“- Furious Styles: Why is it that there is a gunshop on almost every corner in this community?
- The Old Man: Why?
- Furious Styles: I'll tell you why. For the same reason that there is a liquor store on almost every corner in the black community. Why? They want us to kill ourselves.”
Laurence Fishburne - Furious Styles
Whitman Mayo - The Old Man

“- Camille Dixon: All we know was that Aunt Jewel was shot, period.
- Cora Duvall: But the gun was in her hand. She must have...
- Camille Dixon: Don't always go for the obvious. Just think!”
Glenn Close - Camille Dixon
Julianne Moore - Cora Duvall

“- Philo Vance: You sure that he did bump himself off?
- DistrictAttorney Markham: Well, his butler tells us he's sitting in a locked room with a revolver in his hand and a bullet in his head. I don't know what else you'd call it.”

William Powell - Philo Vance
Robert McWade - District Attorney Markham

“Now would you stand aside before I shoot myself?”

Paul McGann - The Doctor

“- Gil Renard: He made this business.
- Garrity: Your father made beautiful knives. San Francisco made this business.”

Robert De Niro - Gil Renard
Dan Butler - Garrity