The Player (film)

"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."

"This is a red wine glass. Can I have my water in a water glass?"

"[after watching The Bicycle Thief] Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!"

"Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people."

"I like words and letters, but I'm not crazy about complete sentences."

"Malcolm McDowell: Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same."

"Making movies can be murder."

"Now more than ever!"

"Everything you've heard is true!"

"In Hollywood, it's not who you know, it's who you kill."

"The Best Movie Ever Made!" - Griffin Mill"

"Tim Robbins - Griffin Mill"

"Greta Scacchi - June Gudmundsdottir"

"Fred Ward - Walter Stuckel"

"Whoopi Goldberg - Detective Avery"

"Peter Gallagher - Larry Levy"

"Brion James - Joel Levison"

"Cynthia Stevenson - Bonnie Sherow"

"Vincent D'Onofrio - David Kahane"

"Dean Stockwell - Andy Civella"

"Richard E. Grant - Tom Oakley"

"Sydney Pollack - Dick Mellon"

"Lyle Lovett - Detective DeLongpre"

"Dina Merrill - Celia"

"Gina Gershon - Whitney Gersh"

"Jeremy Piven - Steve Reeves"