Dr. Gillian Foster quotes from Lie to Me

Cal Lightman

I-- (grunts)

Gillian Foster

Use your words.

Cal Lightman

(lying to suspect) I ran hurdles myself. 110 meters.

Gillian Foster

Hurdles?

Cal Lightman

Could have run hurdles.

Gillian Foster

Please.

(referring to Cal) He's a better liar than you are.

Gillian Foster

He's a better liar than all of us.

Gillian Foster

Emily's a smart girl. You have to trust her.

Cal Lightman

No, her mother's a smart girl, too, and I trusted her.

Cal Lightman

What do you see?

Gillian Foster

I see an skeptical, emotionally distant scientist obsessing over facial twitches.

Eli Loker

I would not have pegged you for a hoops geek.

Gillian Foster

You know the fifth-grade boy with the vintage Dr. J poster and the instant recall of his career stats. (Eli nods) I was that boy.

Ria Torres

Hey, what's up with the mime act?

Cal Lightman

You ask the questions, I observe.

Gillian Foster

Dr. Lightman finds asking questions distracting. He prefers to watch.

Cal Lightman

You know, generally, it's not a good idea to call your boss an idiot.

Ria Torres

I didn't say you were an idiot.

Cal Lightman

Yeah, but your buccinator did. Oh, that's a pretty impressive combination of contempt and disgust.

Ria Torres

(backs up against the wall) I-- I-- I--

Cal Lightman

Apology accepted.

Cal Lightman

Ahh, your buccinator is playing up again.

Ria Torres

It's not-- I didn't say..

Cal Lightman

Oh, look, now you're embarrassed. Well, you have every reason to be. You did get it wrong, didn't you? I mean, Sergeant Scott didn't rape Sheila Lake.

Gillian Foster

Cal!

Cal Lightman

Look, she's the one making snide remarks. Look at her face.

Ria Torres

How do people work here?

Cal Lightman

(stares back) What? Oh, now you're starting on me? Don't say something you'll regret.

Cal Lightman

I saw that.

Eli Loker

Why is guys named White are always black and guys named Black are always white?

Gillian Foster

Am I going to sorry you're here?

Eli Loker

Barry White. Jack Black.

Gillian Foster

Does your radical honesty pledge mean you have to say everything you think?

Eli Loker

It's the only way to be truly honest.

Gillian Foster

Let's turn it off while we're working, shall we?

Cal Lightman

(talking about a basketball case) How's it going with the ball player?

Gillian Foster

Ball players play baseball.

Gillian Foster

Why is he secretly angry?

Cal Lightman

I spot the liars. You're the feelings department.

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.

Gillian Foster

You okay?

Emily Lightman

Yeah. Just, my dad being...

Gillian Foster

Yeah, he can do that.

Emily Lightman

He never lets me do anything fun.

Gillian Foster

Oh, you mean, like having a hundred friends over and getting pulled in by the cops?

Emily Lightman

Ah, yeah, yeah, like that.

Gillian Foster

He knew something was going on when you called, you know.

Emily Lightman

He did? Why didn't he say anything?

Gillian Foster

If he said something every time you lied to him, oh, he knows he'd lose you.

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.