"When this movie was over, I sat quietly for a moment so that I could feel the arc of its story being completed in my mind. They had done it: They had found a way all the way from the beginning to the end of this material, which is so fraught with peril, and never stepped wrong, not even at the end, when everything could have come tumbling down. “The Man in the Moon” is a wonderful movie, but it is more than that, it is a victory of tone and mood. It is like a poem."

"William H. Macy - Little Bill"

"Thomas Jane - Todd Parker"

"Philip Baker Hall - Floyd Gondolli"

"Melora Walters - Jessie St. Vincent"

"Ricky Jay - Kurt Longjohn"

"Philip Seymour Hoffman - Scotty J."

"Robert Ridgely - The Colonel James"

"Nicole Ari Parker - Becky Barnett"

"Heather Graham - Roller Girl"

"John C. Reilly - Reed Rothchild"

"Don Cheadle - Buck Swope"

"Burt Reynolds - Jack Horner"

"Julianne Moore - Amber Waves"

"Mark Wahlberg - Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler"

"The life of a dreamer, the days of a business, and the nights in between."

"Everyone has one special thing."

"Want to hear a poem I wrote? "I love you, you love me. Going down the sugar tree. We'll go down the sugar tree, and see lots of bees. Playing. Playing. But the bees won't sting, because you love me." That's it."

"[as Chest Rockwell] Let's go get some of that Saturday night beaver."

"We're about to make film history, right here... on videotape."

"[to Dirk] I got a feeling that behind those jeans is something wonderful just waiting to get out."

"[practicing his lines in a mirror] "I've been around this block twice now looking for something - a clue. Been looking for clues and something led me back here, yeah, so here I am. Could've been me who was at Ringo's place when the shit went down. Hey, I know how it is, I've been there. We've all done bad things. We've all had those guilty feelings in our hearts. You wanna take your brain out of your head and wash it and scrub it and make it clean. Well, no, but I'm gonna help you settle this. First we're gonna check for holes and see what we can find. Then, we're gonna get nice and wet, so you're gonna spread your legs. Oh, that's good, so you know me, you know my reputation. Thirteen inches is a tough load, I don't treat you gently. That's right. I'm Brock Landers. So I'm gonna be nice, and I'm gonna ask you one more time: where the fuck is Ringo?" I'm a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I am a big, bright shining star. Yeah, that's right."

"You're not the boss of me, Jack. You're not the king of Dirk. I'm the boss of me. I'm the king of me. I'm Dirk Diggler. I'm the star. It's my big dick and I say when we roll. You know what? I'm the biggest star here, man. That's the way it is! I want to fuck! It's my big dick! So, everybody get ready fuckin' NOW!"

"What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."

"[to his mother] You don't know what I can do! You don't know what I can do, what I'm gonna do, or what I'm gonna be! You don't know I'm good! I have good things that you don't know about! I'm gonna be something! I am! And don't fucking tell me I'm not!"

"Julian Richings - Dr. Thompson"

"Kenya Jo Kennedy - Patsy"

"Jessica Amlee - Penny"

"Alfred Molina - Ann's Father"

"Amanda Plummer - Laurie"

"Leonor Watling - Ann the neighbor"

"Deborah Harry - Ann's Mother"

"Mark Ruffalo - Lee"

"Scott Speedman - Don"

"Sarah Polley - Ann"

"Ann's father: You just can't live the kind of life that other people want us to live. No matter how hard you try, you just can't do it."