"I told Gilda from the start that I ain't the marrying sort. And do you know what? She don't mind. She's a stand-by and she knows it. And any bird that knows its place in this world can be quite content."

"Millicent Martin - Siddie"

"Is every man an Alfie? Ask any girl."

"You know what? When I look back on my little life and the birds I've known, and think of all the things they've done for me and the little I've done for them, you'd think I've had the best of it along the line. But what have I got out of it? I've got a bob or two, some decent clothes, a car, I've got me health back and I ain't attached. But I ain't got me peace of mind - and if you ain't got that, you ain't got nothing. I dunno. It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they've got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself - what's it all about? Know what I mean?"

"Julia Foster - Gilda"

"I don't want no bird's respect - I wouldn't know what to do with it."

"What I loved once and what I love now are two different things."

"Jeananne Crowley - Julia, Frank's girlfriend"

"Dearbhla Molloy - Elaine"

"Julie Walters - Susan "Rita" White"

"Michael Caine - Dr Frank Bryant"

"Kim Fortune - Collins"

"Maureen Lipman - Trish"

"Malcolm Douglas - Denny White, Rita's husband"

"Michael Williams - Brian"

"Godfrey Quigley - Rita's father"

"Patricia Jeffares - Rita's mother"

"A comedy about a teacher and a very memorable student."

"Maeve Germaine - Sandra, Rita's sister"

"Found a culture, have you Rita? Found a better song to sing? No, you found a different song to sing, and on your lips it's shrill and hollow and tuneless."

"Did you know that Macbeth was a maggoty apple? Not many people know that!"

"In reply to the question "Suggest how you would resolve the staging difficulties inherent in a production of Ibsen's Peer Gynt", you have written, quote: "Do it on the radio." Unquote."

"I did join in the singing. But when I turned around, me mother had stopped singin', and she was cryin'. I said, 'Why are you cryin', Mother?' And she said, 'There must be better songs to sing than this.' And I thought, yeah - that's what I'm trying to do, isn't it? Sing a better song."

"Christ! Me customer! She's still under the dryer. She only wanted a demi-wave, she'll come out lookin' like a friggin' muppet!"

"I'm beginning to find me. It's great. It is, you know, Frank. It might sound selfish, but all I want for the time being is what I'm finding inside me."

"Sometimes students end up being the best teachers."

"Maryette Charlton as old lady #2"

"Babs Davy as waitress"

"Andrew Wright as Hayjay"

"Lillian Kiesler as old lady #1"

"John Elsen as Ali"

"Chelsea Cattouse as girl #3"

"Stephanie Berry as Evelyn Roy"

"Katlin Tyler as girl #1"

"Dale Dickey as Regina"

"Anna Padgett as girl #2"

"Toby Poser as Lena"

"(in Tess' body) My face looks like a Birkin bag that's been left out in the sun to rot!"

"Please drive away like you don't know me."

"Here we go again."

"Make good choices!"

"Anna, when you decided to be a mom, I told you I would support you a hundred percent."

"Friday is about to get freaky... again."

"Lindsay Lohan — Anna Coleman"

"Jamie Lee Curtis — Tess Coleman"

"Nicole Ari Parker as Evelyn "Evie" Roy Jr."