Dr. Cal Lightman quotes from Lie to Me

Cal Lightman

You know, I wanted to--

Ria Torres

Yeah, I know. Thanks.

Cal Lightman

What?

Ria Torres

You had a slight gratitude smile. What you're surprised? Really? You know, just because I don't know your science, doesn't mean I don't know things.

Cal Lightman

You know, when you don't know the science, you don't see the whole picture. People can get hurt.

Ria Torres

(Reacts to an expression the audience can't see) What was that? What happened?

Cal Lightman

What?

Ria Torres

Shame. When you said 'people get hurt,' you showed shame.

Cal Lightman

(Keeping his face neutral) I don't know what you're talking about.

Ria Torres

You're lying.

Cal Lightman

Get used to it.

Cal Lightman

Hello, love. How's it going at your Mum's?

Emily Lightman

Okay, I guess. I mean, you know how Mom is. She needs to know everything I'm doing every second.

Cal Lightman

Bloody intrusive, inn'it? What are you doing this very second?

Cal Lightman

Well, what did you hear then?

Gillian Foster

I heard a typical teenager in the process of forming her self-identity.

Cal Lightman

That's psycho-bable, that is! She was lying.

Gillian Foster

Emily needs to have her own secrets. That's not the same thing as lying.

Cal Lightman

You're going to organize this room.

Emily Lightman

By myself?

Cal Lightman

Nope, Loker's going to babysit.

Eli Loker

(walking over) Hey, Emily. Long time, no see. Hey, you look terrible. Awful. Like Gene Simmons when it's really, really humid. All right...

Cal Lightman

Which makes me wonder why the Queen Bee showed asymmetrical sadness when she was talking about her dead friend.

Ria Torres

Ahh, 'when a person's facial expression is not symmetrical on both sides of their face, it is likely that they are pretending to feel the emotion' from your article in the Journal for Behavioral Science, 2001.

Cal Lightman

Sucking up's really not your strong suit, is it?

Cal Lightman

Did you pluck your eyebrows before you came here so they would be perfect just like that? Because signs of lying become particularly visible in the brows when they've been thinned.

Ria Torres

You never told me about the eyebrow-pluckng thing. Where did you read about that?

Cal Lightman

Nowhere.

Ria Torres

Why not?

Cal Lightman

Because it's complete crap.

Emily Lightman

I know what you were saying before about girls my age.

Cal Lightman

Good.

Emily Lightman

And, considering, I guess you do a pretty good job of restraining yourself.

Cal Lightman

From what?

Emily Lightman

From calling me a liar when you know I'm up to something.

Cal Lightman

Well, I'm sorry I always know.

Emily Lightman

You don't always know.

Cal Lightman

You know, it's going to be pretty hard to spot your guy. I mean, most weddings, champagne and resentment flow together, right?

Not a wedding fan, huh?

Cal Lightman

Nope, don't trust them. Lead to marriage.

I supposed some element of risk can not be avoided.

Cal Lightman

Sure it can. You can cancel the wedding.

Gillian Foster

Not that we're suggesting that

Cal Lightman

If you want to eliminate the risk.

Gillian Foster

Only you would tell someone to cancel a wedding ten minutes before it starts.

Cal Lightman

It was just a suggestion.

Gillian Foster

I could dive into that cake fully clothed.

Cal Lightman

There's an image!

Gillian Foster

I love weddings. There're such a beautiful celebration of love and hope. Plus there's cake.

Cal Lightman

Bride's pretending she's a virgin. The groom's pretending he's found "The One". And the in-laws pretend they like each other. It's Christmas for liars.

Gillian Foster

And yet, lovely.

Cal Lightman

You really are idiotically happy, aren't you?

Cal Lightman

Where's Aronson? I need to talk to him right away.

He's dealing with the crowd on the second floor.

Cal Lightman

And you are?

DuPre. We met a half hour ago.

Cal Lightman

Fantastic! Could you find Aronson for me?

Cal Lightman

You did the right thing.

Gillian Foster

Oh, you're not my husband.

Cal Lightman

Hey, Foster!

Gillian Foster

What?

Cal Lightman

(being serious) I don't think you're 'the good girl.'

Gillian Foster

(smiling) Liar.