"I think the key to these things is there are two ways to go: one where you’re very self-referential and you’re very aware and it’s very campy because everybody’s in on the joke. And then there’s what we approached with Sharknado is that the concept is so out there, if we ground a little bit the story and the actors and the situations, the humor for me… the best humor in any kind of movie – action, comedy, whatever – comes from character situations and how they react and how they deal with it versus suddenly someone’s telling a joke in the middle of this and say, “Hey we know this is funny.” And I think everybody did a great job in walking that balance because, I mean, there are lines said in the movie that you’re obviously going, “How do you say those lines?” And the actors had to say those lines and sell it and believe it. And so I think that Sharknado’s this interesting balance."

"Ian Ziering — Fin Shepard"

"John Heard — George"

"Kerem Bürsin — Andy Flynn"

"Sara Malakul Lane — Nicole Sands"

"Captain Jack: Attention all hands. This is your captain speaking. We're getting more reports of this half shark, half octopus creature that's terrorizing the coast, but please don't panic. There is a way we can stop this thing. Virgin sacrifices. Yes, the Mexican Fish and Game Commission assures me the only way to appease this beast is to offer it a beautiful virgin, preferably 18 to 25 years old. I repeat - Sharktopus wants our virgins."

"Eric Roberts — Dr. Nathan Sands"

"Roger Corman — Man on Beach"

"Peter Nelson — Commander"

"Shandi Finnessey — Stephie"

"Liv Boughn — Stacy Everheart"

"Héctor Jiménez — Bones"

"Dustin Milligan — Nick LaDuca"

"Christine Bently — Jess"

"Damon Lipari — Keith"

"Jimmy Lee Jr. — Carl"

"Chris Zylka — Blake Hammond"

"Alyssa Diaz — Maya Maya Valdez"

"Sinqua Walls as Malik Williams"

"Joshua Leonard — Red Allyjah"

"Donal Logue — Sheriff Greg Sabin"

"Joel David Moore — Gordon Guthrien"

"Katharine McPhee — Beth Mazza"

"Chris Carmack — Dennis Crim"

"Sara Paxton — Sara Palski"

"We see in 3D, and you don’t get that depth in 2D, so my intent in Shark Night was not to try to throw things at the audience. It was just to put the sharks in the audience, and make that the interactive experience for the audience. Because people have such a natural fear of sharks that it’s going to be more of more of an interactive experience when they’re actually swimming right in front of their seats."

"Terror Runs Deep."

"Look. I run the park, I sell the tickets, and I make the decisions. Move the fish!"

"A deadly new attraction."

"The third dimension is terror."

"Reaching new depths of terror."

"P. H. Moriarty – Jack Tate"

"Harry Grant – Shelby Overman"

"Lea Thompson – Kelly Ann Bukowski"

"John Putch – Sean Brody"

"Louis Gossett Jr. – Calvin Bouchard"

"Simon MacCorkindale – Philip FitzRoyce"

"Bess Armstrong – Kathryn Morgan"

"Dennis Quaid – Michael "Mike" Brody"

"White sharks are dangerous. I know 'em. My father, my brother, myself. They're murderers."

"He don't sleep in, he don't live in! You tell Shelby Overman for me he can take a flying leap in a rolling doughnut on a gravel driveway!"

"[trying to start the boat] Damn boat. I flooded... Damn boat!"