Here are a few of our favorite lines from Silence of the Lambs.
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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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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"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
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If you didn't kill him, then who did, sir?
Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"Who can say. Best thing for him, really. His therapy was going nowhere."
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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"All good things to those who wait."
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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"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?
Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"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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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"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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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"People will say we're in love."
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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"Clarice, your case file. Goodbye, Clarice."
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Clarice Starling (
Jodie Foster
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"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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Hannibal Lecter (
Anthony Hopkins
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"I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner."
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Hannibal Famous Lines

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Mason Verger (
Gary Oldman
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"Isn't it funny… You can look at my face, but you shied when I said the name of God."
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Barney (
Frankie Fason
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"He once told me that whenever feasible he preferred to eat the rude… free-range rude he called them."
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Clarice Starling (
Julianne Moore
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"He's always with me. Like a bad habit."
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Hannibal Lector (
Anthony Hopkins
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"Your job is to craft my doom. So I'm not sure how well I wish you, but I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun."
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Clarice Starling (
Julianne Moore
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"Las Vegas would be the last place he'd be. It'd be an assault on his sense of taste."
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Hannibal Lector (
Anthony Hopkins
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"I've enjoyed many excellent meals there."
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Hannibal Lector (
Anthony Hopkins
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"Will you stay with and hold my hand in my cell, Clarice? We could have some fun."
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Hannibal Lector (
Anthony Hopkins
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"But I assure you the next course is to die for."
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