“- Lester Burnham: How's Jane?
- Angela Hayes: What do you mean?
- Lester Burnham: I mean, how's her life? Is she happy? Is she miserable? I'd really like to know, and she'd die before she'd ever tell me about it.
- Angela Hayes: She's... she's really happy. She thinks she's in love.
- Lester Burnham: Good for her.”

Kevin Spacey - Lester Burnham
Mena Suvari - Angela Hayes

“- Jenny Lerner: When I was 11, I stole $32 from your wallet.
- Jason Lerner: When you were a baby I once dropped you on your head.”
Téa Leoni - Jenny Lerner
Maximilian Schell - Jason Lerner

“- Nelson Hibbert: What kind of a man has a favorite daughter?
- Mr. Nagel: Now, moving along...
- Nelson Hibbert: And if you do have a favorite then you should label them! Favorite and not favorite!”
Dave Foley - Nelson Hibbert
Kenneth Welsh - Mr. Nagel

“You know... you're almost the only evidence that I exist.”

Sir Sean Connery - John Patrick Mason

“- Bernie White: Do you hate me? If you hate me, there's no point.
- Deanne White: I don't know you enough to hate you.”

Robert Duvall - Bernie White
Jill Hennessy - Deanne White