“I'm like a lighthouse! I stayed lit for you man! I never go dark.”

Christian Slater - Robert Boyd

“- Ward: Will, I'm your best friend. Don't matter what crazy thing you do. I just wish you could win.
- Will Stoneman: I'll win. You can bet all your money on that.”
Marcus Klemp - Ward
Mackenzie Astin - Will Stoneman

“- Paul Hackett: Greg called.
- Marcy: Oh, how'd that little faggot find out I was staying here tonight? He probably wants to whine to me about his latest boyfriend.
- Paul Hackett: Friends like that are hard to deal with sometimes.
- Marcy: Well, that's what friends are for!”
Griffin Dunne - Paul Hackett
Rosanna Arquette - Marcy

“I'm not going anywhere with you if you feel like you're a danger to yourself you can sit down for a few minutes, until you feel calm enough to go.”

Peter Sarsgaard - Charles 'Chuck' Lane

“- George Milton: Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ain't got no family and they don't belong no place. They got nothin' to look ahead to...
- Lennie Small: But not us George. Tell about us.
- George Milton: Well, we ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.”
Gary Sinise - George Milton
John Malkovich - Lennie Small