“I've suffered the tortures of the damned, sir... tortures of the damned.”
Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“Abuse victims are always the best actors. They have to be, to live their whole lives with the pain and shame pretending there is nothing wrong. It's the greatest performance of all.”
Richard Stephen Dreyfuss - Dr. Jake Rainer

- 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