"It has created an urgency in me, to communicate his most important lesson: We are all different, but we are all going to the same place. We are all going to God. And we must never discriminate against any one faith."

"Lucy Cohu - Dolores del Río"

"David Suchet - Louis B. Mayer"

"Brenda Blethyn - Louella Parsons"

"Fiona Shaw - Hedda Hopper"

"Roy Scheider - George Schaefer"

"James Cromwell - William Randolph Hearst"

"Melanie Griffith - Marion Davies"

"John Malkovich - Herman J. Mankiewicz"

"Liam Cunningham - Gregg Toland"

"Liev Schreiber - Orson Welles"

"Every man loves, Orson. Or has loved."

"There is nothing to understand. Only this: I am a man who could have been great, but was not."

"Welles's Mother: Orson, come into the light. Never stand in the shadows -- you were made for the light. Always remember that."

"[Addressing the RKO shareholders] Good afternoon. Today, a man from Germany invaded Greece. He's already swallowed Poland, Denmark, Norway and Belgium. He's bombing London as I speak. Everywhere this man goes, he crushes the life and the freedom of his subjects. He sews yellow stars on their lapels, he takes their voices. In this country, we still have our voices. We can argue with them, and we can sing, and we can be heard because we are, for the moment, free. No one can tell us what to say or how to say it, can they? Gentlemen, I am one voice; that is all. My picture is one voice, one view, one opinion, nothing more. Men are dying in Europe now, and Americans soon will be so that we can surmount the tyrants and the dictators. Will you send a message across America that one man can take away our voices? So, who is Mr. Hearst, and who is Mr. Welles? Well, Mr. Hearst built a palace of brick and mortar, and little wars and corpses piled high. Mr. Welles built a palace of illusion. It's a, what we call a matte painting, it's a camera trick, it's nothing. Nothing but a dream. Today, you have the chance to let the dream triumph. Thank you."

"What went on the screen was nothing compared to what went on behind the scenes."

"[to George] Everything I am, everything I could be is in that picture!"

"Who are these men you're afraid of? Who are these tiny fucking men? They're accountants."

"The true, behind-the-scenes story of the making of the greatest movie of all time, Citizen Kane."

"Orson Welles used all his genius to create "Citizen Kane". William Randolph Hearst used all his power to try and destroy it."

"Ella Scott Lynch - Jessica"

"Neil Thomson - RCOM Conductor"

"Joey Kennedy - Suzie - Adult"

"Beverley Dunn - Beryl Alcott"

"Marc Warren - Ray"

"David King - Viney"

"Robert Hands - Robert"

"Lynn Redgrave - Gillian"

"John Cousins - Jim Minogue"

"Noah Taylor - David Helfgott - Adolescent"

"Randall Berger - Isaac Stern"

"Marta Kaczmarek - Rachel"

"Nicholas Bell - Ben Rosen"

"Danielle Cox - Suzie - Child"

"Googie Withers - Katharine Susannah Prichard"

"Rebecca Gooden - Margaret"

"Chris Haywood - Sam"

"Alex Rafalowicz - David Helfgott - Child"

"John Gielgud - Cecil Parkes"

"Gordon Poole - Eisteddfod Presenter"

"Armin Mueller-Stahl - Peter"

"Gillian: Your first concert in years and you wear odd shoes."

"Peter Helfgott: I’m your father and this is your family!"

"A true story of the mystery of music and the miracle of love."

"Isaac Stern: America. You know, land of the free, home of the brave. You know, Mickey Mouse."

"The stars, Gillian darling! Ask the stars!"

"I'm shocked, stunned and amazed."

"A father whose life was his family. A son whose music was his life."

"Cecil Parkes: You must play as if there's no tomorrow."

"It's a mountain. The hardest piece you could ever play."