Somewhere in Time

"[To Finney] I have a question for you, sir. Is time travel possible?"

"[Reading about Elise] One of the most revered actresses of the American stage, for many years, she was the theater's greatest box-office draw. Under the guidance of her manager William Fawcett Robinson, Elise McKenna was the first American actress to create a mystique in the public's eye. Never seen in public in her later years. Apparently without an offstage life, the absolute quintessence of seclusion."

"[Cryptically to Richard, as an old woman on the night of her death, prompting him to wonder who she was, and to eventually discover a photograph of her as a young woman.] Come back to me."

"The man of my dreams has almost faded now. The one I have created in my mind. The sort of man each woman dreams of, in the deepest and most secret reaches of her heart. I can almost see him now before me. What would I say to him if he were really here? "Forgive me. I have never known this feeling. I have lived without it all my life. Is it any wonder, then, I failed to recognize you? You, who brought it to me for the first time. Is there any way I can tell you how my life have changed? Any way at all to let you know what sweetness you have given me? There is so much to say... I cannot find the words. Except for these: I love you." Such would I say to him if he were really here."

"[To Richard as he walks up to her by the lake] Is it you?"

"[To Elise] Now, tomorrow night's performance. Remember, stay ahead of them. Keep the mystery, always mystery. Excess within control."

"[To Richard] Do you actually believe that I have nurtured her, cared for her, molded, taught, developed her for all these years merely to groom a wife?! A star. Only someone with the limit awareness of your age could possibly conceive that my entire passion for this woman is no more than physical! Are you incapable of understanding that she has it within herself to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest actress of her generation?"

"Laura Roberts: [seeing Elise return home] How is the play? Did you enjoy it? Are you all right?"

"Arthur Biehl: [seeing Richard dying] Such a fine man. What a shame. I wonder what happened to him."

"He sacrificed life in the present... to find love in the past."

"Beyond fantasy. Beyond obsession. Beyond time itself... he will find her."

"Someday in the past, he will find her..."

"Christopher Reeve - Richard Collier"

"Jane Seymour - Elise McKenna"

"Christopher Plummer - William Fawcett Robinson"

"Teresa Wright - Laura Roberts"

"Bill Erwin - Arthur Biehl"

"Susan French - Older Elise"

"George Voskovec - Dr. Gerard Finney"

"William H. Macy - Critic (as W. H. Macy)"

"George Wendt - Student"