Popular L.A. Confidential Quotes
Something has to be done, but nothing too original, because hey, this is Hollywood.
Sid Hudgens
Bud White: The Night Owl case made you. Do you want to tear all that down?
Ed Exley: With a wrecking ball. You want to help me swing it?
Jack Vincennes: What's that about?
Sid Hudgens: Eh, we ran a piece last year, "Ingenue Dykes in Hollywood." Her name got mentioned.
[interrogation] Reciprocity, Mr. Hudgens, is the key to every relationship.
Captain Dudley Smith
Excuse me, ma'am. Just the facts.
Brett Chase
Captain Dudley Smith: You'll do as I say, and ask no questions. Do you follow my drift?
Bud White: In technicolor, sir.
I wouldn't trade places with Edmund Exley right now for all the whisky in Ireland.
Captain Dudley Smith
Oh, great. You get the girl, I get the coroner.
Jack Vincennes
Dick Stensland: We'll do the town one night on me.
Bud White: I'll bring my wallet just in case.
Why don't you and I go someplace quiet, cause I'd love to give you the low-down on Mitchum.
Jack Vincennes
I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.
Ed Exley
Dick Stensland: I got a hot date.
Bud White: Yeah? Who is she and what did you arrest her for?
