But, Mrs. Mulwray, I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it. And I still think you're hiding something.
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Noah Cross: Exactly what do you know about me? Sit down.Jake Gittes: Mainly that you're rich, too respectable to want your name in the newspapers.Noah Cross: Of course I'm respectable I'm old! Politicians ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.
Yelburton: My goodness, what happened to your nose?Jake Gittes: I cut myself shaving.Yelburton: You ought to be more careful. That must really smart.Jake Gittes: Only when I breathe.
Jake Gittes: There's no point in getting tough with me. I'm just...Evelyn Mulwray: I don't get tough with anyone, Mr. Gittes. My lawyer does.
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