“- Jack Vincennes: Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings, Lieutenant?
- Ed Exley: Rollo Tamasi. Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was.”
Kevin Spacey - Jack Vincennes
Guy Pearce - Ed Exley

“- Zed: Mickey! He's dead! He killed him!
- Laura: I'm sure the academy will pay for it.
- Zed: No, you don't understand. It's like a sentimental thing. It was the last thing I stole before joining the academy.”

Bobcat Goldthwait - Zed
Corinne Bohrer - Laura

“- John: There's cops all down this road.
- Gerry Austin: So?
- John: So cops have got radios. This gas is stolen.
- Gerry Austin: So is the car!”
Tony Barry - John
Kelly Johnson - Gerry Austin

“Wait! I didn't steal anything! I was returning something I stole!”

Paul Rudd - Scott Lang

“You ought to do something about your nervous condition, Mr. Brand. You must never talk too much. Nervous men sometimes talk too much, and they make mistakes, and you musn't make mistakes.”
Peter Lorre - Stephen Danel