"His beauty is enhanced by his anger. It is his anger which is divine. His punishments are like Christ's promise. He takes me in his arm and caresses my bleeding body. I want to be with him. I love him."

"Roll up, roll up! The Vestal Virgins versus the Sabine women. A glorious rape in colour."

"I don't know why you fancy boys so much, Anthony. You're worse than a Greek. They're okay for a quick one. But I can't wait for Rome and a real woman."

"Here comes Messalina. Girls, tend your fires. Or she'll be in by the back door."

"Meg Tilly - Principal dancer"

"Michael DeLorenzo - Principal dancer"

"Isaac Mizrahi - Touchstone"

"Bill Britten - Mr. England"

"Sal Piro - Rocky Horror M.C."

"Steve Inwood - François Lafete"

"Tresa Hughes - Naomi Finsecker, Doris's mother"

"Richard Belzer - Catch a Rising Star M.C."

"Jim Moody - Mr. Farrell – Drama"

"Joanna Merlin - Ms. Berg – Dance"

"Debbie Allen - Lydia – Dance"

"Albert Hague - Mr. Shorofsky – Music"

"Maureen Teefy - Doris Finsecker – Drama"

"Anne Meara - Mrs. Sherwood – English"

"Eddie Barth - Angelo Martelli, Bruno's father"

"Paul McCrane - Montgomery MacNeil – Drama"

"Antonia Franceschi - Hilary Van Doren – Dance"

"Barry Miller - Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia – Drama"

"Lee Curreri - Bruno Martelli – Music"

"Irene Cara - Coco Hernandez – Drama, Music and Dance"

"Laura Dean - Lisa Monroe – Dance"

"Gene Anthony Ray - Leroy Johnson – Dance"

"Boyd Gaines - Michael"

"Fame! I'm gonna live forever/ I'm gonna learn how to fly (high!)/ I feel it coming together/ People will see me and cry!"

"Mr. Farrell: There are 50,000 people walking around calling themselves actors and maybe 500 are making a living at it. Most of those do commercials to pay the rent. The rest wait tables, clean other people's apartments, living on welfare and hope. And don't think talent's enough to get you through. You've gotta have a strong technique, a good agent, and, most of all, a thick skin; because, now you're part of an underprivileged minority and you're going to suffer."

"Remember. Remember. Remember my name."

"I's young, I's single, and I loves to mingle!"

"Never being happy isn't the same as being unhappy. Is it?"

"Shirley: It's just not fair. I didn't wanna come here, anyway. This school sucks. You done me a favour, shithead. You saved me four fuckin' years from this ass-lickin' school. You're lookin' at one happy lady. Who wants to go to a fuckin' school to learn to dance, anyway?"

"If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got."

"I'm about as flamboyant as a bagel."

"I HATE Ralph Garci! I must remember this feeling and use it in my acting!"