“- Susan: I cannot put Bonnie in a position where she doesn't know if her father's gonna come home alive.
- John Moss: I understand. Sure. Cops are too angry, too violent... too risky to care about... until you need one. Then we're the Second Coming, aren't we? I understand that one all right.”
Annabella Sciorra - Susan
James Woods - John Moss

“A family's like a gun. You point it in the wrong direction and you're going to kill somebody.”
Martin Donovan - Matthew Slaughter

“- Amalia: You left Alex with your brothers?
- Isabel Fuentes: And Chuy.
- Amalia: Oh, I better light another candle.”
Anne Betancourt - Amalia
Salma Hayek - Isabel Fuentes Whitman

“- Jewel: No daddy... I'm not going with you!
- Eduardo: You have to go! I will not put my family in danger!
- Jewel: Blu is my family and I'm not about to leave him!”
Anne Hathaway - Jewel
Andy Garcia - Eduardo

“- Orphanage Headmistress: Now tell me what happened to you.
- Mathilda: Ok. My family they got shot down by D.E.A. officers because of a drug problem. I left with the greatest guy on earth. He was a hitman, the best in town, but he died this morning. And if you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight.”
Betty Miller - Orphanage Headmistress
Natalie Portman - Mathilda