"There are two types of people in the world: The people who naturally excel at life. And the people who hope all those people die in a big explosion."

"Alexander Calvert - Nick Mossman"

"I just had a horrible thought... I’m going to have to spend the rest of my life with myself."

"Meredith Monroe - Greer"

"David Clennon — Jack"

"Lucy Butler — Rhonda"

"Belinda Balaski — Stan's Mom"

"Naomi Watts — Shopping Cart Starlet"

"Lucinda Jenney — Anne Loomis"

"James Villemaire — Harvey Starkweather"

"Robert Picardo — Howard, the Theater Manager"

"Jesse Lee — Dennis Loomis"

"Cathy Moriarty — Ruth Corday / Carole"

"Lisa Jakub — Sandra"

"Dick Miller — Herb Denning"

"Jesse White — Mr. Spector"

"Kellie Martin — Sherry"

"Dr. Flankon: [to Carole] Young lady, human/insect mutation is far from an exact science."

"Lawrence Woolsey presents the end of civilization as we know it. Make that... Proudly Presents!"

"[from TV spot] Monster movies, the end of civilisation, your first date - some things will always be scary!"

"[to theater staff] I know some of you have never been in the motion picture business before, and some of you have been at it a long time. But I want all of you to look at the faces out here during this picture. There's gonna be room in their heads for only one thought: "Don't let it get me!" They know we can't hurt 'em, but they're still gonna be scared half to death. And all of you, when you thread the projector, when you tear the tickets, when you sell the jujubes, you're all a part of it. And just when it gets the worst, when they're sitting there and their hearts are going like trapped animals out here in the dark, we save them. And they say, "Hey, it's all right! Thank God! Hey, can I see that again?" P.S., No, they can't. We clear between shows."

"John Goodman — Lawrence Woolsey"

"Herb's an interesting guy. He used to be kind of, uh... dishonest: shakedown artist, strong arm. Someone sent him to collect money from me just when I needed an inexpensive actor. Isn't it fun to know these things about your favorite stars?"

"Simon Fenton — Gene Loomis"

"John Sayles — Bob"

"Omri Katz — Stan"

"Demi Moore - Julianna "Jules" Van Patten"

"Mare Winningham - Wendy Beamish"

"Andie MacDowell - Dale Biberman"

"Ally Sheedy - Leslie Hunter"

"Martin Balsam - Mr. Beamish"

"Andrew McCarthy - Kevin Dolenz"

"Rob Lowe - Billy Hicks"

"Jenny Wright - Felicia"

"Judd Nelson - Alec Newbury"

"Joyce Van Patten - Mrs. Beamish"

"[to Leslie] Leslie, did I tell you? I'm sorry. I went to see my boss. I thought I was getting fired. Instead, the man took me to dinner."

"[about her stepmother] It turns out cremation costs just as much as the non-torching method. If I don't come up with a cheaper solution, I'm gonna end up a bag lady. Of course, I'll have alligator bags."

"Who wants to suck back a few Bloody Marys at St. Elmo's, on me?"

"Come sit down and chillax."

"You break my heart. Then again, you break everyone's heart."

"I'm just so tired, Billy. Never thought I'd be so tired at 22."

"They thought they'd be friends forever, but forever couldn't last."

"I don't know why you're both so worried... So, I bop him for a couple of years, get his job when he gets his hands caught in the vault, do a black mink ad, retire in utter disgrace, then write a best seller and be a fabulous host on my own talk show..."

"[voiceover] I can't remember who met who first or who fell in love with who first. All I can remember is the seven of us always together."

"It is tomorrow."

"I'm not afraid to commit. I have to have something for myself first before I can share it with you."

"[to Jules] So, you lost your job? I've lost twenty of them since graduation, plus a wife and kid, and, in a new development this morning, a handful of hair in the shower drain. [puts a blanket on her] That's better. You know, this smells to me like a little bit of self-created drama. I should know; I've been starring in a few of my own."

"Hey! Hey, take your hands off my wife."

"Jules, you know, honey... this isn't real. You know what it is? It's St. Elmo's Fire. Electric flashes of light that appear in dark skies out of nowhere. Sailors would guide entire journeys by it, but the joke was on them... there was no fire. There wasn't even a St. Elmo. They made it up. They made it up because they thought they needed it to keep them going when times got tough, just like you're making up all of this. We're all going through this. It's our time at the edge."