Lieutenant Riggs: A sock in the eye ain't homicide. Maybe his ticker went bad on him. Who knows?
Kentaro Moto: No one... except the coroner.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto's Gamble

Lee Chan: Oh, Mr. Moto?
Kentaro Moto: Yes, Lee?
Lee Chan: I though you would like to know I got a letter from Pop yesterday.
Kentaro Moto: Oh, you did?
Lee Chan: Mm-hmm. He sent his best to you.
Kentaro Moto: Thank you. And, uh, how is your honorable father enjoying his homelife in beautiful Honolulu?
Lee Chan: He seems fine, but he kind of worries about me. Y'see, I'm really supposed to be studying art here at the university... but gosh, I want to be a detective!
Kentaro Moto: [chuckles] I understand. My parents wanted me to be an acrobat.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto's Gamble

Danforth - aka Richard Burke: Moto, I'm beginning to believe all the stories I've heard about you.
Mr. Kentaro Moto: Please do not. I do not.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Capt. Dahlen: [as Moto lays in pain on a gurney] Well, Mr. Moto, you picked a bad time to get afflicted.
Kentaro Moto: [Marr sadistically presses his foot on Moto's appendix] Unfortunately we cannot select a time for our afflictions.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Twister McGurk: [amazed by Moto's martial arts abilities] If you was a pro, I could never get to be world champion.
Kentaro Moto: You may depend on me retaining my amateur status.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Twister McGurk: [in awe of judo techniques] Hey, I've seen everything, but a little shrimp like you throwing The Sailor gets me!
Kentaro Moto: What I've used is simple, but it has served me well on many occasions.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Twister McGurk: Hey, Mr. Moto! Indemnify me for these mugs!
Kentaro Moto: Please release him, Colonel. He is my assistant... self-appointed.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Mr. Peters: Mr. Leyden, can I use your paper?
Cornelius Leyden: [Sarcastically] Why not? You've used everything else!


--Peter Lorre (as ) in The Mask of Dimitrios

Mr. Peters: What did you think of him?
Cornelius Leyden: It was Dimitrios all right - ruthless and primitive. I was afraid of him.


--Peter Lorre (as ) in The Mask of Dimitrios

Amelia Jones: Everybody in this town knows you made your fortune on snake oil hair restorer.
Dr. Lorenz: Well, what's wrong with that? Where's the hair follicle that can resist 2000 international units of Vitamin A? Where is it?
Prof. Nathaniel Billings: [Bending over and pointing to a spot on top of his head] Right here.
Dr. Lorenz: [Examining it] Hmmm! Oh, hardening of the skull!


--Peter Lorre (as Dr. Arthur Lorencz) in The Boogie Man Will Get You