“Blackmail isn't so pure nor so simple, and it brings a great deal of trouble to a great many people before it's through, and we know how to deal with it in our part of the world. And, sometimes, the blackmailer finds himself in jail at the end of it!”

C. Aubrey Smith - Colonel Julyan

“There are only three ways to deal with a blackmailer. You can pay him and pay him and pay him until you're penniless. Or you can call the police yourself and let your secret be known to the world. Or you can kill him.”
Edward G. Robinson - Professor Richard Wanley

“- Ordell Robbie: I hate to be the kinda nigga does a nigga a favor, then bam, hits a nigga up for a favor in return. But I'm afraid I got to be that kinda nigga.
- Beaumont Livingston: Whatchu mean?
- Ordell Robbie: I need a favor, nigga!”
Samuel L. Jackson - Ordell Robbie
Chris Tucker - Beaumont Livingston

“- Pinky - The Manager: Don't hurt him boys. He's got a movie to make.
- Chanticleer: I ain't makin' nothin' with you!
- Pinky - The Manager: King, I got a lot of money tied up in this picture. I don't wanna lose my money, and you don't wanna lose your friends.
- Chanticleer: That's blackmail!
- Pinky - The Manager: That's showbiz!”

Sorrell Booke - Pinky - The Manager
Glen Campbell - Chanticleer

“- Kate Sullivan: Why so uptight? It's not illegal.
- Lawrence Garfield: It's immoral. A distinction with no relevance to lawyers. But it matters to me.”

Penelope Ann Miller - Kate Sullivan
Danny DeVito - Lawrence Garfield