"[first lines, playing over a montage of reunions at Heathrow Airport] Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there – fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge – they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that [the following words appear on screen] love actually is all around. [the screen turns black, showing the words "love actually"]"

"We may be a small country, but we are a great one. A country of Shakespeare, Churchill, The Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter, David Beckham's right foot, David Beckham's left foot come to that..."

"Julia Davis – Nancy the caterer"

"Rowan Atkinson – Rufus, jewellery salesman"

"Denise Richards – Carla, the real friendly one"

"Shannon Elizabeth – Harriet, the sexy one"

"Elisha Cuthbert – Carol-Anne, American Goddess"

"January Jones – Jeannie, American Angel"

"Ivana Milicevic – Stacey, American Dreamgirl"

"Billy Bob Thornton – The US President"

"Sienna Guillory – Jamie's Girlfriend"

"Joanna Page – Just Judy"

"Martin Freeman – John"

"Ben Bodé - Mitchell"

"Brandon Crawford - Couch Kid #2"

"James 'Kimo' Wills - Eddie"

"Brendan Sexton - Warren"

"Coyote Shivers - Berko"

"Ethan Embry - Mark"

"Renee Zellweger - Gina"

"Robin Tunney - Debra"

"Johnny Whitworth - A.J."

"Liv Tyler - Corey Mason"

"Rory Cochrane - Lucas"

"Debi Mazar - Jane"

"Maxwell Caulfield - Rex Manning"

"Anthony LaPaglia - Joe Reaves"

"What's with today, today?"

"This music is the glue of the world. It holds it all together."

"Damn the Man! Save the Empire!"

"They're selling music but not selling out."

"Open 'til Midnight."

"[into television camera] Damn the man. Save the Empire."

"[answers phone] Empire Records, we're open 'til midnight. [pause] Midnight."

"We mustn't dwell... no, not today. We CAN'T. Not on Rex Manning day!"

"[on the loudspeaker] Attention Rex Manning fans, to your left you will notice a shoplifter being chased by night manager, Lucas. This young man will be caught, deep fried in a vat of hot oil and served to our first hundred customers. [chuckles] Just another tasty treat from the gang at Empire Records."

"Hedwig: I stumble naked through the ruins, back towards blander, less complicated confections, leaving in my wake a trail of rainbow carnage."

"Tommy: Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior? Hedwig: No, but I love his work."

"Hedwig: You don't put a bra in a dryer. It warps!"

"Hedwig: He played me songs. The bands were new to me: Boston, Kansas, America, Europe, Asia. Travel exhausts me."

"Hedwig:(singing) Now, there was three sexes, one looked like two men back to back/ called the Children of the Sun/ and similar in shape and girth was the Children of the Earth/ They looked like two girls rolled up in one/ And the Children of the Moon looked like a fork shoved on a spoon/ They was part sun, part Earth, part daughter, part son."

"Hedwig:(singing) My sex change operation got botched/ My guardian angel fell asleep on the watch/ Now all I've got is a Barbie Doll Crotch/ I got an angry inch!"

"Hedwig: I grew up listening to the American masters: Toni Tennille, Debbie Boone, Anne Murray--who was actually a Canadian working in the American idiom. Then there were the crypto-homo rockers: Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, David Bowie--who was actually an idiom working in America and Canada."