“- Julie James: Somebody tried to kill you last night; we have to go to the police.
- Barry William Cox: No he wasn't trying to kill me last night. If he wanted me dead he could've done it, he's just fucking with us.”
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James
Ryan Phillippe - Barry William Cox

“- Jack Vincennes: Why in the world do you wanna go digging any deeper into the Nite Owl killings, Lieutenant?
- Ed Exley: Rollo Tamasi. Rollo was a purse snatcher. My father ran into him off duty, and he shot my father six times and got away clean. No one even knew who he was.”
Kevin Spacey - Jack Vincennes
Guy Pearce - Ed Exley

“- Bud White: He tied me to the radiator. I watched him beat my mother to death with a tire iron. Then he left me there. Three days before a truant officer found us... they never found the old man.
- Lynn Bracken: Is that why you became a cop? To get even?
- Bud White: Maybe.”

Russell Crowe - Bud White
Kim Basinger - Lynn Bracken

“- Kyle Fisher: I'm calling the police.
- Robert Boyd: So help me God, you touch that fuckin' phone, I'll bury you with them!”

Jon Favreau - Kyle Fisher
Christian Slater - Robert Boyd

- Colonel Ilya Pavel Kazak: When did she become a "they"?
- Rosa: She is with the cop. And he's very good. He took out our whole goddamn team!
Steven Berkoff - Colonel Ilya Pavel Kazak
Jenette Goldstein - Rosa