Ed Exley: Why'd you become a cop?

Jack Vincennes: I don't remember.

Dudley Smith: I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whiskey in Ireland.

Lynn Bracken: You're the first man in five years who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.

Bud White: You look better than Veronica Lake.

Ed Exley: A hooker cut to look like Lana Turner is still a hooker.

Johnny Stampanato: Hey!

Ed Exley: She looks just like Lana Turner.

Jack Vincennes: She is Lana Turner.

Ed Exley: What?

Jack Vincennes: She IS Lana Turner.

Bud White: Merry Christmas.

Lynn Bracken: Merry Christmas to you, officer.

Bud White: That obvious, huh?

Lynn Bracken: It's practically stamped on your forehead.