"[first lines of the movie] Is heaven a hope? Or as real as the earth and sky? I once asked my grandfather that question. And he said by the time he knew the answer, it would be too late for him to tell me. The day would come when I asked that question again, staring into the eyes of my son."

"Don't you take my son!"

"It's a loan from a friend to a friend."

"Connor Corum as Colton Burpo"

"Greg Kinnear as Todd Burpo, a small-town pastor in Nebraska"

"Kelly Reilly as Sonja Burpo, Burpo's wife"

"Margo Martindale as Nancy Rawling"

"Thomas Haden Church as Jay Wilkins"

"Mike Mohrhardt as Jesus"

"Ali Tataryn as Angel"

"Ina Barron as Angel"

"Jacob Vargas as Michael"

"Nancy Sorel as Dr. Charlotte Slater"

"Danso Gordon as Ray"

"Darcy Fehr as Lee Watson"

"Kevin Anderson as Mr. Baxter"

"Amber Lynn Partridge as The Zookeeper"

"[to his viewers from his show at the beginning of the movie] I'd like you to meet a new friend of mine. His name is Lloyd Vogel. [opens a door in the picture board to reveal a photo of a traumatized Lloyd Vogel] Someone hurt my friend Lloyd, and not just on his face. He is having a hard time forgiving the person who hurt him. Do you, do you know what that means? To forgive? It's a decision we make to release a person from the feelings of anger we have at them. It's strange, but sometimes it's hardest of all to forgive someone we love."

"Christine Lahti - Ellen"

"Noah Harpster - Todd"

"Wendy Makkena - Dorothy Vogel"

"Tammy Blanchard - Lorraine Vogel"

"Enrico Colantoni - Bill Isler"

"Maryann Plunkett - Joanne Rogers"

"Chris Cooper - Jerry Vogel"

"Susan Kelechi Watson - Andrea Vogel"

"Matthew Rhys - Lloyd Vogel"

"Tom Hanks - Fred Rogers"

"Listen, I realize I need to deal with my feelings. When I'm scared, which I was in the hospital, and I have been for a long time, I get really angry. I know it's a way of saying, "I can't deal with this. Get away from me." But that's not what I want. It's actually the opposite of what I want."

"[to Lloyd] I don't think you are broken. I know you are a man of conviction, a person who knows the difference between what is wrong and what is right. Try to remember that your relationship with your father also helped to shape those parts. He helped you become what you are."

"Depression is rage turned inward. To forgive is to release the anger for someone or something."

"There... There is no normal life that is free from pain."

"I hope you know that you made today a very special day by just your being you. There's no one in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are."

"I don't think anybody can grow unless he really is accepted exactly as he is."

"Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson"

"Saniyya Sidney - Raynell Maxson"

"Mykelti Williamson - Gabriel Maxson"

"Russell Hornsby - Lyons Maxson"

"Jovan Adepo - Cory Maxson"

"Stephen McKinley Henderson - Jim Bono"

"Viola Davis - Rose Maxson"

"Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in."

"Me and my boy here, we're gonna put a whuppin' on ya!"

"Sophie Raworth - BBC News Reporter"