Police quotes

“- Pepe: What are you doing, man? You can't shoot a cop.
- Catarato: I want to.”

Danny Arroyo - Pepe
Paco Christian Prieto - Catarato Estevez

“- Alonzo: Why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I want to protect the streets by ridding it of dangerous drugs.
- Alonzo: Yeah, but why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I wanna make detective.”
Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“- Steven Goldstein: I am not a radical. I am a middle-class, Jewish homosexual from New Jersey. How about you, sweetheart?
- Dane Wells: I'm a straight, white, ex-Protestant, atheist cop. You okay with that, sweetheart?
- Steven Goldstein: I am. That is very hot.”
Steve Carrell - Steven Goldstein
Michael Shannon - Dane Wells

“- William Shatner: You spear the knife into the bag... then pick some of the drugs up with the knife... then lightly press it on your tongue. And that is how TV cops taste drugs!
- Det. Mitch Preston: What if it's cyanide? There's a reason real cops don't taste drugs.”
William Shatner - Himself
Robert De Niro - Det. Mitch Preston

“- Jake: How much money was in that bag?
- Alonzo: 40 G's.
- Jake: What was that for?
- Alonzo: You really wanna know?
- Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?
- Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.
- Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Anne Osborne: You're a cop, for God's sake, you're supposed to uphold the law, but instead you bend it and twist it and sell it. I saw you take that bribe and resist arrest and tamper with evidence and perjure yourself under oath.
- Remy McSwain: Don't forget I ran a red light too, huh.
- Anne Osborne: You still think it's funny, don't you?...” (continue)(continue reading)
Ellen Barkin - Anne Osborne
Dennis Quaid - Remy McSwain

“Cops won't find your boy. A cop couldn't find his butt if it had a bell on it.”
Randall 'Tex' Cobb - Leonard Smalls

“- Miles Logan: We can't get out of here. They got cops everywhere.
- Tulley: So? You're one of 'em.
- Miles Logan: No, I'm a drug dealer now!
- Tulley: Man, why you sellin' this shit when you got that big diamond in your hand?”
Martin Lawrence - Miles Logan
Dave Chappelle - Tulley

“- Deke DaSilva: I don't need a vacation.
- Lt. Munafo: Yes, you do. Now, they need someone who knows the local rat holes and you're nominated. Anything goes down, you're the man.
- Deke DaSilva: You mind telling me where this came from?
- Lt. Munafo: From the Commissioner, and he got it from Washington. They're sending a specialist from...” (continue)(continue reading)

Sylvester Stallone - Deke DaSilva
Joe Spinell - Lt. Munafo

“- McCoskey: Good morning, gentlemen. Is there a problem?
- Milo: Yes, officer. As a matter of fact there is a problem. Apparently there are too many bullets in this gun.”

Clarence Felder - McCaskey
Taylor Negron - Milo

“- Mind Worker Cop Jake: So, you're saying your husband was blown away by an elephant. Was he with anyone?
- Mind Worker Cop Jake: Yes! And there she is!”

Flea - Mind Worker Cop Jake

“Sheriff! You are violating my territorial bubble.”
Jeffrey Combs - Milton Dammers

“- Records Clerk: I'm going to call the sheriff.
- David Waters: I'll give you $100.
- Records Clerk: Okay.
- David Waters: [stunned silence] O-okay... You know, you're lucky this investigation is so well funded.”
Lisa Mack - Records Clerk
Elijah Wood - Waters

“- Officer Flynn: You better watch yourself, Bulger.
- Whitey Bulger: You better fuck yourself, Flynn.”
David Conley - Officer Flynn
Johnny Depp - James 'Whitey' Bulger

“- Ben Harp: Special agent Utah! This is not some job, flipping burgers at the local drive-in! Yes! - your surf board bothers me! Yes! - your approach to this whole damn case bothers me! And yes! - you bother me! And Pappas! Oh, for the love of Christ. How the hell did I even let you talk me into this whole bone-headed idea to begin with.
-...” (continue)(continue reading)
John C. McGinley - Ben Harp
Gary Busey - Pappas
Keanu Reeves - Johnny Utah

“Look, baby. I am what I am, and I do what I do. A few guys make shoelaces, some lay sod, others make a very good living neutering animals. I'm a cop!”

Leslie William Nielsen - Frank Drebin

“- Craig Jones: Pearly, you ain't right. Tryin' to give my daddy VD.
- Mrs. Pearly: I'm callin' the police on y'all, fool!
- Craig Jones: Get that lined up too first, bitch! ”

Ice Cube - Craig Jones
Bebe Drake - Mrs. Pearly

“- Gillian Owens: Is he cute?
- Sally Owens: Yeah, he's... nice... in a very penal code sort of way, yeah.”

Nicole Kidman - Gillian Owens
Sandra Bullock - Sally Owens

- Skip Donahue: This filthy, roach-ridden reality is inspiring... what did that second policeman say to you when he grabbed you by the throat?
- Harry Monroe: "Man, I don't fucking believe you!".
- Skip Donahue: "Man, I don't fucking believe you!". Fabulous!
Gene Wilder - Skip Donahue
Richard Pryor - Harry Monroe

“- Jim Malone: Why do you want to join the force?
- George: To protect the property and citizenry of...
- Jim Malone: Ah, don't waste my time with that bullshit.”

Sir Sean Connery - Jim Malone
Brad Sullivan - George

“- Cop: A-ha! Plumbers!
- Luigi: No, he is! I'm just apprenticing!
- Cop: Get in the car!
- Luigi: But I didn't do nothin'!
- Cop: Get in the car now!
- Mario: Are you tellin' us that you can arrest a guy for being a plumber?”

John Leguizamo - Luigi Mario
Bob Hoskins - Mario Mario

“- Det. Mitch Preston: Why did you want to be a cop, anyway?
- Officer Trey Sellars: Because I was a shitty waiter.”
Robert De Niro - Det. Mitch Preston
Eddie Murphy - Officer Trey Sellars

“- Det. Billy Rosewood: Police! You're all under arrest!
[armed thugs answer with a long hail of machine gun fire]
- Sgt. Taggart: You do that again, I'll shoot you myself!”
Judge Reinhold - Det. Billy Rosewood
John Ashton - Sgt. Taggart

“- Agent Katherine Cowles: The agency's changed the guidelines for the way we break down the cases. It makes them more readable.
- John Clancy: Hm. Well, that's a relief.”
Abbie Cornish - Agent Kathrine Cowles
Philip Anthony Hopkins - John Clancy

“- Finnerty: John Cale, why do you want to be in the Secret Service?
- Cale: I can't think of a more important job than protecting the President.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Finnerty
Channing Tatum - Cale