It was just smoke, Starling. I had to get rid of him.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Silence of the Lambs movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:46:30 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- What do you make of these? Hmm.
- Different configuration than the other victims. Get close-ups.
- The victim's skin removed at this time in two large diamond-shaped sections above the buttocks.
- When I told that sheriff we shouldn't talk in front of a woman, that really burned you, didn't it?
- It was just smoke, Starling. I had to get rid of him.
- It matters, Mr. Crawford. Cops look at you to see how to act. It matters.
- No fair. You lured him with produce.
[...]