"12 Years a Slave is a scarifying, unblinking portrayal of life as it was for tens of thousands of people less than 200 years ago. It pulls no punches."

"Michael O'Neill - Richard Barkley"

"There are so many aspects that often don't [appear in ] depictions of people in those oppressive circumstances. "12 Years a Slave," for example-one thing I missed in that film was some sense of joy, some sense of pleasure, some sense of humanity."

"Denis O'Hare - Dr. Sevard"

"Juan Carlos Remolina - Alejandro "Jano" Montes de Oca"

"Daniel Giménez Cacho - Narrator"

"Ana López Mercado - Ana Morelos"

"Verónica Langer - María Eugenia Calles de Huerta"

"Nathan Grinberg - Manuel Huerta"

"Maribel Verdú - Luisa Cortés"

"Gael García Bernal - Julio Zapata"

"Diego Luna - Tenoch Iturbide"

"Life is like the foam of the sea. You must dive into it."

"Who cares who you two fucked when you come that fast!"

"Play with babies and you'll end up washing diapers!"

"Diana Bracho - Silvia Allende de Iturbide"

"Truth is cool but unattainable... the truth is totally amazing, but you can't ever reach it."

"María Aura - Cecilia Huerta"

"Life is like the surf, so give yourself away like the sea."

"Andrés Almeida - Diego "Saba" Madero"

"Stef Dawson - Annie Cresta"

"Bruce Bundy - Octavia"

"Bruno Gunn - Brutus"

"Alan Ritchson - Gloss"

"Stephanie Leigh Schlund - Cashmere"

"Meta Golding - Enobaria"

"Lynn Cohen - Mags"

"Jena Malone - Johanna Mason"

"Amanda Plummer - Wiress"

"E. Roger Mitchell - Chaff"

"Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Plutarch Heavensbee"

"Jeffrey Wright - Beetee Latier"

"Lenny Kravitz - Cinna"

"Stanley Tucci - Caesar Flickerman"

"Toby Jones - Claudius Templesmith"

"Maria Howell - Seeder"

"Donald Sutherland - President Coriolanus Snow"

"Elizabeth Banks - Effie Trinket"

"Remember, girl on fire, I'm still betting on you."

"Jennifer Lawrence - Katniss Everdeen"

"Josh Hutcherson - Peeta Mellark"

"The sun persists in rising, so I make myself stand."

"[To Katniss] "Do you want a sugar cube? I mean- it's supposed to be for the horses, but, I mean, who cares about them right? They got years to eat sugar, whereas you and I- well if we see something sweet we better grab it.""

"Remember who the real enemy is."

"Every revolution begins with a spark."

"Liam Hemsworth - Gale Hawthorne"

"Nobody ever wins the Games. Period. There are survivors. There's no winners."

"Paula Malcomson - Mrs. Everdeen"

"Willow Shields - Primrose "Prim" Everdeen"