Dr. Cal Lightman quotes from Lie to Me

Gillian Foster

Hey. I just needed a minute before I went home.

Cal Lightman

Sure.

Gillian Foster

Sophie's 13 months. You know, she's probably walking now.

Cal Lightman

Yeah, Emily started around that age, I think.

Gillian Foster

She's probably changing so fast. Every now and then, I'll see a little girl on the street and I, uh, I think it's her. And I have to fight so hard not to run up and hug some stranger's little girl. (she's crying) I'm sorry.

Cal Lightman

Don't be.

Gillian Foster

It's just, uh, Alec doesn't want to talk about it. He says he can't, you know. So, we don't. (she sighs) I'm okay. (she wipes away tears) You can go.

Cal Lightman

No, I'm all right.

Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan

That boy lied, cheated and stole his way through Oxford.

Cal Lightman

I never stole.

Cal Lightman

This is new.

Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan

(laughing) I asked Grace not to let anyone back here. I'm going on Larry King to talk up the new flu vaccine, so this is just, you know, saving time.

Cal Lightman

Does your missus know how much you spend on make-up?

Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan

Not unless you want Larry King to know how you got drunk and talked your way past White House security--

Cal Lightman

Never happened.

Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan

Oh, that never happened? Well, this never happened, either.

Cal Lightman

(pointing to Ria) You think this one is ever going to stop talking back?

Gillian Foster

I hope not.

Ria Torres

(sighs) Man, I don't get you.

Cal Lightman

Good. Stop trying.

Ria Torres

Fine, pretend like you don't give a damn what's going on with her. I know you do.

Cal Lightman

Look, in case you haven't figured it out yet, it's different when you're one of us. Everybody has things they don't wish to share

Ria Torres

She's your friend.

Cal Lightman

You're not listening to me. In this workplace, with everything that we see, we have to be very clear on the rules.

Ria Torres

You and Foster have rules?

Cal Lightman

If there's something she wants to tell me, she will. Everything else, everything else I see, I ignore. I trust her to take care of herself.

Cal Lightman

Okay. How many people in this is world do you trust? How many?

Ria Torres

I don't know, ten.

Ria Torres

Six.

Cal Lightman

Right. Well, when you get to my age, it'll be three.

Cal Lightman

I'm not easily fooled, Jeffery.

Dr. Jeffrey Buchanan

I know. That makes her one hell of a liar.

What do you want?

Cal Lightman

Well I love being duped. It doesn't happen often, but you know, I'm intrigued. So we can either chit-chat or you can tell us the truth.

I gave you the truth and you ran right back to Vandeman.

Cal Lightman

(laughing) You're incredible. (to Ria) She's incredible. (to A'isha Walker) You're incredible. You know, it's not hard to find a good liar, but a truly great one, that's rare.

Ria Torres

'Jeffery encouraged me to come see you?'

Cal Lightman

The walls of the FDA have ears.

Ria Torres

Yeah, well, then I'm sure they could tell that you were lying, too.

Emily Lightman

I'm just saying, you know, you need to stop dwelling in the past. You know, forge on. Fight the good fight.

Cal Lightman

Where'd you get this crap?

Emily Lightman

Oprah, mostly.

Emily Lightman

You really should try, you know, opening up to me.

Cal Lightman

Is it Oprah?

Emily Lightman

Eh, it might be.

Gail

Still overcharging the city and everyone else for stuff that's unusable in court?

Cal Lightman

You still offering my wife unsolicited martial advice?

Emily Lightman

Ex-wife.

Cal Lightman

(turns to look at Emily) Ex-wife.

Emily Lightman

Didn't you used to study suicides?

Cal Lightman

I still do.

Cal Lightman

Where have you been?

Gillian Foster

Can I talk to you for a minute?

Cal Lightman

I'm a little busy right now. I could have used you a couple of hours ago. I called you, I think, twice.

Gillian Foster

Just a minute. Please?

Cal Lightman

What? What do you want?

Gillian Foster

I'm on my way to meet with Carolyn Holland. But I just wanted to make sure that you were okay.

Cal Lightman

I'm fantastic.

Gillian Foster

You know, because I can put Holland on hold for a while until things quiet down around here.

Cal Lightman

No, I told you. I'm fantastic.

Gillian Foster

You didn't make it to your meeting with the mayor.

Cal Lightman

I canceled it.

Gillian Foster

No, actually, you didn't, and it's been on the books for three weeks.

Cal Lightman

Well, I meant to cancel it.

Gillian Foster

Cal.

Cal Lightman

Go mother someone else. Everyone back to work, please.

Cal Lightman

You shouldn't think about that stuff, love.

Emily Lightman

What am I supposed to think about?

Cal Lightman

Celibacy.