The Silence of the Lambs Quotes
Murray : [ assessing the mutilated Sergeant Pembry ] He's alive. Sergeant Tate, he's alive !
Sergeant Tate : Get a hold of him more and feel his hand son, talk to him.
Murray : What do I say?
Sergeant Tate : It's Jim Pembry now talk to him dammit!
Sergeant Tate : Get a hold of him more and feel his hand son, talk to him.
Murray : What do I say?
Sergeant Tate : It's Jim Pembry now talk to him dammit!
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Jack Crawford : I remember you from my seminar at UVA. You grilled me pretty hard, as I recall, on the bureau's civil rights record in the Hoover years. I gave you an A.
Clarice Starling : A-minus, Sir.
Clarice Starling : A-minus, Sir.
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Jack Crawford : Just do your job, but never forget what he is.
Clarice Starling : And what is that? [ cut to Clarice's first trip to the psychiatric prison ]
Dr. Frederick Chilton : Oh, he's a monster. Pure psychopath. So rare to capture one alive. From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.
Clarice Starling : And what is that? [ cut to Clarice's first trip to the psychiatric prison ]
Dr. Frederick Chilton : Oh, he's a monster. Pure psychopath. So rare to capture one alive. From a research point of view, Lecter is our most prized asset.
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Dr. Frederick Chilton : Oh my, does he hate us. Thinks I'm his nemesis.
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[ referring to Clarice's deal ]
Dr. Frederick Chilton : You still think you're going to walk on some beach and see the birdies? I don't think so. I called Senator Ruth Martin. She never heard of any deal with you. They scammed you, Hannibal.
Dr. Frederick Chilton : You still think you're going to walk on some beach and see the birdies? I don't think so. I called Senator Ruth Martin. She never heard of any deal with you. They scammed you, Hannibal.
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Dr. Frederick Chilton : Crawford is very clever, isn't he, using you?
Clarice Starling : What do you mean, sir?
Dr. Frederick Chilton : A pretty young woman to turn him on. I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in eight years. And oh, are you ever his taste. So to speak.
Clarice Starling : What do you mean, sir?
Dr. Frederick Chilton : A pretty young woman to turn him on. I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in eight years. And oh, are you ever his taste. So to speak.
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[ to Clarice ]
Dr. Frederick Chilton : You know, we get a lot of detectives here, but I must say I can't ever remember one as attractive.
Dr. Frederick Chilton : You know, we get a lot of detectives here, but I must say I can't ever remember one as attractive.
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Dr. Frederick Chilton : We've tried to study him, of course, but he's much too sophisticated for the standard tests.
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Hannibal Lecter : You fly back to school, now, little Starling. Fly, fly, fly...
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[ Pembry can be heard moaning in the background ]
Hannibal Lecter : Ready when you are, Sergeant Pembry.
Hannibal Lecter : Ready when you are, Sergeant Pembry.
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Dr. Frederick Chilton : Do not touch the glass. Do not approach the glass. You pass him nothing but soft paper - no pencils or pens. No staples or paperclips in his paper. Use the sliding food carrier, no exceptions. If he attempts to pass you anything, do not accept it. Do you understand me?
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Clarice Starling : Did you do all these drawings, Doctor?
Hannibal Lecter : Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. Do you know Florence?
Clarice Starling : All that detail just from memory, sir?
Hannibal Lecter : Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view.
Hannibal Lecter : Ah. That is the Duomo seen from the Belvedere. Do you know Florence?
Clarice Starling : All that detail just from memory, sir?
Hannibal Lecter : Memory, Agent Starling, is what I have instead of a view.
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Clarice Starling : But I thought the "yourself" reference was too hokey for Lecter, so I figured he's from Baltimore, and I looked in the phone book, and there's a "Your Self Storage" facility, right outside of downtown Baltimore, sir.
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Hannibal Lecter : Advancement, of course. Listen carefully. Look deep within yourself, Clarice Starling. Go seek out Miss Mofet, an old patient of mine. M-o-f-e-t. Go now, I don't think Miggs could manage again quite so soon, even though he is crazy. [ shouting ]
Hannibal Lecter : Go now!
Hannibal Lecter : Go now!
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Clarice Starling : Hester Mofet. It's an anagram, isn't it, Doctor? Hester Mofet, "The rest of me". "Miss the rest of me," meaning that you rented that garage?
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Roden : Sphingid ceratonia, maybe. [ cuts open cocoon ]
Roden : Agent Starling, meet Mr. Acherontia styx.
Pilcher : Weird.
Roden : Better known to his friends as the Death's-head moth.
Roden : Agent Starling, meet Mr. Acherontia styx.
Pilcher : Weird.
Roden : Better known to his friends as the Death's-head moth.
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Hannibal Lecter : There are three major centers for transsexual surgery - Johns Hopkins, University of Minnesota, and Columbus Medical Center.
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Clarice Starling : [ to Hannibal Lecter ] Your anagrams are showing, Doctor. Louis Friend? Iron sulfide, also known as fool's gold.
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[ first lines ]
FBI instructor : Starling! Starling! Crawford wants to see you in his office.
Clarice Starling : Thank you, sir.
FBI instructor : Starling! Starling! Crawford wants to see you in his office.
Clarice Starling : Thank you, sir.
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Clarice Starling : [ Hannibal Lecter has escaped ] He won't come after me.
Ardelia Mapp : Oh really?
Clarice Starling : He won't. I can't explain it... He - he would consider that rude.
Ardelia Mapp : Oh really?
Clarice Starling : He won't. I can't explain it... He - he would consider that rude.
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Clarice Starling : Where are you, Dr. Lecter?
Hannibal Lecter : I've no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world is more interesting with you in it.
Hannibal Lecter : I've no plans to call on you, Clarice. The world is more interesting with you in it.
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Hannibal Lecter : Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse. Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual. But his pathology is a thousand times more savage and more terrifying.
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Boyle : [ greeting Lecter in Memphis ] Welcome to Memphis Dr. Lecter, I'm Lieutenant Boyle, this is Sergeant Patrick. Now we'll treat you as good as you treat us, you be a gentleman and you'll get three hots and a cot.
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Clarice Starling : I graduated from UVa, Captain; it's not exactly a charm school.
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Hannibal Lecter : You're very frank, Clarice. I think it would be quite something to know you in private life.
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