Hannibal (2001)

Ray Liotta: Paul Krendler

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• Mason Verger : Oh, coulda, woulda, should. I mean what do you think about the money?

  Paul Krendler : Five.

  Mason Verger : Oh, let's just toss it off like 'five'! Let's say it with the respect it deserves.

  Paul Krendler : Five-hundred-thousand-dollars.

  Mason Verger : Well, that's better, but not much. Will it work?

  Paul Krendler : It'll work. Won't be pretty.

  Mason Verger : What ever is?

  [Line disconnects] 

  Mason Verger : Cocksucker!

• Paul Krendler : Jesus, Starling!

  Clarice Starling : Can I help you Mr. Krendler?

  Paul Krendler : What are you doing sitting in the dark, Starling?

  Clarice Starling : Thinkin' about cannibalism.

• Clarice Starling : Paul, what is it with you? I told you to go home to your wife, that was wrong?

  Paul Krendler : Don't flatter yourself, Starling. That was a long time ago. Why would I hold that against you? Besides, this town is full of cornpone country pussy.

• Clarice Starling : Aren't you curious why he dines on his victims?

  Paul Krendler : And what's the point of that? What, are you writing a book or you catching a crook?

  Clarice Starling : To show his contempt for those who exasperate him. Or sometimes to perform a public service. In the case of the flutist Benjamin Raspail, he did it to improve the sound of the Baltimore Philharmonic orchestra.

• Paul Krendler : [saying grace]  Forgive us all, even white trash like Starling here.