“- Kaplan: I don't like it any more than you do, Reed, but listen.
- Sergeant Warren Reed: You listen to me, you asshole! You're talking about shutting down a major metropolitan police force! Without cops, this city would tear itself apart!”
Del Zamora - Kaplan
Robert DoQui - Sergeant Warren Reed

“Let me give you a piece of advice here, Beck. You're a big city cop. If I was in the big city I'd listen to you. But this ain't the big city, this is Cottonwood, population twenty two thirty one. I'm the chief of police. This is my town, my territory. I'll make it real simple, nobody is gonna fuck with me here.”
Brad Sullivan - Chief Hillard

“- Harvey Pekar: You don't have any problems with moving to Cleveland?
- Joyce Brabner: Not really. I find most American cities to be depressing in the same way.”
Paul Giamatti - Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis - Joyce Brabner

“I can't believe I'm sitting here in Buffalo. The only town where you can have a good time without enjoying yourself.”
Wendie Malick - Inez

“This is L.A., vato. And you're about to find out that this fucking city can kill anybody!”

Georges Corraface - Cuervo Jones