“- Jake: How much money was in that bag?
- Alonzo: 40 G's.
- Jake: What was that for?
- Alonzo: You really wanna know?
- Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?
- Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.
- Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Curtis Avery: How is it they always get here before we do?
- Dr. David Krane: The police band radios.
- Curtis Avery: No, that was a rhetorical question, David. That was one to which I didn't really expect an answer.”
David Paymer - Curtis Avery
Ray Liotta - David Krane

“- The Trickster: Why did you leave the school on the day of the murder, Mr. Brower? Where were you last night, Mr. Brower? Were you alone, Mr. Brower? Where's your father, Mr. Brower? Where's your mother, Mr. Brower?
- Michael: Shut up!
- The Trickster: Oh, I don't believe they'll find that answer satisfactory.”

T. Ryder Smith - The Trickster
Edward Furlong - Michael

- Marie: Mister, what does it mean... when a man "crashes out"?
- Healy: Crashes out? That's a funny question for you to ask now, Sister. It means he's free.

Ida Lupino - Marie
Jerome Cowan - Healy

“Why in all conscience should these be the ones to suffer? Children, old people, a young girl at the height of her loveliness. Why these? Are these our soldiers? Are these our fighters? Why should they be sacrificed?”
Henry Wilcoxon - Vicar