“- Leo Getz: Riggs, who's the perp? What did ya bust him for?
- Detective Lee Butters: I'm a perp? You see a young brother in the back of a police car, automatically I'm a perp. Look at my suit, look at my tie. What do I look like, the fuckin' Crip's accountant? Look at this badge, bitch. Check out the gun.”
Joe Pesci - Leo Getz
Chris Rock - Detective Lee Butters

“- Detective Lee Butters: License. Registration. Urine Sample.
- Leo Getz: German Jews didn't have it any easier when we were kids, so don't think you're the only one, okay? Okay? Besides, I was just kiddin' with ya. I can smell a cop a mile away.
- Detective Lee Butters: I smell bad, what'chu trying to say?”

Chris Rock - Detective Lee Butters
Joe Pesci - Leo Getz

“If he looks white it's 'cause his daddy's white. I don't know how he look, I can't see him like you can, and don't need to. I don't have the blessing of being able to separate people by lookin' at 'em any more.”
Irma P. Hall - Aunt T.

“- Flipper Purify: There's something you should know. I'm having an affair.
- Cyrus: H-bomb! H-bomb!
- Flipper Purify: It gets worse. She's white.
- Cyrus: Nuclearholocaust!”
Wesley Snipes - Flipper Purify
Spike Lee - Cyrus

“We are so perfect for each other. You know, if everybody married someone from a different race, then in one generation, there would be no prejudice.”

Evan Rachel Wood - Tracy Freeland