"[Narrating] There's a group of men called The Firm. They've been running things for a long, long time. And when they need someone to cleanup their mess, they send me."

"Ralph Ineson as Jim McAlester"

"[To Emily after a gunfight chase in an underground parking garage] Kill the lights! [Emily leans head against steering wheel horn honking it alerting the thugs to their location]"

"Leo Staar as Grady"

"Lupita Nyong'o as Khadijah Adiyeme"

"John Douglas Thompson as Larry Marks"

"Pablo Scola as Santiago"

"Adam Nagaitis as Virgil"

"Marcello Cruz as Jeronimo"

"Edgar Ramírez as Luis Rojas (as Édgar Ramirez)"

"Jason Flemyng as Elijah Clarke"

"Sebastian Stan as Nick Fowler"

"Sylvester Groth as Jonas Muller"

"Robert Pastorelli – Joey Bustamente"

"Thomas Gottschalk – Father Wolfgang"

"Maggie Smith – Reverend Mother"

"You lied to me and you're gonna go to hell."

"And the first thing you're gonna do, gentlemen, is take off those hats. This is a brand... new... day. [Class laughs at boys' hair] I guess that means you're gonna be combing your hair before you come to my class. [To girl behind Rita] And, I know you're laughing over there 'cause you think this is very funny, Miss Thing, but there is no sun in this room, you will not get a tan. Take off those sunglasses. [Turns to "hat" boys] That goes for you, too. If they're not prescription, I don't wanna see 'em. I want to see YOU, I want to be able to look into YOUR eyes, I want you to be able to look into mine."

"So because you think they sang it better you all are ready to leave 'cause you got scared? Aw yea, nah, that's your MO. See that's how you operate: Ooo, something new, better run away! Forget about all the people who busted their butt to get you here 'cause they believed in you. Let me remind you of something, ok: if you wanna go somewhere and you wanna be somebody, you better wake up and pay attention. Because if every time something scary comes up you decide to run, y'all gonna be running for the rest of your lives."

"[To Rita Louise Watson during roll call] We'll just call you Rita, Diva with a 'Tude."

"[To Maria] You, chewing that gum, you look like Mr. Ed."

"Lauryn Hill – Rita Louise Watson"

"Brad Sullivan – Father Thomas"

"Do you know what I hate most about this place? There is nothing to pick up and throw."

"[The students are standing at the top of a stairwell full of cobwebs] Hurry up, I wouldn't want any of those spiders to get in those weaves some of you are wearing, I can tell."

"[Entering the rap circle] I got the flow, you all gotta go, so pick up your bags so we can go, ho-ho! Uh-huh, ow, ow, NOW! Thank you, thank you."

"Alanna Ubach – Maria"

"Tanya Blount – Tanya"

"Christian Fitzharris – Tyler Chase"

"Mehran Marcos Sedghi – Marcos"

"Devin Kamin – Frankie"

"Mary Wickes – Sister Mary Lazarus"

"James Coburn – Mr. Crisp"

"Whoopi Goldberg – Deloris Van Cartier / Sister Mary Clarence"

"Kathy Najimy – Sister Mary Patrick"

"[Reading a letter on Rita's desk] "Dear Mama, I went to the all-state music competition. I never meant to hurt you but I had to follow my heart. Please forgive me. I love you, Rita.""

"Wendy Makkena – Sister Mary Robert"

"Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Show me a man that a woman can trust. Now where did it say that on the eighth day He dusteth?"

"Barnard Hughes – Father Maurice"

"[To Rita] You take the top and I'll take the bottom. Just try it."

"Father forgive us, we know EXACTLY what we do!"

"Michael Jeter – Father Ignatius"

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I'm undercover again."

"[Singing] Ain't no mountain high enough."

"[Singing] We are family / I got all my sisters with me / We are family / Get up everybody and sing!"

"Congratulations, you're the new mayor of Sodom and Gommorah."

"[After Maria has said she doesn't know the words of a song and her classmates snicker] Hey, hey - excuse me! It is NOT Maria's fault, that she does not know that Mary had a lamb. It is not - and I say this to you - it is *not* Maria's fault. Because maybe, MAYBE where Maria came from, Mary had a dog! Or a lil kitty cat! Or a little bald headed brother named Bart! It is NOT her fault and we're not going to tell her it is, are we? No, we are not!"

"[To the music class] I'm gonna turn you guys into a choir."