- [first lines]
- Johnny Midnight: [Narration] I was giving a party for a beautiful and wonderful girl. Her name: Marie Malone. Only the night before she had opened in a new play. For her, it was a first role, but if you have what it takes, whether it's your first or your fortieth part, you're a hit. Marie had what was needed, and more. Truly, a star had been born. An emerald star."
- Marie Malone: All he said was I better see him tomorrow or...
- Johnny Midnight: Or what?
- Marie Malone: Or Scarlett O'Hara would never go like the wind.
- Marie Malone: Sometimes there's an awful lot of acting in life, only a tiny bit of it on the stage.
- Johnny Midnight: Sometimes that's true.
- Johnny Midnight: [On the phone] Lupo? Johnny Midnight. Listen, I got somethin' for ya. For both of us. Murder.
- Johnny Midnight: Frankie swallowed a knife. It could be you fed it to him, huh?
- Danny: Your hat's on too tight.