“Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse.”
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Dr. Hannibal Lecter

- Justin McLeod: Think, Norstadt. Reason. Have I ever abused you? Did I ever lay a hand on you of anything but friendship on you? Could I? Could you imagine me ever doing so? And what about the past?
- Charles E. "Chuck" Norstadt: Just tell me you didn't do it. I'll believe you.
Mel Gibson - Justin McLeod
Nick Stahl - Charles E. "Chuck" Norstadt

“- Will Graham: This started from an abused kid, a battered infant. There's something terrible about...
- Jack Crawford: What are you, sympathizing with this guy?
- Will Graham: Absolutely. My heart bleeds for him, as a child. Someone took a kid and manufactured a monster. At the same time, as an adult, he's irredeemable.”

William Petersen - Will Graham
Dennis Farina - Jack Crawford

“- Franklin M. Hart Jr.: Mrs. Rhodes... I am a married man.
- Doralee Rhodes: Forget about your wife! I mean, you may be hers in the evening, but you're my boy from 9 to 5!”

Dabney Coleman - Franklin M. Hart Jr.
Dolly Parton - Doralee Rhodes

“I was tortured once, I didn't like it. You know what the really fucked up part was? They tore out my left nut. That really turned me off to the whole thing.”
Víctor Carpinteiro - Left Nut