"Sarah, you're a witness. And it's the defense's job to show the jury that you're a rotten witness because you've got a rotten character."
- Rape victim Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster) gets coached by the district attorney (Kelly McGillis, not shown) in The Accused (1988).
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