"[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!"

"[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!"

"[on the phone to Alex] If you ever come near my family again, I'll kill you. Do you understand?"

"A look that led to an evening. A mistake he'll regret...FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE."

"On the other side of drinks, dinner, and a one night stand...lies a terrifying love story."

"A one-night fling, with no strings attached. That's what she said. That's what he believed."

"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."

"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."

"Michael Douglas - Dan Gallagher"

"Glenn Close - Alexandra "Alex" Forrest"

"Anne Archer - Beth Rogerson Gallagher"

"Ellen Hamilton Latzen - Ellen Gallagher"

"Stuart Pankin - Jimmy"

"Ellen Foley - Hildy"

"Fred Gwynne - Arthur"

"Meg Mundy - Joan Rogerson, Beth's mother"

"Tom Brennan - Howard Rogerson, Beth's father"

"Lois Smith - Martha, Dan's secretary"

"Mike Nussbaum - Bob Drimmer"

"J. J. Johnston - O'Rourke"

"Michael Arkin - Lieutenant"

"Jane Krakowski - Christine, the babysitter"