"Once the woman begins behaving as if she had a right to a share in the lawyer's life, she becomes the dreaded lunatic of horror movies. But with a difference: she parrots the aggressively angry, self-righteous statements that have become commonplaces of feminist fiction, and they're so inappropriate to the circumstances that they’re the proof she's loco. They're also Lyne's and the scriptwriter James Dearden's hostile version of feminism."

"[from her tape, which Dan is listening to] Hello, Dan. Are you surprised? This is what you’ve reduced me to. I guess you thought you'd get away with it. Well... you can't. 'Cause part of you is growing inside of me, and that's a fact, Dan. You'd better start... learning how to deal with it. ‘Cause, you know, I... I feel you. I taste you. I think you. I touch you. Can you understand? Can you? I'm just... asking you... to acknowledge your responsibilities. Is that so bad? I-I-I don't think so. I mean, I don't think it's unreasonable. And... you know, another thing... is that you thought you could just walk into my life, and turn it upside down, without a thought for anyone but yourself. You know what you are, Dan? You are a cock-sucking son of a bitch. I hate you. I bet you don't even like real girls, do you? Ha! You disappoint me, you fucking faggot!"

"[to Dan, who is listening to another taped message] You thought you could just walk into my life without a thought for anybody but yourself. You know what you are, Dan? You’re a cock-sucking fucking son of a bitch. You are. I bet you don’t even like girls, do you? They probably scare you. Well, I know I do. So you’re scared of me, aren’t you? You’re fucking frightened of me, huh? You’re afraid. You’re afraid, aren’t you? You gutless, heartless, spineless bastard. I hate you. You deserve everything you get!"

"Michael Douglas - Dan Gallagher"

"J. J. Johnston - O'Rourke"

"[to Beth] What are you doing here? Why are you here? He tried...to say goodbye to me last night. But he couldn't because...he and I feel the same way about each other. Do you know how it is when you meet somebody for the first time? And you get this instant attraction. And don't you think I understand what you're doing? You're trying to move him into the country...and you're keeping him away from me. And you're playing happy family. Aren't you? [begins to slice her own leg with a butcher knife] You wouldn't understand that because you're so...so selfish. He told me about you. He told me about you. He was very honest. If you weren't so stupid, you'd know that. But you're so stupid. You're so stupid! You're a stupid, selfish bitch!"

"It's about men seeing feminists as witches, and, the way the facts are presented here, the woman is a witch. She terrorizes the lawyer and explains his fear of her by calling him a faggot. This shrewd film also touches on something deeper than men's fear of feminism: their fear of women, their fear of women's emotions, of women's hanging on to them."

"[to Jimmy] She keeps calling the apartment. Every time Beth answers the phone, she hangs up. I'm scared Jimmy, and I don't want to lose my family."

"[to Dan] We were attracted to each other at the party, that was obvious. You're on your own for the night, that's also obvious... we're two adults."

"Glenn Close - Alexandra "Alex" Forrest"

"[to Dan] Well, what am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls, you change your number. I mean, I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan!"

"Fred Gwynne - Arthur"

"Ellen Foley - Hildy"

"Anne Archer - Beth Rogerson Gallagher"

"Stuart Pankin - Jimmy"

"Ellen Hamilton Latzen - Ellen Gallagher"

"Hiroshi Fujioka - Takane Shimuzu"

"Jamal Shah - Malik"

"Kehli O'Byrne - Pam Perkins"

"David Cubitt - Peter"

"Luca Bercovici - Dallas Woolf"

"Patricia Charbonneau - Jackie Metcalf"

"Julia Nickson-Soul - Cindy Jameson"

"[to Harold] H! Fuck the rules! [starts climbing a building]"

"Michael Biehn - Taylor Brooks"

"Matt Craven - Harold Jameson"

"Raymond J. Barry - Phillip Claiborne"

"John Harmon — Andre"

"Tom Wilson — Emil"

"Robert Warwick — Demonpre"

"Pedro de Cordoba — Marcal"

"James Stephenson — Colonel Armand Lucien"

"Adia Kuznetzoff — Pierre Leroux"

"Rolla Gourvitch — Collette Lucien"

"Boris Karloff — Dr. Charles Gaudet"

"Nedda Harrigan — Madame Helene Lucien"