“Once a man has seen society's black underbelly, he can never turn his back on it. Never pretend, like you do, that it doesn't exist.”
Jackie Earle Haley - Rorschach

“- Detective Dolly: Nobody reported any gunshots.
- Paul Smecker: This is an Irish neighborhood. I'm surprised you even got a phone call.”

David Ferry - Detective Dolly
Willem Dafoe - Paul Smecker

“- Deputy Bill Geisler: Not everyone in Garrison is a murderer.
- Sheriff Freddy Heflin: No, they just keep their eyes closed and their mouths shut, just like me.”
Noah Emmerich - Deputy Bill Geisler
Sylvester Stallone - Freddy Heflin

“- Basehead: Come on, man. I'll suck your dick, man.
- O-Dog: The fuck you just said?
- Basehead: I said I'll suck your dick, man. Come on now.
- O-Dog: [shoots Basehead] Suck on that, you bitch-ass trick.”
Dwayne Barnes - Basehead
Larenz Tate - O-Dog

“They want a reason. Something to tie up with a little bow and bury in the backyard. Bury it down so deep it's like it never happened. They want me to say how I'm so sorry, and it was my mom's fault. Or maybe it was my dad's fault. Or it happened because of TV or movies or some junk like that. Or maybe I blame some girl.”

Ryan Gosling - Leland P. Fitzgerald