“- John J.: Just because you're a fuckin' cop, where do you get the right to tell me I got wrinkles on my face?
- Cop at Newsstand: All I said was you look a little tired, John... a little worn out. I didn't say anything about wrinkles.”
Robert Duvall - John J.
Michael Corrente - Cop at Newsstand

“- Matt Dunbar: Just pretend to be a student - you're supposed to be good at that kind of thing.
- Nick Dunbar: Matt, no one is going to believe I am a high school kid.
- Matt Dunbar: Nick, be serious - no one believes you're a cop!”
Loren Dean - Matt Dunbar
Arliss Howard - Nick Dunbar

“In Hollywood, they'll forgive you if you're two-faced, but not if you're two-chinned.”
Colleen Dewhurst

“People say Hollywood when they want to insult you. Well, really Hollywood is just a place where they make a profit. It's a factory town like Detroit or Birmingham or Schaffhausen. Because the cheap element of the town has been so overly advertised it becomes an insult to remind a man he's from there.”
Clint Eastwood - John Wilson

“- Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey: Does the hero solve the crime and get the girl in the end?
- Willie: How'd you know?
- Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey: That's Hollywood.”
James Garner - Sgt. Aloysius 'Al' Mackey
Margot Kidder - Willie