"[dying from a gunshot wound to the neck] This is wrong, something's wrong. Oh, God, not like this. I'm supposed to have something more cinematic. Kill them, Machine... kill them all. [dies]"

"[after removing his mask for the first time] What'd you expect? A monster?"

"You know the best part of killing someone? The look on their face. It's that look. Not when they're threatened. Not when you hurt them. Not even when they see the knife. It's when they feel the knife go in. That's it. It's surprise. They just can't believe it's really happening to them. She had that look, the girl, when she knew it wasn't just porno."

"I wasn't beaten. I wasn't molested. Mommy didn't abuse me. Daddy never raped me. I'm only what I am. And that's all there is to it! There's no mystery. Things I do, I do them because I like them! Because I want to!"

"[watching a video of Machine torturing a woman] Oh, he's a lover, man... definitely loves what he does for a living."

"I can hook you up, though. You name the vice I name the price."

"[On selling porn] I don't buy it. I don't endorse it. I just point the way."

"He's a producer-slash-director-slash weirdo. He's like the Jim Jarmusch of S & M."

"So you got a wife and a daughter and a nice little yellow house and a dog named 'Shep'. What the hell are you doing here?"

"There's things that you're gonna see that, that you can't unsee. They get in your head and they stay there."

"Hey! It's like a gas station, you pay before you pump!"

"Dance with the devil, the devil don’t change. The devil changes you."

"If someone never saw or sold a snuff film, they shouldn't give a damn what I ask about it, if they have they got a right to be nervous."

"I'll never get tired of hurting you, Eddie!"

"Can you tell me if you had to make a choice... if you were forced to choose... between imagining her out there somewhere living a good life... being happy... but you don't know... you never find out... or the worst being true... her being gone... but you know... you finally know what's happened to her."

"Hello, Machine! Love your work!"

"Why do you think people like the Christians hire people like me? To invite us to their dinner parties? It's our job to clean up the mess. To wipe their royal asses."

"You know the only difference between you and me? I will survive this and profit by it, whereas you, you will not."

"You can't prepare for where the truth will take you."

"You are never prepared for the truth."

"Some doors should never be opened."

"Nicolas Cage - Tom Welles"

"Joaquin Phoenix - Max California"

"James Gandolfini - Eddie Poole"

"Peter Stormare - Dino Velvet"

"Anthony Heald - Daniel Longdale"

"Chris Bauer - George Higgins/Machine"

"Catherine Keener - Amy Welles"

"Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It's fun to be a vampire."

"Being wild is in their blood."

"[from TV spot] In California you'll find fun, romance... and vampires."

"Jason Patric - Michael Emerson"

"Corey Haim - Sam Emerson"

"Dianne Wiest - Lucy Emerson"

"Barnard Hughes - Grandpa"

"Edward Herrmann - Max"

"Kiefer Sutherland - David"

"Billy Wirth - Dwayne"

"Brooke McCarter - Paul"

"Alex Winter - Marko"

"Jami Gertz - Star"

"Corey Feldman - Edgar Frog"

"Jamison Newlander - Alan Frog"

"Chance Michael Corbitt - Laddie Thompson"

"Don't kill me, Mike. I'm basically a good kid, so just don't kill me."

"Look at your reflection in the mirror. You're a creature of the night, Michael. Just like out of a comic book. You're a vampire, Michael! My own brother, a damn blood-sucking vampire! You wait 'til Mom finds out, buddy!"

"What's wrong with this picture? There's no TV! Have you seen a TV, Mike? I haven't seen a TV. Do you know what it means when there's no TV? No MTV."

"You need sunglasses to talk on the phone? Are you freebasing, Michael? Inquiring minds want to know."

"Rules! We've got some rules around here. Second shelf is mine. That's where I keep my cocktail peanuts, my Diet Pepsi and my double-thick animal crackers. Nobody touches the second shelf but me. Now, there's another rule around here, and I want you to pay very close attention to it. Don't touch anything. Everything is exactly where I want it."