Breaking Away

"No, I don't feel lucky to be alive! I feel lucky I'm not dead. There's a difference."

"[to Dave] What's the matter? What are you cryin' for? I think you lost your wallet or something. I didn't want you to be this miserable. A little bit's all I asked for."

"I was proud of my work. And the buildings went up. When they were finished the damnedest thing happened. It was like the buildings were too good for us. Nobody told us that. It just felt uncomfortable, that's all."

"I was sure I was going to get that scholarship. My dad of course was sure I wasn't. When I didn't, he was real understanding, you know. He loves to do that. He loves to be understanding when I fail."

"You know, I used to think I was a really great quarterback in high school. Still think so, too. Can't even bring myself to light a cigarette 'cause I keep thinkin' I gotta stay in shape. You know what really gets me, though? I mean, here I am, I gotta live in this stinkin' town, and I gotta read in the newspapers about some hot-shot kid, new star of the college team. Every year, it's gonna be a new one. Every year it's never gonna be me. I'm just gonna be Mike. Twenty year-old Mike. Thirty year-old Mike. Old, mean old man Mike. These college kids out here - they're never gonna get old or out of shape 'cause new ones come along every year. And they're gonna keep calling us 'Cutters'. To them, it's just a dirty word. To me, it's just somethin' else I never got a chance to be."

"Somewhere between growing up and settling down..."

"The movie that tells you exactly what you can do with your high school diploma!"

"Dennis Christopher - Dave Stoller"

"Dennis Quaid - Mike"

"Daniel Stern - Cyril"

"Jackie Earle Haley - Moocher"

"Barbara Barrie - Evelyn Stoller"

"Paul Dooley - Raymond Stoller"

"Robyn Douglass - Katherine"

"Hart Bochner - Rod"

"Amy Wright - Nancy"

"P. J. Soles - Suzy"