"[Praying for his dying son] Please, God, don't take my joon-am. I make my nazr. My nazr, hear me, please to hear me. I will give everything to one who is less fortunate. Yes! I will make it for the broken bird. Please, God, I'm making nazr to this woman. To Kathy Nicolo. And I, to you I promise, if you heal my son, I will return her father's house. I will also give to her all the money I have. My God, Khoda. I make nazr only for my son. Please, I want only for my son. I beg you. I will do whatever is your will. I will purchase ten kilos of the finest seed and I will find an American mosque and I will feed them to all the birds outside. I will let the birds cover me and peck out my eyes! Please, God, my nazr is in your hands!"

"[to his son Esmail] Pesaram, she is a bird, a broken one. Your grandfather used to say that a bird which flies into your house is an angel. You must look upon his presence as a blessing."

"Perhaps you did not come here to live like a Gypsy, but I did not come here to work like an Arab... to be treated like an Arab. For four years we have lived a life we could not afford and spent almost everything to marry Soraya with a good family. This apartment alone has cost us over one hundred forty thousand dollars in rent. And what of Esmail's university education? Soon we will have nothing... And then you will see what it is like to walk in the shoes of the Gypsies... So... Beginning tomorrow you will begin packing, and there's no more to discuss. Mrs. Behrani, do not open your lips."

"I miss my dad. He worked really hard for that house... It took him... thirty years to pay it off. And it took me eight months to fuck it up!"

"I … I need to know who he is. I … I need to stand there, I need to look him in the eye, and I need to know that it's him."

"Adam Goldberg as Duffy Jennings"

"John Terry - Charles Thieriot"

"John Getz - Templeton Peck"

"Chloë Sevigny - Melanie Graysmith"

"Philip Baker Hall - Sherwood Morrill"

"Dermot Mulroney - Captain Marty Lee"

"John Carroll Lynch - Arthur Leigh Allen"

"Donal Logue - Ken Narlow"

"Elias Koteas - Sgt. Jack Mulanax"

"Brian Cox - Melvin Belli"

"Anthony Edwards - SFPD Inspector William Armstrong"

"Robert Downey, Jr. - Paul Avery"

"Mark Ruffalo - SFPD Inspector David Toschi"

"Jake Gyllenhaal - Robert Graysmith"

"Based on the true story of America's most notorious serial killer."

"When a series of murders terrorized California, one man took responsibility for them all."

"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer."

"[Codified letter] I like killing people because it is so much fun. It is more fun than killing wild game in the forest, because man is the most dangerous animal of all. To kill something is the most thrilling experience. It is even better than getting your rocks off with a girl. The best part of it is that when I die, I will be reborn in paradise and all that I have killed will become my slaves. I will not give you my name because you will try to slow down or stop my collecting of slaves for my afterlife."

"[On phone] I wanna report a double murder. If you go one mile east on Columbus Parkway, to a public park, you'll find kids in a brown car. They were shot with a 9mm Luger. I also killed those kids last year. Goodbye."

"Nick Gardner as Juan Pedro Gimenez"

"Alec Nichols as Jesus Gonzales"

"Isaiah Malone as Vector"

"Michael Bacall as Perry"

"Richard Riehle as Wade"

"Danielle Harris as Gwenie"

"Mykelti Williamson as Dwight Mercer"

"Keiko as Willy"

"Michael Ironside as Dial"

"Michael Madsen as Glen Greenwood"

"August Schellenberg as Randolph Johnson"

"Jayne Atkinson as Annie Greenwood"

"Lori Petty as Rae Lindley"

"Jason James Richter as Jesse Greenwood"

"A friendship you could never imagine."

"How far would you go for a friend?"

"A 12 year old street kid. A 3 ton orca whale. A friendship you could never imagine. An adventure you'll never forget."

"(Jesse yelling and water splashing) No!!!"

"I'm sick of this place! I'm going to find my mom!"

"Dwight, shut up and leave me alone!"