"The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace since the day that he was crowned, and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door. I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on Earth."

"Your salvation will lie entirely in the attitude you take!"

"The Americans believe everyone is born good. You must be judged."

"Anything Western was good. Especially Wrigley's chewing gum, Bayer aspirin, and cars."

"After a few years, the tiny republic had become as corrupt as the old Empire. It fell quickly into the hands of ambitious generals and corrupt bureaucrats."

"This isn't a school; it's a prison. A real prison."

"The Forbidden City had become a theater without an audience. So, why did the actors remain on the stage?"

"Chloe Billington - Charlotte, age 5"

"Caspar Norman - Sam"

"Ray Marioni - Waiter"

"Avril Elgar - Mrs. Banks"

"Patricia Hodge - Emma"

"Ben Kingsley - Robert"

"Jeremy Irons - Jerry"

"[after his wife tells him that she's been having an affair with his best friend] Where does it take place? Must be a bit awkward. I mean we've got two kids, he's got two kids not to mention a wife."

"Alexander McIntosh - Ned, age 5"

"Michael Köning - Ned, age 2"

"Hannah Davies - Charlotte, age 9"

"Stephanie Zimbalist — Margaret Corbeck"

"Jill Townsend — Anne Corbeck"

"Susannah York — Jane Turner"

"They thought they had buried her forever!"

"Charlton Heston — Matthew Corbeck"

"Madhav Sharma — Doctor"

"Ishia Bennison — Nurse"

"Leonard Maguire — John Matthews"

"Michael Mellinger — Hamid"

"Miriam Margolyes — Dr. Kadira"

"Ahmed Osman — Yussef"

"Bruce Myers — Dr. Khalid"

"Ian McDiarmid — Dr. Richter"

"Nadim Sawalha — Dr. El Sadek"

"Patrick Drury — Paul Whittier"

"[from UK TV spot] Long, long ago, in the Dark Ages of sorcery, lived a powerful, monstrous creature. Its talons tear. Its breath burns. It comes from a time of adventure. A time of wizards and spectacular magic. A time when dragons were real."

"My lord Ulrich is no longer. All that you asked of him, you may now expect of me. The dangers he would face, I will now conquer. The task he would undertake, I will now fulfill. I'm Galen Brandwarden, inheritor of Ulrich's craft and knowledge, and I am the sorcerer you seek."

"Unclean beast! Get thee down! Be thou consumed by the fires that made thee! [Vermithrax kills him with a blast of flames]"

"In the Dark Ages, fantasy was fact. Magic was a weapon. Love was a mystery. Adventure was everywhere. And heroes were needed. Because in the Dark Ages... dragons were real."

"Its talons tear. Its breath burns. It is terror. And only sorcery can destroy it."

"[from trailer] Behold the beast. Pray for the hero."

"[from trailer] What you thought was a medieval myth... is about to become ten times a rapacious reality. No maiden is safe, no village secure, and no one can save the kingdom - except the sorcerer's apprentice whose courage is greater than his skill. Call him what they will, only he can create a weapon worthy of the name Dragonslayer."

"Sting as Baron Charles Frankenstein"

"Timothy Spall as Paulus"

"Phil Daniels as Bela"

"Cary Elwes as Captain Josef Schoden"

"Quentin Crisp as Dr. Zalhus"

"Veruschka von Lehndorff as Countess"