- Mrs. de Winter: But you didn't kill her. It was an accident!
- "Maxim" de Winter: Who would believe me? I lost my head. I just knew I had to do something, anything.

Joan Fontaine - Mrs. de Winter
Laurence Olivier - "Maxim" de Winter

- Julie James: Please... it was an accident!
- Benjamin Willis: I know all about "accidents", and let me give you some advice: when you leave a man for dead, make sure that he's really dead!

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James
Muse Watson - Benjamin Willis

“- Ray Bronson: We have to think about this...
- Julie James: About what? About what? He was crossing the road in the middle of the night! It was an accident!”

Freddie Prinze Jr. - Ray Bronson
Jennifer Love Hewitt - Julie James

“- Danforth Keeton III: I just killed my wife. Is that bad?
- Leland Gaunt: Hey, these things happen.”
J. T. Walsh - Danforth Keeton III
Max von Sydow - Leland Gaunt

“You like my sister, don't you? Such a sweet little girl. Too bad if something were to happen to her, if she got hurt. You'd be sad, wouldn't you, Mark? But, hey, accidents will happen. Just ask my mom about Richard.”

Macaulay Culkin - Henry