Here are a few of our favorite movie quotes from The Silence of the Lambs.
Jack Crawford (
Scott Glenn
):
"You're to tell him nothing personal, Starling. Believe me, you don't want Hannibal Lecter inside your head."
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Dr. Frederick Chilton (
Anthony Heald
):
"I don't believe Lecter's even seen a woman in 8 years, and oh, are you ever his taste, so to speak."
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Dr. Frederick Chilton (
Anthony Heald
):
"His pulse never got above 85, even when he ate her tongue."
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
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Clarice Starling (
Jodie Foster
):
"If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir?"
Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"Who can say. Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere."
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"All good things to those who wait."
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"The significance of the moth is change. Caterpillar into chrysalis or pupa, from thence into beauty. Our Billy wants to change, too."
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Dr. Frederick Chilton (
Anthony Heald
):
"You answer me now, or by god, you'll never leave this cell. Who is Buffalo Bill?"
Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"His first name is Louis and I'll tell the rest to the Senator herself but only in Tenessee. And I have a few conditions of my own."
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Dr. Frederick Chilton (
Anthony Heald
):
"Senator Martin… Dr. Hannibal Lecter."
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"Oh, and Senator, just one more thing: love your suit!"
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Senator Ruth Martin (
Diane Baker
):
"Take this thing back to Baltimore!"
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"Clarice, your case file. Goodbye, Clarice."
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Clarice Starling (
Jodie Foster
):
"He won't come after me. He won't. I can't explain it. He would consider that rude. It's over. She's dead."
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Dr. Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
):
"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
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