"[as Birdman] That's what I'm talking about. Bones rattling! Big, loud, fast! Look at these people, at their eyes... they're sparkling. They love this shit. They love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit. Yes. And the next time you screech, it'll explode into millions of eardrums. You'll glimmer on thousands of screens around the globe. Another blockbuster. You are a god. See? There you go, you motherfucker. Gravity doesn't even apply to you. Wait till you see the faces of those who thought we were finished. Listen to me. Let's go back one more time and show them what we're capable of. We have to end it on our own terms... with a grand gesture. Flames. Sacrifice. Icarus. You can do it. You hear me? You are... Birdman!"

"I'm nothing. I'm not even here."

"Andrea Riseborough - Laura, an actress and Riggan's girlfriend"

"Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige."

"[as Birdman] It's a beautiful day. Forget about the Times... everyone else has. Come on. Stand up! So you're not a great actor. Who cares? You're much more than that. You tower over these other theater douchebags. You're a movie star, man! You're a global force! Don't you get it? You spent your life building a bank account and a reputation... and you blew 'em both. Good for you. Fuck it. We'll make a comeback. They're waiting for something huge. Well, give it to them. Shave off that pathetic goatee. Get some surgery! Sixty's the new thirty, motherfucker. You're the original. You paved the way for these other clowns. Give the people what they want... old-fashioned apocalyptic porn. Birdman: The Phoenix Rises. Pimple-faced gamers creaming in their pants. A billion worldwide, guaranteed. You are larger than life, man. You save people from their boring, miserable lives. You make them jump, laugh, shit their pants. All you have to do is..."

"Amy Ryan - Sylvia, Riggan's ex-wife and Sam's mother"

"Luke Kirby - Daniel"

"Aaron Abrams - Aaron Rubin"

"Jennifer Podemski - Karen"

"Sarah Silverman - Geraldine"

"Seth Rogen - Lou Rubin"

"Sometimes I'm... walking along the street and a shaft of sunlight falls in a certain way across the pavement and I just wanna cry. And then a second later, it's over. I decide because I'm an adult, to not succumb to the momentary melancholy; and I thought that sometimes with Tony, she just had a moment like that. A moment of not known how or why, and she just let herself go into and there was nothing anyone could do to make it any better. It was just her and the fact of being alive, colliding."

"You seem restless, in a kind of permanent way."

"I've been thinking about that airport fear of yours, of being in between things. I think I kinda hate it too. I know it's kind of the nature of being alive, but I'd like to avoid it wherever possible. I don't think I wanna be in between things."

"Life has a gap in it. It just does. You don't go crazy trying to fill it like some lunatic."

"[trying to lighten the mood after Margot has just asked for a divorce] At least I have my testicles."

"[to a hesitant Margot] Get in. What are you doing? What the fuck? You're going to ride in a rickshaw!"

"Michelle Williams - Margot"

"Melinda and Melinda at imdb.com"

"They still talk about my portrayal of King Lear. I played it with a limp."

"Did I tell you I played Uncle Vanya once? With a limp. It was interesting."

"Excuse the mess. My cleaning woman just won $60 million, so I gave her the night off."

"Life has a malicious way of dealing with great potential."

"You know, life is manageable enough if you keep your hopes modest. The minute you allow yourself sweet dreams you run the risk of them crashing down."

"[to Frenchy, as she throws bottles at him] You sure have a knack of makin' a stranger feel right at home, ma'am. Nice knowin' ya."

"Nobody's gonna set themselves up above the law around here. You understand? I've got somethin' to say to you. I think maybe I can illustrate it a little better if I told you a story. I used to have a friend that was an Opry singer. But he went into the cement business. And one day, he fell into the cement. And now he's the cornerstone of the post office in St. Louis, Missouri. He should have stuck to his own trade. You'd better stick to yours."

"They make the fighting sinful west blaze into action before your eyes!"

"[about the saloon customers] The longer they wait, the better they like it."

"THE GREATEST CAST EVER CORRALLED for a frontier drama like you've NEVER seen in all your born days!"

"Marlene Dietrich - Frenchy"

"James Stewart - Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Destry, Jr."

"Samuel S. Hinds - Judge Slade"

"Jack Carson - Jack Tyndall"

"Billy Gilbert - "Loupgerou""

"Irene Hervey - Janice Tyndall"

"Una Merkel - Lily Belle, "Mrs. Callahan""

"Mischa Auer - Boris Callahan"

""Charlie" Winninger - "Wash" (Washington Dimsdale)"

"Brian Donlevy - Kent"