Lecter did it to amuse himself.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Silence of the Lambs movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:21 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- The orderly heard Lecter whispering to him all afternoon and Miggs crying.
- They found him at bed check. He'd swallowed his own tongue.
- Yeah. I'm... I'm still here, sir. I just... I don't know how to feel about this.
- You don't have to feel any way about it.
- Lecter did it to amuse himself.
- Look, I know it got ugly today, but he mentioned a name at the end - a Mofet.
- But, um, I thought the yourself reference was, uh, too hokey for Lecter.
[...]
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Actors: Jodie Foster (Clarice Starling), Anthony Hopkins (Dr. Hannibal Lecter), Ted Levine (Jame Gum "Buffalo Bill")
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