"Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake.""

"Dwight McClusky. Welcome to hell."

"In all my days in the penal system — and that ain't no small number of days, is it, boys? [guards shake their heads] Mickey and Mallory Knox are without a doubt the most twisted depraved pair of shitfucks it has ever been my displeasure to lay my god fucking damn eyes on. I tell you these two motherfuckers are a walking reminder of just how fucked up this system really is."

"Maybe dull is the answer. Maybe dull will last."

"Salma Hayek — Monica"

"Russell Crowe — Steve"

"Something happened to the world and nobody understood it. It was confusing and people started jumping to conclusions. There are no more absolutes. Time, space, good, evil - the things we know the things we believe in the things we see we thought we understood these things. But maybe we don't, maybe they're all relative."

"There used to be reasons for people to be together, like stability, security and maybe even a kid. But you see, I don't need you for the those reasons nowadays. I mean, I can get them on my own now if I wanted to. So ... if there are no real reasons for two people to be together, then you are into unreal reasons, fantastic reasons, like happiness, good company and comfort and understanding and emotional support ... God, you wouldn't ask that much from a saint. So you look at this person and you say ... what the good is this person for anyway?"

"Who says we want what we think we want? We want what we think we are supposed to want? Like what the books tell us to want. And the movies. That's what I wanted. Happy. Happy, happy, happy. Shit like that, ok? We didn't get that. That's the end of that. Ok? It's not ... the end of us. It's the end of a dream, that's all. You wake up in the morning, the dream's over, so what? We're still here ..."

"After life there is more. The end is just the beginning."

"Rosalind Chao - Leeona"

"Josh Paddock - Ian Nielsen"

"Jessica Brooks Grant - Marie Nielsen"

"Max von Sydow - The Tracker"

"Cuba Gooding, Jr. — Albert Lewis"

"Annabella Sciorra — Annie Nielsen"

"Robin Williams — Chris Nielsen"

"If I was going through fucking HELL, I'd only want one person in the whole goddamn world by my side."

"There's a man Ian never got to know, the man he was growing up to be. He's a good-looking clear-eyed fella... about 25. I can see him. He's the type of guy men want to be around, because he has integrity, you know? He has character. You can't fake that. And he's a guy women want to be around, too. Because there's tenderness in him... respect... and loyalty, and courage. And women respond to that. Makes him a terrific husband, this guy. I see him as a father. That's where he really shines. See, when he looks in his kid's eyes and that kid knows that his dad really, really sees him... he sees who he is. Then that child knows that he is an amazing person. He's quite a guy... that he'll never get to meet. I wish I had."

"That's when I realized I'm part of the problem. Not because I remind you. But because I couldn't join you. So I left you alone. Don't give up, okay?"

"A whole human life is just a heartbeat here in Heaven. Then we'll all be together forever."

"What some folks call impossible, is just stuff they haven't seen before."

"Is that a kind of occupational hazard of soul mates — one's not much without the other?"

"Annie, I'm here. I still exist."

"A place where we all go can't be bad, can it girl?"

"Boy, I screwed up. I'm in dog Heaven!"

"When I was young, I met this beautiful girl by a lake."

"Hugh Laurie — Pierre, King's Advisor"

"Edward Atterton — Lt. Andre"

"Anne Parillaud — Anne of Austria (also known as Queen Anne)"

"Judith Godrèche — Christine Bellefort"

"Peter Sarsgaard — Raoul"