Movie Quotes

Brett Chase: Excuse me, ma’am. Just the facts.

Ed Exley: Why’d you become a cop?
Jack Vincennes: I don’t remember.

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.

Dick Stensland: I got a hot date.
Bud White: Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?

Jack Vincennes: Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.

Bud White: Well, Captain, what do you want?
Captain Dudley Smith: Call me Dudley.
Bud White: Dudley… what do you want?

Sid Hudgens: Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.

Captain Dudley Smith: I doubt you’ve ever taken a stupid breath. Don’t start now.

Dudley Smith: Hold up your badge, so they’ll know you’re a policeman.

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.

Ed Exley: They called you ‘Sugar’, ’cause you liked to give it out… so sweet.

Dick Stensland: You’re like Santa Claus with that list, Bud, except everyone on it’s been naughty.

Dick Stensland: My partner stopped to help a damsel in distress. He’s got his priorities all screwed up.

Sid Hudgeons: Are you tight with the DA, Jackie?
Jack Vincennes: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He tried to throw me off the force last Christmas as a little joke.

Ed Exley: Bud hates himself for what he did.
Lynn Bracken: I know how he feels.

Sid Hudgens: Something has to be done, but nothing too original, because hey, this is Hollywood.

Sid Hudgens: He’s on a night train to the big adios.

Captain Dudley Smith: [interrogation at the Victory Motel] Reciprocity, Mr. Hudgens, is the key to every relationship.

Lynn Bracken: Some men get the world. Others get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona.
[She kisses Exley on the cheek]
Lynn Bracken: Bye.
Ed Exley: Bye.

Dudley Smith: You’re a bit of a puzzlement to me these days, Wendell. You don’t seem to be your old cruel self anymore. And I had such grand plans for your future.

Ed Exley: All I ever wanted was to measure up to my father.
Bud White: Now’s your chance. He died in the line of duty, didn’t he?

Jack’s Dancing Partner: What do you do on “Badge of Honor”, Jack?
Jack Vincennes: I’m the, um, technical advisor. I teach Brett Chase how to walk and talk like a cop.
Jack’s Dancing Partner: Brett Chase doesn’t walk and talk like you.
Jack Vincennes: Well, that’s because he’s the television version. America isn’t ready for the real me.