"This big, wonderful thing you've created: It's a dream, isn't it? ...And you're gonna give that up in the hopes that your husband will stop having an affair? I don't see how that adds up. You should feel nothing but great about what you've done, and I'd hate to see you let anyone take that away from you."

"I just know there's a hole in my life and I need to fill it… soon."

"JoJo Kushner as Paige"

"The truth is… something about you makes me feel calm, or more centered, or something. And I could use that. Obviously."

"Christina Scherer as Becky"

"Yossele Rosenblatt - himself"

"Bobby Gordon - Jakie Rabinowitz (age 13)"

"Warner Oland - Cantor Rabinowitz"

"Eugenie Besserer - Sara Rabinowitz"

"May McAvoy - Mary Dale"

"Al Jolson - Jakie Rabinowitz (Jack Robin)"

"Hear what you see - see what you hear."

"The supreme triumph the world has ever known in the Motion Picture Industry."

"Otto Lederer - Moisha Yudelson"

"Mammy's favorite son!"

"Here he belongs. If God wanted him in His house, He would have kept him there. He's not my boy anymore—he belongs to the whole world now."

"Do what is in your heart, Jakie—if you sing and God is not in your voice — your father will know."

"What a little boy learns - he never forgets."

"There are lots of jazz singers, but you have a tear in your voice."

"Richard Tucker - Harry Lee"

"See him---and hear him sing!"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet! Wait a minute, I tell ya! You ain't heard nothin'! You wanna hear "Toot, Toot, Tootsie"? All right, hold on, hold on... [walks back to one of the band members] Lou, listen. Play "Toot, Toot, Tootsie", three chorus, you understand. In the third chorus, I whistle. Now give it to 'em hard and heavy, go right ahead."

"We in the show business have our religion too - on every day, the show must go on!"

"I came home with a heart full of love, but you don't want to understand. Some day you'll understand, the same as Mama does."

"My son was to stand at my side and sing tonight – but now I have no son."

"My son came to me in my dreams—he sang Kol Nidre so beautifully. If he would only sing like that tonight—surely he would be forgiven."

"[Listening to Jakie cantoring at Yom Kippur services after the death of his father] A jazz singer...singing to his God!"

"Chris Mulkey - Uncle Frank"

"Kofi Siriboe - Greg"

"Jayson Blair - Travis"

"Kavita Patil - Sophie"

"Michael Cohen - Stagehand Dunellen"

"J. K. Simmons - Terence Fletcher"

"Paul Reiser - Jim Neiman"

"Melissa Benoist - Nicole"