"Time changes things like the fruit stand that turns into a filling station. But the footprints and signs from the pas…"

"I'm trying to be a gentleman here. Now, get on your knees, put your ass in the air, and don't move until I say to."

"You can't trust a guy who's never lost anything."

"What I do for a living may not be very reputable. But I am. In this town I'm the leper with the most fingers."

"You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which'll probably get you in …"

"Without my oil, you got no automobiles. Without automobiles, you got no road construction, no sidewalks, no city ligh…"

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

"Harvey Keitel - Julius "Jake" Berman"

"Meg Tilly - Kitty Berman"

"Madeleine Stowe - Lillian Bodine"