"Protestor: I think Bobby Taylor is a two-bit goat smellin' spook, obviously from the Coon Repertoire Theater of America. We are out here sweatin' like niggas on the way to an election in Georgia because he chooses to bug his eyes, yank his dick, and pull his raggedy skid marked drawers out the cracka his Black ass! I have nothing else to say about Bobby Taylor!"

"Brad Sanders - Batty Boy"

"Sam Ace: I knew exactly what she could do. And she did too. As she walked towards me, I saw that twinkle in her eyes. I knew it was time - to do the nasty. And I like - doin' the nasty. She was a good kisser; but her breath was stinky. But so what? You don't get rid of a Rolls Royce because it has a dent in it. I had never done it before on my desk. I was just glad to be on top. I'd hate to. do the nasty with a stapler up my ass."

"I have the respect of the community, and that makes me proud...So if you can't take pride in your job, remember, there's always work at the post office.."

"Bobby, this ain't the 'Poot Butt League', man...ain't no 'Poot Butts' around here. This is not your average hot dog stand You know what this is? This is 'Winky Dinky Dog.' It sends chills up my spine every time I say it - Winky Dinky Dog! Bobby...say it with me...Winky Dinky Dog! WINKY DINKY DAAWWGG!"

"I believe this movie. A dude could jump off a mountain and not hurt himself, 'cause he did brace himself, and knew something about the levels of gravitivity and polarity."

"Dirty Larry - the movie where the crooks wait for Larry to go in his jacket, pull out a big ass gun. What'd they think he was lookin' for? His American Express card? Damn! We both gave "Dirty Larry" the finger!"

"NAACP spokesman: They'll never play the Rambos until they stop playing the Sambos."

"Irving Bacon - Graves"

"Lucy Marlow - Lola Lavery"

"Charles Bickford - Oliver Niles"

"Tommy Noonan - Danny McGuire"

"Amanda Blake - Susan Ettinger"

"Destiny came at her with a leer!"

"Judy Garland - Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester"

"James Mason - Norman Maine (Ernest Sidney Gubbins)"

"The applause of the world -- and then this!"

"If you'll be kind enough to glance between my shoulder blades, Mr. and Mrs. Gubbins, you'll find there a knife buried to the hilt. On its handle are your initials."

"Jack Carson - Matt Libby"

"[to Vicki] Sympathy? That's not what you're getting from me, baby. You don't deserve it. You're a great monument to Norman Maine, you are. He was a drunk, and he wasted his life, but he loved you. And he took enormous pride in the one thing in his life that wasn't a waste, you. His love for you and your success. That was the one thing in his life that wasn't a waste. And he knew it. Maybe he was wrong to do what he did, I don't know. But he didn't want to destroy that, destroy the only thing he took pride in. And now you're doing the one thing he was terrified of, you're wiping it out! You're tossing aside the one thing he had left. You're tossing it right back into the ocean after him. You're the only thing that remains of him now. And if you just kick it away, it's like he never existed, like there never was a Norman Maine at all."

"[to Esther] You've got that little something extra that Ellen Terry talked about. Ellen Terry, a great actress long before you were born. She said that that was what star quality was - that little something extra. Well, you've got it."

"Listen to me, Esther, a career is a curious thing. Talent isn't always enough. You need a sense of timing - an eye for seeing the turning point or recognizing the big chance when it comes along and grabbing it. A career can rest on a trifle. Like - like us sitting here tonight. Or it can turn on somebody saying to you, 'You're better than that. You're better than you know.' Don't settle for the little dream. Go on to the big one...Scared? Scared to take the plunge? Don't ever forget how good you are. And hang on to that. Because I'm right. [pause] I just want to take another look at you."

"You know, Oliver, I sometimes think I was born with a genius - an absolute genius - for doing the wrong thing."

"He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it."

"[seeing Norman drunk] Mr. Maine is feeling no pain!"

"I can remember my first job singing with the band. And then one night stands clear across country by bus. Putting on nail polish in the ladies rooms of gas stations, waiting on tables. Wow! That was a low point. I'll never forget it. And I'll never never do that again, no matter what. But I had to sing. I somehow feel most alive when I'm singing."

"I shall have to introduce myself all over again to a lot of people. They won't know me when I'm not drinking."

"There's nothing left anymore. It happened long before last night...20 years of steady and quiet drinking do something to a man."

"Mia Farrow - Cecilia"

"Life's too short to spend time thinking about life. Let's just live it!"

"Jeff Daniels - Tom Baxter/Gil Shepherd"

"Moviegoer: I want what happened in the movie last week to happen this week; otherwise, what's life all about anyway?"

"I just met a wonderful new man. He's fictional but you can't have everything."

"It's so impulsive, but... I'll come. Why not? What's life without a little risk taking? Who knows?"

"I don't get hurt or bleed, hair doesn't muss; it's one of the advantages of being imaginary."

"Danny Aiello - Monk"

"Dianne Wiest - Emma"

"Zoe Caldwell - The Countess"

"Van Johnson - Larry Wilde"

"Karen Akers - Kitty Haynes"

"Deborah Rush - Rita"

"Edward Herrmann - Henry"

"John Wood - Jason"

"Milo O'Shea - Father Donnelly"

"We have to talk, George. Why do you refuse to talk?"

"PLEASE BE BE SILENT BEHIND THE SCREEN."

"There's one thing we could try. Trust me."