"So, you think that Ford are going to let you build the car that you want, the way you want it? Ford. Motor. Company. Those guys. Have you ever been to Detroit? I mean, they have floors and floors of lawyers. And millions of marketing guys. And they're all gonna want to meet you; oh, they're gonna want to get their photo taken with the great Carroll Shelby. And they're all gonna kiss your ass, and they're gonna go back to their lovely offices, and then work out new ways to screw you. Why? Because they can't help it. Because they just want to please their boss who wants to please his boss who wants to please his boss. And they hate themselves for it. But deep down, who they hate even more are guys like you. Because you're not like them, because you don't think like them, because you're different."

"[after test-driving the GT40] This car wants to go faster, I can feel it."

"[test-driving the GT40 with the new engine "The Beast"] OHH! Giddy-up, giddy-up!"

"[Demanding with Leo Beebe while finding out the results of the Le Mans race] Where's the tie?! Where's the goddamn tie?!"

"We're lighter, we're faster, and if that don't work, we're nastier."

"[Shelby's speech at the Ford Mustang's debut event] Thank you. Well, if my daddy was here today, he'd tell me to sit on down and leave the yakking to the college boys so, like my cars, I'll make this fast. When I was 10 years old, Pops said to me, 'Son, it's a truly lucky man who knows what he wants to do in this world. 'Cause that man will never work a day in his life.' But there are a few, a precious few, and, hell, I don't know if they're lucky or not. But there are a few people who find something they have to do. Something obsesses 'em. Something that if they can't do it, it's gonna drive them clean out of their mind. I'm that guy. And I know one other man feels exactly the same. His name... His name is Henry Ford. And together, we're gonna build the fastest automobiles in the world. And we're gonna make history too, at Le Mans. My name is Carroll Shelby. I build race cars."

"[being surprisingly calm and consoling to Shelby after the results of the Le Mans race, which Miles is in 2nd place] You promised me the drive, not the win."

"[after seeing Enzo Ferrari arguing with his pit crew] I don't speak Italian, but he ain't happy."

"[narration] There's a point at 7,000 RPM... where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. Just disappears. And all that's left is a body moving through space and time. 7,000 RPM. That's where you meet it. You feel it coming. It creeps up on you, close in your ear. Asks you a question. The only question that matters. Who are you?"

"They took the American dream for a ride."

"Christian Bale – Ken Miles"

"Jon Bernthal – Lee Iacocca"

"Based on the incredible true story."

"Matt Damon – Carroll Shelby"

"Caitriona Balfe – Mollie Miles"

"Saskia Burmeister - Jane Jones"

"Talia Zucker - Sarah Wicks"

"Jonathan Hardy - The Great Orlando"

"Andrew Formosa - Park Ranger"

"Charles "Bud" Tingwell - Premier Graham Berry"

"Emily Browning - Grace Kelly"

"Erika Felton - young Ellen Kelly"

"Kiri Paramore - Constable Fitzpatrick"

"Kris McQuade - Ellen Kelly"

"Laurence Kinlan - Dan Kelly"

"Philip Barantini - Steve Hart"

"Kerry Condon - Kate Kelly"

"Rachel Griffiths - Susan Scott"

"Geoff Morrell - Robert Scott"

"Orlando Bloom - Joe Byrne"