollis Pogue"

"Tony Frank - Fenton (final film role)"

"Míriam Colón - Mercedes Cruz"

"Ron Canada - Otis Payne"

"Jesse Borrego - Danny"

"Tony Plana - Ray"

"Joe Morton - Colonel Delmore Payne"

"Frances McDormand - Bunny"

"It's not like there's a line between the good people and the bad people. It is not like you're one or the other."

"Hell, at my age, you learn a new name you gotta forget an old one."

"Chris Cooper as Sheriff Sam Deeds"

"All that other stuff, all that history? To hell with it, right? Forget the Alamo."

"You oughta put up a banner: "Frontera, Texas: gateway to inexpensive pussy.""

"No telling yet if there's been a crime, but this country's seen a fair amount of disagreements over the years."

"Matthew McConaughey - Buddy Deeds"

"All my mother does is work. That's how you get to be Spanish."

"Kris Kristofferson - Sheriff Charlie Wade"

"Elizabeth Peña - Pilar Cruz"

"Stephen Mendillo - Sgt. Cliff"

"Patrika Darbo - Pam Magnus"