"I would hate to turn out boys who, in later life, would claim to have a love of literature, or speak of the lure of language, and their love of words. Words, said in a way that's somehow... Welsh."

"Remember boys: festoon your answers with gobbets, and you won't go far wrong."

"Simon Callow – Gareth"

"Sophie Thompson – Lydia"

"David Haig – Bernard"

"James Fleet – Tom"

"Andie MacDowell – Carrie"

"Hugh Grant – Charles"

"Love is on the air, run for cover"

"Five good reasons to stay single"

"An Outrageously Funny Affair"

"He's quite engaging. She's otherwise engaged."

"Matthew: [At Gareth's funeral] Gareth used to prefer funerals to weddings. He said it was easier to get enthusiastic about a ceremony one had an outside chance of eventually being involved in. [Pause] In order to prepare this speech, I rang a few people, to get a general picture of how Gareth was regarded by those who met him. Fat seems to be a word people most connected with him. Terribly rude also rang a lot of bells. So very fat and very rude seems to have been a stranger's viewpoint. [pause] On the other hand, some of you have been kind enough to ring me to tell me that you loved him, which I know he'd be thrilled to hear. You remember his fabulous hospitality... his strange experimental cooking. The recipe for "Duck à la Banana" fortunately goes with him to his grave. Most of all, you tell me of his enormous capacity for joy. When joyful, when joyful for highly vocal drunkenness. [pause] But joyful is how I hope you'll remember him. Not stuck in a box in a church. Pick your favourite of his waistcoats and remember him that way. The most splendid, replete, big-hearted, weak-hearted as it turned out, and jolly bugger most of us ever met. As for me, you may ask how I will remember him, what I thought of him. Unfortunately, there I run out of words. Perhaps you will forgive me if I turn from my own feelings to the words of another splendid bugger: W. H. Auden. This is actually what I want to say: "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum, Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. Let the aeroplanes circle, moaning overhead, Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'. Put crepe bows 'round the white necks of the public doves, Let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves. He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest; My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song. I thought that love would last forever; I was wrong. The stars are not wanted now; put out every one, Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood, For nothing now can ever come to any good.""

"Gareth: A toast before we go into battle. True love. In whatever shape or form it may come. May we all in our dotage be proud to say, "I was adored once too.""

"The great advantage of having a reputation for being stupid: People are less suspicious of you."

"Oh, I don't know, Charlie. Unlike you, I never expected "the thunderbolt." I always just hoped that, that I'd meet some nice friendly girl, like the look of her, hope the look of me didn't make her physically sick, then pop the question and, um, settle down and be happy. It worked for my parents. Well, apart from the divorce and all that."

"[Carrie asks Charles's opinion on her wedding dress] It is dangerous! You know, there's nothing more off-putting in a wedding than a priest with an enormous erection, yech!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to drag you from your delicious desserts. [pause] There are just one or two little things I feel I should say, as best man. This is only the second time I've been a best man. I hope I did OK that time. The couple in question are at least still talking to me. Unfortunately, they're not actually talking to each other. The divorce came through a couple of months ago. But I'm assured it had absolutely nothing to do with me. Paula knew Piers had slept with her sister before I mentioned it in the speech. The fact that he'd slept with her mother came as a surprise, but I think was incidental to the nightmare of recrimination and violence that became their two-day marriage. Anyway, enough of that. My job today is to talk about Angus. There are no skeletons in his cupboard. [pause] Or so I thought. I'll come on to that in a minute. I would just like to say this. I am, as ever, in bewildered awe of anyone who makes this kind of commitment that Angus and Laura have made today. I know I couldn't do it and I think it's wonderful they can. So, back to Angus and those sheep."

"Anna Chancellor – Henrietta ("Duckface")"

"Rowan Atkinson – Father Gerald"

"Charlotte Coleman – Scarlett"

"David Bower – David"

"Kristin Scott Thomas – Fiona"

"John Hannah – Matthew"

"Nicole Kidman - Alice Harford"

"Julienne Davis - Amanda "Mandy" Curran"

"Stewart Thorndike - Nuala"

"Louise J. Taylor - Gayle"

"Sky Dumont - Sandor Szavost"

"Madison Eginton - Helena Harford"

"Todd Field - Nick Nightingale"

"Sydney Pollack - Victor Ziegler"

"Tom Cruise - Dr. William "Bill" Harford"

"Jackie Sawiris - Roz"

"Leslie Lowe - Illona Ziegler"

"Rade Serbedzija - Mr. Milich"

"Leelee Sobieski - Milich's Daughter"

"The fear's too much for a duck. It-It eats away at the soul! There must be kinder dispositions in far-off, gentler lands."

"[Babe] also inspired me to become vegan. After having worked all morning with these extraordinary animals, I'd see their relatives on the lunch table. They had ham and duck, every animal except horse. That's when I said, "I've got to try to be a vegan." And for the most part, I have been vegan since 1994."

"Making the movie Babe opened my eyes to the intelligence and the inquisitive personalities of pigs. These highly social animals possess an amazing capacity for love, joy and sorrow that makes them remarkably similar to our beloved canine and feline friends."

"Katie Leigh (voice) - Fly's puppies"

"Roscoe Lee Brown (voice) — The Narrator"

"Russi Taylor (voice) — Duchess, the Hoggetts' cat"

"Hugo Weaving (voice) — Rex the Border Collie"

"Miriam Margoyles (voice) — Fly the Border Collie"

"Christine Cavanaugh (voice) — Babe the Pig"

"Danny Mann (voice) — Ferdinand the Duck"

"Miriam Flynn (voice) — Maa the Sheep"

"Madga Szubanski - Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett"

"James Cromwell — Farmer Arthur H. "The Boss" Hoggett"