“- Alice Keach: Were you always in the... cleaning business, Mr Birkin?
- Birkin: My father traveled in... soap.”
Natasha Richardson - Alice Keach
Colin Firth - Birkin

“- Ginger: So laying eggs all your life and then getting plucked, stuffed, and roasted is good enough for you, is it?
- Babs: It's a livin'.”
Julia Sawalha - Ginger
Jane Horrocks - Babs

“How dare you waste that good fortune by simply giving up? Shame on you.”

Joan Plowright - Baylene

“- Plio: What is your fate?
- Bruton: To die here. It's the way things are.
- Plio: Only if you give up. It's your choice, not your fate.”

Alfre Woodard - Plio
Peter Siragusa - Bruton

“I believe Dr. Aziz is innocent. I will await the verdict of the jury. If he is found guilty, I will resign my post and leave India. I resign from the Club now!”
James Fox - Fielding