“- Marcel: Gentlemen, may I present Miss Betty DeBoop from the Islands?
- Colonel Schlissel: Caribbean or Virgin?
- Betty DeBoop: Well, let's just say I came back a Caribbean.”
James Coco - Marcel
Nicol Williamson - Colonel Schlissel
Eileen Brennan - Betty DeBoop

“- Winifred Ames: Why Albania?
- Conrad Brean: Why not?
- Winifred Ames: What have they done to us?
- Conrad Brean: What have they done for us? What do you know about them?
- Winifred Ames: Nothing.
- Conrad Brean: See? They keep to themselves. Shifty. Untrustable.”
Anne Heche - Winifred Ames
Robert De Niro - Conrad Brean

“- John F. Kennedy: Well, who the hell authorized this missile test?
- Robert F. Kennedy: Who do you think? God knows what this is gonna communicate to the Soviets!
- Kenny O'Donnell: Communicate with the Soviets? We can't communicate with the Pentagon and it's just across the goddamn river!”
Bruce Greenwood - John F. Kennedy
Steven Culp - Robert F. Kennedy
Kevin Costner - Kenny O'Donnell

“Sorry, I've just got one question: Whose map is Britain using when it completely ignores the United Nations and decides to invade Iraq? Or do you think it's more diplomatic to bend the will of a superpower and politely take part in Vietnam the Sequel?”
Rachel Weisz - Tessa Quayle

“Borneo. For most of you, Borneo doesn't exist. An imaginary name on a map, like Tibet or Tierra del Fuego. The ends of the earth. But I know the island exists. You see, I was there near the end of the second world war. My war. My youth. I was a botanist before. I've been a botanist ever since.”

Nigel Havers - Botanist