"When I look at the boy in that painting, I see a very intelligent, very serious person, and a good person. But there’s something about the eyes and the face that seems lost and sad. But that’s as far as I can see because he doesn’t want to let the world see any further."

"It's like this. A dead plaintiff is rarely worth more than a living severely-maimed plaintiff. However, if it's a long, slow, agonizing death as opposed to a quick drowning or car wreck, the value can rize considerably. A dead adult in his 20s is generally worth less than one who is middle aged. A dead woman less than a dead man. A single adult less than one who's married. Black less than white. Poor less than rich. The perfect victim is a white male professional, 40 years old, at the height of his earning power, struck down at his prime. And the most imperfect: well, in the calculus of personal injury law, a dead child is worth the least of all."

"Kathy Bates - Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)"

"Howie Carr - Radio Talk Show Host"

"Stephen Fry -Pinder"

"James Gandolfini - Al Love"

"Mary Mara - Kathy Boyer"

"Peter Jacobson - Neil Jacobs"

"Kathleen Quinlan - Anne Anderson"

"John Lithgow - Judge Walter J. Skinner"

"Bruce Norris - William Cheeseman"

"Zeljko Ivanek - Bill Crowley"

"William H. Macy - James Gordon"

"Tony Shalhoub - Kevin Conway"

"Robert Duvall - Jerome Facher"

"John Travolta - Jan Schlichtmann"

"[to secretary] Every credit card application we send in, we get two more in the mail. Here's one from some bank I've never heard of, in North Dakota. Fill it out. Fill them all in. It's the last great pyramid scheme in America."

"[to law students] Now, the single greatest liability a lawyer can have is pride. Pride... Pride has lost more cases than lousy evidence, idiot witnesses and a hanging judge all put together. There is absolutely no place in a courtroom for pride."

"I can appreciate the theatrical value of several dead kids. I mean, like that. Obviously, that's good. That is all this case has going for it. That's not enough. Get rid of it."

"The odd's of a plaintiff's lawyer winning in civil court are two to one against. Think about that for a second. Your odds of surviving a game of Russian roulette are better than winning a case at trial. 12 times better. So, why does anyone do that? They don't. They settle. Out of the 780,000, only 12,000 or 11/2% ever reach a verdict. The whole idea of lawsuits is to settle, to compel the other side to settle. And you do that by spending more money than you should, which forces them to spend more money than they should, and whoever comes to their senses first loses. Trials are a corruption of the entire process and only fools who have something to prove end up ensnared in them. Now when I say prove, I don't mean about the case, I mean about themselves."

"[during a fight with her brother Joe] You really ought of start your own band. Call it The Attitudes."

"Michael Rooker - Oogie"

"Tom Irwin - Reverend Ansley"

"Jason Miller - Benjamin Rasnick"

"Billy L. Sullivan - Benji Rasnick"

"Michael Dolan - Gene Bodine"

"Cherry Jones - Cindy Montgomery"

"Thomas G. Waites - Smittie"

"Michael McKean - Bu Montgomery"

"Joan Jett - Patti Rasnick"

"Gena Rowlands - Jeanette Rasnick"

"Michael J. Fox - Joe Rasnick"

"Smittie: [Joe pays Smittie for some tools Patti stole from his brother-in-law] I like you, you're all right. You've got real family loyalty. Too bad your sister ain't worth it!"

"Music is all that matters. One hour on stage makes up for the other 23."

"Mickey Rooney - Whitey Marsh"

"Minor Watson - The Bishop"

"Addison Richards - The Judge"

"Edward Norris - Joe Marsh"

"Gene Reynolds - Tony Ponessa"

"Leslie Fenton - Dan Farrow"

"Henry Hull - Dave Morris"

"Spencer Tracy - Father Flanagan"

"The greatest heart drama of the year."

"The life story of a boy who was "born to be hung"!"

"Greater than the imagination of the best writers!"

"There is no such thing as a bad boy."

"I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world, and he forgets it because he knows that she loves him."

"Look out, termites. It's squishing time."