Mads Mikkelsen credited as playing...
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Bella Crawford: Would I be a terrible guest if I skipped this course?
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Too rich?
- Bella Crawford: Too cruel.
- Jack Crawford: Phylis.
- Bella Crawford: Jack.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: First and worst sign of sociopathic behavior: cruelty to animals.
- Jack Crawford: Well, that doesn't apply in the kitchen.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I have no taste for animal cruelty, which is why I employ an ethical butcher.
- Bella Crawford: An ethical butcher? Be kind to animals and then eat them?
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: I'm afraid I insist on it. No need for unnecessary suffering. Human emotions are a gift from our animal ancestors. Cruelty is a gift humanity has given itself.
- Will Graham: Did you just smell me?
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Difficult to avoid. I really must introduce you to a finer aftershave. That smells like something with a ship on the bottle.
- Will Graham: Well, I keep getting it for Christmas.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: You entered into a devil's bargain with Jack Crawford. It takes a toll.
- Will Graham: No, Jack isn't the devil.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: When it comes to how far he's willing to push you to get what he wants, he's certainly no saint.
- Will Graham: I'm sorry it's so early.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: Never apologize for coming to me. Office hours are for patients. My kitchen is always open to friends.
- Bella Crawford: I am slowly shrinking, while this tiny thing grows larger every day. And yet I feel fine.
- Dr. Hannibal Lecter: You will feel fine up until the precise moment you don't.
- Bella Crawford: It's a really very dull story, though, isn't it? The ending is always the same, and that same is that it ends.