“Never try to fool children. They expect nothing and therefore see everything.”
Harvey Keitel - Harry Houdini

“- Tony Boer: I bet you want to be a ballerina when you grow up.
- Hallie O'Fallon: I never said that.
- Tony Boer: I thought all little girls wanted to be ballerinas.
- Hallie O'Fallon: What if I'm too fat? What if my head's too big? It's too much pressure.”
Kevin Nealon - Tony Boer
Thora Birch - Hallie O'Fallon

“I feel like I'm still a kid practically, but your teachers and your parents and everybody's got everything planned out for you with high expectations. But what if it has nothing to do with you? You lose track of yourself, and that's fake!”

Erika Christensen - Hannah Kingsley

“- John Leary: You have to trust me.
- Gordon Layton: Why?
- John Leary: Because I can't lose my kids.”

Danny DeVito - John Leary
Carl Gabriel Yorke - Gordon Layton

“- District Officer: There've been a half a dozen complaints since you came to that cafe.
- Bijou: A half-dozen! Why not fifty? I'm surprised.”
Richard Carle - District Officer
Marlene Dietrich - Bijou