"[having just pressed the torpedo self-destruct; to weapons officer] Now, understand, Commander: The torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. [shows CIA ID] And I... was never here."

"Jeffrey Jones - Oliver Wendell 'Skip' Tyler"

"In terms of logic and politics, The Hunt for Red October is most peculiar, but it's not without its entertaining moments. It's an elegy for those dear, dark, terrible days of the cold war, when it was either them or us, and before the world had become so thoroughly fractured that it's no longer possible to know exactly who the thems are."

"Fred Thompson - Rear Admiral Joshua Painter - USS Enterprise"

"Stellan Skarsgård - VK Konovalov skipper Captain Tupolev"

"Courtney B. Vance - Sonarman 2nd Class Ronald Jones"

"Tim Curry - Red October chief medical officer Dr. Petrov"

"Peter Firth - Red October political officer Ivan Yurevich Putin"

"Richard Jordan - US National Security Advisor Dr. Jeffrey Pelt"

"Joss Ackland - Soviet Ambassador to the US Andrei Lysenko"

"Duane Martin — Planesman 1st Class Jefferson "R.J." Jackson"

"[Objecting at a meeting of flag officers regarding Dodge's command] There is physical evidence that, as an ensign, he did become so physically intoxicated that he not only allowed himself to be tattooed, but tattooed on his genitalia. Now, call me a prude if you want, but I don't think it's good policy for the Navy to hand over a billion-dollar piece of equipment to a man who has "Welcome Aboard" tattooed on his penis!"

"Kelsey Grammer — Lt. Cmdr. Thomas "Tom" Dodge"

"Lauren Holly — Lt. Emily Lake, Diving Officer"

"Rob Schneider — Executive Officer (XO) Martin T. "Marty" Pascoe"

"Harry Dean Stanton — CPO Howard, Chief Engineer"

"Bruce Dern — Rear Adm. Yancy Graham"

"William H. Macy — Orlando Cmdr. Carl Knox"

"Ken Hudson Campbell — Seaman Buckman"

"[After the Stingray's overhaul] Well done, guys. She may not be the youngest girl at the ball... but she'll turn a head or two. If she drives as well as she looks, we may even survive!"

"Rip Torn — Vice Adm. Dean Winslow"

"Harland Williams — Seaman 2nd Class E.T. "Sonar" Lovacelli"

"Bradford Tatum — Engineman 1st Class Brad Stepanak"

"Jonathan Penner — Seaman Stanley "Spots" Sylvesterson"

"Toby Huss — Seaman Nitro"