What did Hannibal Lecter say to Clarice?

Q: What does Lecter say to Clarice?

Hannibal Lecter : Ive been in this room for eight years, now Clarice, and I know theyll never let me out, not while Im alive.

Q: Did Hannibal Lecter say hello Clarice?

Hannibal Lecters (Sir Anthony Hopkins) famous Good evening, Clarice as Hello, Clarice. This line did, however, appear in Hannibal (2001), when Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice (Julianne Moore) speak on the phone for the first time, and Lecter says Hello, Clarice.

Q: What does Hannibal say to Clarice about the lambs?

After Dr. Lecter escapes, he calls Clarice and says, Well, Clarice… have the lambs stopped screaming? In other words, he wants to know if, now that shes freed the maiden in distress, shes been able to find some sort of peace.

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Source: The Silence of the Lambs

Speaker: Hannibal Lecter

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This misquote is attributed to Dr. Hannibal Lecter, played by Anthony Hopkins, in the movie The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme (1991).

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is one of the freakiest, most terrifying villains ever to grace the silver screen. Apologies to Norman Bates and Darth Vader, but even the American Film Institute thinks the good doctor is the absolute best. Or worst, we should say. So, you can imagine how chilling it would be to hear him say his signature line, "Hello, Clarice."

Trouble is, Dr. Lecter never actually says this during the entire run time of The Silence of the Lambs. The closest he gets is saying, "Good evening, Clarice," but for some reason that doesn't scare us nearly as much. Why do we love imagining Hannibal the Cannibal saying this line? Maybe it's the simplicity of it. A simple greeting masking all kinds of sinister thoughts. Oh, it's giving us chills just thinking about it.

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You might have heard this misquote anytime someone wants to sound a little bit freaky or scary. Hey, it definitely works.

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Rudolph and Clarice make this quote one jolly meme.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Yeah, this quote isn't super pretentious, but it is super scary.

What does Lecter say to Clarice?

Hannibal Lecter : I've been in this room for eight years, now Clarice, and I know they'll never let me out, not while I'm alive.

Did Hannibal Lecter say hello Clarice?

Hannibal Lecter's (Sir Anthony Hopkins') famous "Good evening, Clarice" as "Hello, Clarice". This line did, however, appear in Hannibal (2001), when Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice (Julianne Moore) speak on the phone for the first time, and Lecter says "Hello, Clarice".

What does Hannibal say to Clarice about the lambs?

After Dr. Lecter escapes, he calls Clarice and says, "Well, Clarice… have the lambs stopped screaming?" In other words, he wants to know if, now that she's freed the maiden in distress, she's been able to find some sort of peace.

How does Hannibal say Clarice?

You ask anyone to do an impression of Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs and they'll do one of these three things: Make the creepy sucking sound he does, talk about eating someone's liver with “some fava beans and a nice Chianti,” or say “Hello Clarice” in that classic Hannibal drawl.