Films Set In Cleveland

"Judah Friedlander — Toby Radloff"

"Donal Logue — Stage Harvey"

"Molly Shannon — Stage Joyce"

"Maggie Moore — Alice Quinn"

"Danielle Batone — Real Danielle"

"James McCaffrey — Fred"

"Madylin Sweeten — Danielle"

"Toby Radloff — Real Toby"

"Joyce Brabner — Real Joyce"

"Earl Billings — Mr. Boats"

"Hamburgers are a safer addiction than drugs. Say no to drugs. Say yes to White Castle."

"[regarding "Revenge of the Nerds"] Yes, I consider myself a nerd. And this movie has uplifted me."

"[to Harvey] You know, you should try believing in something bigger than yourself. It might cheer you up."

"I recommend the piña coladas. They are excellent and very authentic tasting."

"I find most of American cities to be depressing in the same way."

"[referring to David Letterman] Megalomaniac."

"I'll have you know that I come from a very dysfunctional family. I can spot personality disorders a mile away."

"I guess I have a lot of borderline health disorders that limit me politically when it comes to eating."

"Harvey, we better skip this whole courtship thing and just get married."

"Why does everything in my life have to be such a complicated disaster?!"

"Yeah, I know I'm not as interesting as The Little Mermaid and all that magical crap."

"Look Toby, the guys in that movie are not 28 year-old file clerks who live with their grandmothers in an ethnic ghetto...They didn't get their computers like you did, by trading in a bunch of box tops and $49.50 at the supermarket...Sure, go to the movies and daydream, but Revenge of the Nerds ain't reality. It's just Hollywood bullshit."

"Man, she's got good looking handwriting."

"I've had enough bad experiences and growth to last me plenty...Right now, I'd be glad to trade some growth for happiness."

"James Urbaniak — Robert Crumb"

"Shari Springer Berman — Interviewer"

"Harvey Pekar — Real Harvey"

"Hope Davis — Joyce Brabner"

"Paul Giamatti — Harvey Pekar"

"Danielle: [to Harvey] Joyce is right. You are obsessive-compulsive."

"Real Harvey: It seemed that real, salt of the earth people like Toby and me were being co-opted by these huge corporations. We were getting held up and ridiculed as losers in the system. What can I say, it was the '80s, man."

"Crumb: You turned yourself into a comic hero?"

"Young Harvey: I ain't no super hero, lady. I'm just a kid from the neighborhood, all right?"

"Here, let me tell you a joke, all right? There's three guys, and they're walking down the street. One guy says to the other one, "Hey, your shoe's untied." He says, "I know that." And they walk... No... There's two guys, they're walking down the street, and one of them says to the other one, "Your shoe's untied." And the other guy says, "I know that." And they walk a couple blocks further, and they see a third friend, and he comes up and says, "Your shoe's untied." "Your shoe's un — " Aaah, I can't remember this joke. But it's good."

"Richard Boes - Factory Worker"

"Tom DiCillo - Airline Agent"

"Rammellzee - Man With Money"

"Danny Rosen - Billy"

"Cecillia Stark - Aunt Lotte"

"Richard Edson - Eddie"

"Eszter Balint - Eva"

"John Lurie - Willie"

"[watches plane take off] Aw, Willie. I had a bad feeling. Damn. What the hell are you gonna do in Budapest?"

"[while vacuuming] I'm choking the alligator."

"Paul Sloane - Motel Owner"

"Sara Driver - Girl With Hat"

"Rockets Redglare, Harvey Perr and Brian J. Burchill - Poker Players"