"You've probably seen a lot of those shows — mentalists, magicians, illusionists. You'd be shocked to know that sometimes — not often, but sometimes — it's the real deal. Masquerading as an act. Hiding behind a few fifty dollar tricks. Hiding in plain sight. Because if the magician doesn't do that, the alternative is impossible for others to live with. Anyway, Wednesday night at the Back Page doesn't pay very well, so I gamble. But I don't play against other people, only against the house. So, no mega-jackpots, no long shots. The idea is to go unnoticed. That way I can keep coming back. I'm not a god. I can't see everyone's future, only my own. And only within two minutes. Except for when I saw her."

"Here's the thing about the future. Every time you look at, it changes — because you looked at it — and that changes everything else."

"If I do what you want, you'll keep me in this chair forever."

"You are odd. Charming — but odd."

"Don’t drink that! It's drugged. Oh God. I don’t know what I'm doing. I have no idea what I'm doing. Some federal agent came up to me and said that you were a delusional sociopath, and showed me this tape — so maybe you are. But I don’t want to believe that. I don’t think I can believe that. And she also said that if you ran, they would shoot you. So I should drug you instead. Even if what they said is true, I don't want you to die. I don't want you to die."

"He's gone right? I missed him by seconds, didn't I?"

"I believe that the urgency of this situation compels the use of any and all resources to obtain Cris Johnson."

"Nicolas Cage · Cris Johnson"

"Julianne Moore · Callie Ferris"

"Jessica Biel · Liz Cooper"

"Thomas Kretschmann · Mr. Smith"

"Jim Beaver · Director Wisdom"

"Peter Falk · Irv"

"Well, that's magic, folks — and that's why I'm here."