“Bait” quotes

“A wolf will starve itself to death rather than make a mistake. You have to lay down a scent that smells real from far away. And the bait has to be fresh and untouched by human hands. Make no mistake about it, we are hunting a wolf.”
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen

“- Senator: Mr. Clenteen, exactly how many laws are we breaking here?
- Edgar Clenteen: You don't want to know.”
Victor A. Young - Senator
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen

“We checked them all. We checked the monkey house, the reptile house, the giraffe house. We even checked the outhouse.”
David Paymer - Agent Wooly

“When he's served his purpose, when he draws our man out of the shadows, well, you know what happens to bait.”
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen

“- Alvin: Let me get this straight, the offer is a million dollars, or you kill me.
- Bristol: Correct.
- Alvin: You know, a million dollars ain't what it used to be, with taxes.”
Jamie Foxx - Alvin
Doug Hutchison - Bristol

“When you get your money, I think you need to get an anger management class.”
Jamie Foxx - Alvin

“I'm bouncing from toy to toy like I'm some sort of drunk dude. Mom's smiling. My father's smiling. It's all good, right? Then around 8:30, cops show up. Take the toys, take my father. But for about two and a half hours I had a very, very happy childhood.”
Jamie Foxx - Alvin

“Alvin, you're an ex-convit, man. You just got out the penitentiary. You got 26 dollars in your pocket, 25 of it is mine!”
Mike Epps - Stevie Sanders

“- Edgar Clenteen: We just gotta keep him clean for a few more days.
- Agent Wooly: How much money?
- Edgar Clenteen: Sixty-five hundred.
- Agent Wooly: Wouldn't it be cheaper to just send him to New York University?”
David Morse - Edgar Clenteen
David Paymer - Agent Wooly