"This is what we did in Hebrew school: we learned these things by rote. And I could do everything, and then at the Seder, I would have a certain—you know, as the kid, the youngest male, I would have certain special roles, like asking the Four Questions, one of which is: "Why is this night …"—whatever."

"I mean, there are people who spend a lot of time. They are great religious scholars. They want to understand all these little nuances about Judaism and things like that. And I figure, okay, fine. Just don't push it down my throat!"

"Harness my zebras - gift of the Nubian King! This Carpenter shall learn that he cannot hold a man from Mary Magdalene!"

"Supreme in Theme! Gigantic in Execution!"

"Most reverent and strikingly beautiful panorama of the tragedy of all ages—the world's greatest screen epic. A production acclaimed by world-famed scholars, press and public in this country and abroad, as the most ambitious presentation of the final years of the life of Jesus ever pictured on the screen. An epochal motion picture that will live forever in the hearts of mankind."

"H. B. Warner — Jesus"

"I am LUST! Hold me fast, Mary - my arms are the gates of life! I am GREED! I drain hearts, but I fill thy purse - let Him not destroy me! Keep me, Mary - I am PRIDE! Through me thou hast enslaved Kings! We are GLUTTONY-INDOLENCE-ENVY-ANGER! We teach thee to forget, and to hate, and to consume!"

"Ernest Torrence — Peter"

"Joseph Schildkraut — Judas Iscariot"

"Jacqueline Logan — Mary Magdalene"

"Rudolph Schildkraut — Caiaphas"

"Dorothy Cumming — Mary, the mother of Jesus"

"Where is this vagabond carpenter?"

"Peter O'Toole - Prophet Samuel"

"Denzil Smith - Prince Carshena"

"Jyoti Dogra - Queen of Persia Vashti"

"If I perish... I perish."

"Aditya Bal - Amalekite King Agag"

"Dilshad Patel - Hannah"

"Nimrat Kaur - Sarah"

"Tom Alter - King Saul of Israel"

"[in her prayers] Obedient I have been. I walk before you with a loyal heart and now I stand in the hour of trouble precisely because of my obedience. I beseech you father. Let there be another way. Rise up a deliverer and let this pass... let this pass."

"God, every day I pray for you to give me the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon. And what do you give me? You give me the endless equivocations... of a beautiful, young woman!"

"[impassioned, kissing Esther deeply] Know you how many times I tried to come for you after that first night... How many evenings I spent counting the stars to keep my mind off you... How many excuses I created just to avoid the other candidates. [kissing her wholly]"

"[presenting Esther to his kingdom] Persians! Your queen!"

"Tiffany Dupont - Hadassah/Esther"

"Luke Goss - King Xerxes I of Persia"

"John Rhys-Davies - Mordecai"

"Omar Sharif - Prince Memucan"

"Tommy Lister, Jr. - Hegai"

"Jonah Lotan - Jesse"

"John Noble - Prince Admatha"

"James Callis - Haman"