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

"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."

"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"

"Matthew McConaughey - Buddy Deeds"

"Kris Kristofferson - Sheriff Charlie Wade"

"Elizabeth Peña - Pilar Cruz"