“Let me give you a little advice, kid. Just throw those law books away, huh? It's better to turn your eyes and let them fight their damn dogs. Damn sight better than them killin' each other.”

Lee Marvin - Millen

“- Alice Evans: He's a killer, Daniel.
- Dan Evans: Then someone ought to have the decency to bring him to justice.”

Gretchen Mol - Alice Evans
Christian Bale - Dan Evans

“- Brad Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Tommy? Tommy's dead isn't he?
- Brad Sr.: Don't even talk about Tommy.
- Brad Jr.: Is this the gun you used to kill Terry?
- Brad Sr.: I didn't do nothing to Terry. Wait!
- Brad Jr.: Is this the gun you used on everyone? On me? Is this the family gun, dad?”
Sean Penn - Brad Jr.
Christopher Walken - Brad Sr.

“- Dr. Ben Sobel: You said you were fighting. You were rebelling against his authority. There may have been some unresolved Oedipal conflict.
- Paul Vitti: English.
- Dr. Ben Sobel: Oedipus was a Greek king who killed his father and married his mother.
- Paul Vitti: Fuckin' Greeks.”
Billy Crystal - Dr. Ben Sobel
Robert De Niro - Paul Vitti

“- Jean: The guy who killed Johnny is not your fucking concern, Ray. Thinking about what might happen to your family?
- Ray: I've seen what it did to my family. It's inside in a box!
- Jean: Killing somebody else is not gonna bring him back.”
Annabella Sciorra - Jean
Christopher Walken - Ray