"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."

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

"Paul Giamatti — Harvey Pekar"

"Hope Davis — Joyce Brabner"

"Harvey Pekar — Real Harvey"

"Shari Springer Berman — Interviewer"

"James Urbaniak — Robert Crumb"

"Judah Friedlander — Toby Radloff"

"Earl Billings — Mr. Boats"

"Joyce Brabner — Real Joyce"

"Toby Radloff — Real Toby"

"Madylin Sweeten — Danielle"

"James McCaffrey — Fred"

"Danielle Batone — Real Danielle"

"Maggie Moore — Alice Quinn"

"Molly Shannon — Stage Joyce"

"Donal Logue — Stage Harvey"

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

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