"[after watching The Bicycle Thief] Great movie, huh? So refreshing to see something like this after all these... cop movies and, you know, things we do. Maybe we'll do a remake of this!"

"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."

"Can we talk about something other than Hollywood for a change? We're educated people."

"I like words and letters, but I'm not crazy about complete sentences."

"Malcolm McDowell: Griffin? Griffin! Hi, how are you? Listen: the next time you want to badmouth me, have the courage to do it to my face. You guys are all the same."

"Jason Fuchs - Carlo"

"Jessica Rothe - Alexis"

"Damon Gupton - Harry"

"Sonoya Mizuno - Caitlin"

"Finn Wittrock - Greg Earnest"

"Tom Everett Scott - David"

"Callie Hernandez - Tracy"

"Meagen Fay - Mia's Mom"

"Emma Stone - Mia Dolan"

"John Legend - Keith"

"Ryan Gosling - Sebastian Wilder"

"Rosemarie DeWitt - Laura Wilder"

"[singing] She told me a bit of madness is key To give us new colors to see. Who knows where it will lead us? And that's why they need us. So bring on the rebels, The ripples from pebbles, The painters and poets and plays.And here's to the fools Who dream, Crazy as they may seem. Here's to the hearts that break, Here's to the mess We make."

"J. K. Simmons - Bill"

"Josh Pence - Josh"

"Keith: How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you're such a traditionalist? You hold onto the past, but jazz is about the future."

"Jeremy Piven - Steve Reeves"

"That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing."

"Gina Gershon - Whitney Gersh"

"[about jazz] It's conflict and it's compromise, and it's just...it's new every time. It's brand new every night. It's very, very exciting! And it's dying. It's dying, Mia. It's dying on the vine. And the world says, "Let it die. It had its time." Well, not on my watch."

"Sydney Pollack - Dick Mellon"

"Lyle Lovett - Detective DeLongpre"

"[singing] City of stars, Are you shining just for me? City of stars, There's so much that I can't see. Who knows, Is this the start of something wonderful and new? Or one more dream That I cannot make true?"

"Dina Merrill - Celia"

"Cynthia Stevenson - Bonnie Sherow"

"Vincent D'Onofrio - David Kahane"

"Brion James - Joel Levison"

"Dean Stockwell - Andy Civella"

"Richard E. Grant - Tom Oakley"

"I think you should call it Seb's because no one will come to a place called Chicken on a Stick."

"George Hamilton - the Coffee Colonic Guy"

"Mike Tyson - Mike, the Man Meditating in Park"

"Matt Winston - the limo driver"

"Serge Cockburn - Michael "Mikey" Dundee"

"Aida Turturro - Jean Ferraro"

"Steve Rackman - Donk"

"Paul Rodriguez - Diego"

"Kaitlin Hopkins - Miss Mathis"

"Gerry Skilton as Nugget O'Cass"