Witness quotes

“- Gloria Russell: He's got the letter opener. Blood. Fingerprints. Jesus... Think what he can do.
- Bill Burton: The man's a thief. A thief who witnessed a murder.”

Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
Scott Glenn - Bill Burton

“- Helen Eden: Objection! Mr. Baylor is purposely trying to confuse the witness.
- Arthur Baylor: I am not trying to confuse the witness; the witness has been trying to confuse this court!”

Wendy Crewson - Helen Eden
James Earl Jones - Arthur Baylor

“- Casey Alexander: Not only do you have no witnesses, but everyone thinks you saved the President.
- Atteron: Exactly.”
Keith Vitali - Casey Alexander
Luke Askew - Atteron

“- Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks: Your Honor, this is the kind of testimony that looks silly on the surface.
- Judge John Channing: On the surface, in the middle, and on the bottom.”
Charles Grodin - Ira Parks
Harold Gould - Judge John Channing

“- Alan Dershowitz: Well, a priest is the ideal witness: it's like getting the word of God.
- Claus von Bülow: I checked. God is unavailable.”
Ron Silver - Alan Dershowitz
Jeremy Irons - Claus von Bülow

“- Gloria Russell: He saw.
- Allen Richmond: He saw nothing. He saw a drunk woman who liked rough sex too much. He's a burglar. Who's gonna believe him? After all, it's not as if he has any evidence or anything.”

Judy Davis - Gloria Russell
Gene Hackman - President Richmond

“- Ellen Roark: Ever seen a man executed?
- Jake Tyler Brigance: No.
- Ellen Roark: What I suggest is you go to an execution, and see a man be killed. You watch him die, and you watch him beg.”
Sandra Bullock - Ellen Roark
Matthew McConaughey - Jake Tyler Brigance

“- Sidney Prescott: 300 people watched. Nobody did anything. They thought it was a publicity for Christ sakes.
- Randy Meeks: And it would have been a good one too.
- Sidney Prescott: It's starting again, Randy.
- Randy Meeks: It's not. A lot of shit happens at the movies. People get robbed, shot, maimed, murdered. Movie theaters are very...” (continue)(continue reading)
Neve Campbell - Sidney Prescott
Jamie Kennedy - Randy Meeks

“- John Book: The man who was killed tonight was a policeman, and it's my job to find out what happened. I want you to tell me everything you saw when you went into the bathroom.
- Samuel: There were two.
- John Book: There were two men?
- Samuel: I only saw one.”
Harrison Ford - John Book
Lukas Haas - Samuel

“More than a witness, Mr. Neville - an accessory to misadventure.”

Hugh Fraser - Mr Talmann

“It's like we all know way down in our souls that our generation is going to witness the end of everything. You can see it in our eyes. It's in mine, look. I'm doomed. I'm only 18-years-old and I'm totally doomed.”

James Duval - Dark