“Species” quotes

“- Victoria Roth, Ph.D.: Are you still having problems with the people at work?
- Dan Smithson, Empath: They put the finger on me, saying I'm the weird one. I'm the strange one. Why? Because I have feelings? That I feel?”
Shirley Prestia - Victoria Roth, Ph.D.
Forest Whitaker - Dan Smithson

“- Dr. Laura Baker: You don't want us to capture her alive so that we can study her?
- Preston Lennox: Laura, I think this is strictly a search and destroy operation. Nobody ever asked me to ever find any thing they didn't want dead.
- Dan Smithson, Empath: I'm sorry for you.
- Preston Lennox: Yeah, well, thank you, Dan. I'm sorry for her.”

Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox
Forest Whitaker - Dan Smithson

“- Xavier Fitch: As the, well, non-scientist amongst us, are you at all clear about what's going on here?
- Preston Lennox: Oh, I think so. You've created a monster with some kind of formula you got from outer space. The damn thing got away and now you want us to hunt it down and kill it.”
Ben Kingsley - Xavier Fitch
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“Los Angeles is perfect for her. It's a city of the future. Anything goes. Totally mobile population. No one's a stranger. Very little in this town is taboo or unacceptable. Whatever she does, no one's going to notice.”

Alfred Molina - Dr. Stephen Arden

“- Dr. Laura Baker: Who are you and what do you do?
- Preston Lennox: Preston Lennox. And if I'm here, I think the shit has definitely hit the fan.”
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“- Dr. Laura Baker: Should I leave a message?
- Preston Lennox: Yeah. Tell him he's about to copulate with a creature from outer space.”

Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“This sort of thing doesn't usually happen to me.”

Alfred Molina - Dr. Stephen Arden

“- Xavier Fitch: What is it?
- Dr. Laura Baker: Maybe menstrual blood. If she's menstruating, she's definitely capable of reproduction.
- Xavier Fitch: Yes, I know.”

Ben Kingsley - Xavier Fitch
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker

“- Dr. Stephen Arden: Have you found any other bodies?
- Xavier Fitch: No, we haven't not yet.
- Dan Smithson, Empath: You will. She's a predator. Her eyes are in front. Her eyes are in front so she can judge the distance to her prey.”

Alfred Molina - Dr. Stephen Arden
Ben Kingsley - Xavier Fitch
Forest Whitaker - Dan Smithson

“She kills if she feels threatened. And she has no remorse about it. None.”

Forest Whitaker - Dan Smithson

“- Sil: Smells nice. Can I try some?
- Dr. Laura Baker: Yeah, help yourself.
- Sil: Does it work on your boyfriend?
- Dr. Laura Baker: Yeah, as a repellent.”

Natasha Henstridge - Sil
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker

“- Xavier Fitch: We decided to make it female so it would be more docile and controllable.
- Preston Lennox: More docile and controllable, eh? You guys don't get out much.”

Ben Kingsley - Xavier Fitch
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox

“- Dr. Laura Baker: Do you have a girlfriend in New York?
- Preston Lennox: Oh, I guess I've had a few; but, they don't hang around very long. I guess I keep too many secrets.
- Dr. Laura Baker: Do you wanna share one with me?”
Marg Helgenberger - Dr. Laura Baker
Michael Madsen - Preston Lennox